I worked for Dell years ago and wouldn't touch their hardware with a ten foot pole. Quality has gone way downhill since them. I wouldn't touch it with a 100 foot pole now.
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: > Suggestion from a nonexpert nonpoweruser (me): search Dell.com for Linux > laptops and click on their "Chat With Expert Now" for more info. > > Suggestion from nonexpert NLUG attendee (me): searching startpage.com > for "Linux Mint download" showed this link- > > http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Linux-Mint-17252.shtml > - download and burn live 64bit ISO to a DVD and test used laptops to see > if it will boot from Linux DVD. If it boots and the price is right, you > have a winner. > M > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:20 PM, John Eldredge <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> A friend has asked me for a source, either local or online, to buy a >> laptop with Linux preinstalled on it, as he isn't a power user. Does anyone >> have any suggestions? >> >> -- >> John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] >> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot >> drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Allen Minix / KM4DCZ Check out my blog! - http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
