[lug] Fedora on a slab

[Davide Del Vento]

I see your point, and no I don't know about any seller, besides the usual
tiny shops (resellers, not sellers). In fact, I was surprised to learn that
Lenovo does!

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:16 PM David L. Willson <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
wrote:

> No, I haven't. That seems like it would nullify the point of buying
> pre-installed. Call me unimaginative, but I can't imagine that upgrading a
> machine past Lenovo's max memory config would be a supported configuration.
> The point of buying a machine with Fedora pre-installed is to get a machine
> that has been thoroughly tested with, and is supported with, Fedora, so
> that if something I care about doesn't work, I can ask the seller to make
> it work. If I buy a machine they sell with 16 GiB and I install 32 GiB, and
> it doesn't work, and I call them to make it work... Well, I guess they
> probably won't be able or willing to help me with that.
>
> Do you happen to know any sellers that sell a Fedora machine with 32G of
> memory?
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Davide Del Vento" <davide.del.vento at gmail.com>
> *To: *"BLUG" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 24, 2021 12:33:43 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [lug] Fedora on a slab
>
> Have you asked if they would sell it to you without memory or with the
> lowest option available for you to upgrade it on your own?
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 11:28 AM David L. Willson <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
> wrote:
>
>> I have verified with Lenovo twice in chat. They do not have an option
>> that satisfies both requirements.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Davide Del Vento" <davide.del.vento at gmail.com>
>> *To: *"BLUG" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 24, 2021 10:37:21 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: [lug] Fedora on a slab
>>
>> Do they make the hw you need just without Fedora on it or not? If so,
>> contacting them might get you what you want.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 10:24 AM David L. Willson <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I want your machine seller recommendations. I'm looking for a Fedora
>>> laptop with 32GiB RAM.
>>>
>>> I got all excited when I heard that Lenovo would be making laptops with
>>> Fedora, and even more excited when I saw that they *are* making laptops
>>> with Fedora. But then, I went to buy one and found that the max memory is
>>> 16 GiB. I can't work with that, anymore. My old System76 Oryx Pro 2 has
>>> 32GiB, and I can't think of a good reason to buy a new laptop that is less
>>> beefy than my old laptop, at least while my old laptop still works at all.
>>>
>>> So, my idea of perfect is exactly one click up from my current laptop.
>>> If System76 shipped with Fedora or even a Fedora-based Pop, this would be
>>> easy, but they don't, so it's not.
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