[RndTbl] Roundtable Digest, Vol 119, Issue 3

[Brock Wolfe]

My Thinkpad A31p has served me well as a portable workstation. I have 
install AntiX Linux (lightweight distro) which works, but is too slow.  
Not the fault of the distro, but the Thinkpad is limited by amount of 
ram that can be used.  Looking to replace with a current or used 
workstation grade laptop.

Brock

On 11/22/2014 12:00 PM, roundtable-request at muug.mb.ca wrote:
> Message: 3 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 18:05:37 -0600 From: Adam Thompson 
> <athompso at athompso.net> To: Continuation of Round Table discussion 
> <roundtable at muug.mb.ca> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] ThinkPad on last legs 
> Message-ID: <546FD351.7060606 at athompso.net> Content-Type: text/plain; 
> charset=utf-8; format=flowed On 14-11-21 05:54 PM, Brock Wolfe wrote:
>> >I am looking for any recommendations for a Laptop to run Linux.  My
>> >Thinkpad is on its last legs.
>> >Brock
> Depends on what you want to do with the system.
> Thinkpads (mostly W, T and X series) are always good choices.  L, S and
> Edge series should be OK nowadays, too.
> Dell Latitude and Precision models are good Thinkpad substitutes as a rule.
> The more "business"-oriented the laptop, the better the build quality
> (usually), and although it'll cost more, much more likely to work out of
> the box with Linux without any fiddling or unsupported components.
>
> If you're using Ubuntu or Arch, it appears that almost anything will
> work acceptably well nowadays.
>
> Used business-class or workstation-class laptops can be a better choice
> than a brand-new consumer-grade laptop.
>
> Also, Thinkpads can last a very long time - what do you think is wrong
> with your current laptop?
>
> -- -Adam Thompson athompso at athompso.net