On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:13:04 +0100 Dekks Herton <dekkz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jonas Hedman <jonas.hed...@fripost.org> writes: > > > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I > > naturally want > > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily ... > > I really value light weight and good battery life and my upper > > bound on prize > > is somewhere around 875$ (~7K SEK). Memory should be greater > > than or > > equal to 2GB and an sdd would be nice. ... > > into? I > > know the older thinkpads has good debian support but if I > > remember > > correctly they are also very heavy. > Check out ebay for something like a Thinkpad X230 or a Thinkpad > T430 with an IPS HD+ screen. I know in sweden availability might > be an issue so check out T440 or T450 prices too. ThinkPads, besides being generally acclaimed for their excellent build quality, user-servicability and upgradability, also run Linux quite well. [This is particularlyl true with regard to the "Professional / Business" lines [e.g., the T, W, X, and P series] - the "Consumer" lines [e.g., the E and L series] are somewhat different, and I've seen conflicting reports as to how similar they are to the acclaimed T series.] New ones will likely exceed your budget, but used / refurbished units are widely available for significantly less, both from resellers and on auction sites. For years I used a T60, and I currently use a W550s: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-W550s-Workstation-Review.137989.0.html For example, T460 and T460s models (the initial letter denotes the series, the first digit denotes the screen size (14"), the second the model / processor generation (6th generation, Intel Core), and the 's' suffix denotes slimmer / lighter versions) with SSDs and IPS screens are available new / almost new / refurbished on eBay in the $600-$700 (USD) range: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T460s-i5-6200U-4GB-128GB-SSD-1080p-IPS-FPR-Win10-Pro-Warranty-/322709906464 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T460-i5-2-4GHz-256GB-SSD-2020-Warranty-IPS-1080p-/272821920130 Celejar
