[GTALUG] Recommendations for useful laptop suitable for Ubuntu

[Alex Beamish]

Thanks William. Just placed my order.

And thanks to everyone for their feedback! I appreciate it.

Alex

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:27 PM William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> There is too much talking on this list, and not enough action.  Consider
> Lenovo T450 for $330:
>     <https://www.newegg.ca/p/N82E16834847377?Item=N82E16834847377>
> I bought one last year, better spec at lower price.  I think they made
> mistake when converting US$ to CAN$.
> --
> William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:18:13PM -0400, Alex Beamish via talk wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > My Windows 10 laptop died pretty close to its fifth birthday, so I'm
> > planning on replacing it with a Linux laptop. I've used it for conference
> > calls (hosting the Toronto Perlmongers meeings), and some light Libre
> > Office work, so I need something better than a Bare Bones laptop, but not
> > as wicked as a big fat gamer's rig.
> >
> > Refurbished is OK, and pre-loaded with Linux is also fine. Budget is
> > perhaps $600-$800.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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> >
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Alex Beamish

Software Developer / https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3
Speaker Wrangler / Toronto Perlmongers / http://to.pm.org/
Baritone, Operations Manager / Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions /
www.northernlightschorus.com
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