[GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Mon Apr 27 22:41:21 EDT 2020


On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 08:33:42AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote:
> Some of the newer models also don't even have an Ethernet port.  You have to
> use a USB C adapter.  Also, not many have a floppy drive these days! ;-)
> 
> However, i preference would be for business class, no matter who makes it. 
> Even with Lenovo, there's a big difference between the ThinkPad and Lenovo
> models.

We got an ideapad for my wife about 10 years ago.  I wouldn't recommend
it.  Way too fragile and flimsy.  Thinkpads survive much better for her.
Well the Asus R1F survived a surprising amount too but that's a long
time ago.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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