(29-07-2015, 04:15 PM)wervenyt Wrote: Chromebooks are an option, if you're alright with a tiny, tiny laptop. I've got the Acer C720, and while it's not the most powerful laptop, it's got a hyperthreaded i3 and 4 GiB of RAM. As far as I know, you can install any SSD that fits, so you're not stuck with 32 GB.

Thats something to think about!
Is everything linux compatible? It certainly is good price wise and I never used that much hardrive space anyways.

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(29-07-2015, 04:27 PM)jvarg Wrote: I have a Thinkpad T420 with an i5 and 8GB RAM with the 1600x900 Display. My version has the integrated Intel graphics and also the Intel WiFi with this configuration the hardware support with OpenBSD and Linux is great. You can get it for a steal on ebay and the 14" are IMO a good tradeoff between portability and screen size. It's nice that you can change the DVD drive for a second HDD and the UMTS slot is also capable of an mSATA drive.

I was considering thinkpads actually. I read some used buying guides and checked out /tpg/
the only thing is that I have a hard time wrapping my head around the prices.
I need to do more research into the best specs/cost that meet my needs.

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(29-07-2015, 01:35 PM)vain Wrote: this might depend on the country you're living in.

In Germany, there is Tuxedo[1]. I don't know if they sell to other countries. (I heard that they are identical to machines made by Schenker[2], but I don't have proof of that.) I own a "Tuxedo Book BS1503" myself and we also buy these things at work. From my experience, nVidia GPUs are often the cause of problems, so my configuration only has an integrated Intel GPU.

Everything I ever tried worked out of the box (Linux).

I recommend using Intel hardware. From all the laptops at work, those with "pure" Intel hardware usually work best. I'm not into gaming, though, nor do I use any "desktop effects".

[1] http://www.tuxedocomputers.com/
[2] http://www.mysn.de/


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I dont think either of those sell in the states :/
and importing wouldnt be worth shipping