Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte techlists@phpcoderusa.com so: moin moin, > I have to ask, with these prices, why not spend a little more and go with a > MAC? Because that would be moving more proprietary and less trustworthy. I can easily and somewhat inexpensively get nice android tablets. I want something with a stronger Free Software ecosystem. I did find there's Ubuntu for the android n7, so that might fit my needs. Heck, a pi system with attachable touchscreen would actually be awesome. ciao, der.hans > On 2017-09-25 12:42, der.hans wrote: >> Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte Carruth, Rusty so: >> >> moin moin, >> >>> I don't know if those system 76 (or whatever their name was) have >>> convertibles, but their price was actually pretty good. >> >> I hear lots of good things about System76. I have a nice light laptop >> from ZaReason. I'm quite happy with it as my primary laptop. >> >> I also have an aircraft carrier for times that I need to live on a laptop >> for an extended period. Not as powerful as Brian's helicarrier, but mine >> also doesn't have enough fans to levitate. >> >> I checked both ZaReason and System76 before posting and neither had a >> laptop that converts to tablet. >> >> The laptop is my 3rd ZaReason device in the last decade. I've been quite >> happy with their products and support. Not that I require much of the >> latter. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> >>> And I forgot to mention - the Alienware is NOT a convertible... >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On >>> Behalf Of Ted Gould >>> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:59 AM >>> To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> Subject: Re: seeking lapblet >>> >>> On 09/25/2017 01:21 PM, der.hans wrote: >>>> I don't see a way to buy it without the windows tax. Anyone know a way >>>> to get an unloaded XPS from Dell? >>> >>> You have to search for "developer edition." Here is a link to one: >>> >>> http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-13-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/cax13w10p7b5135ubuntu >>> >>> Also the awesome part is that the support also handles Ubuntu, so if a >>> motherboard goes out they don't complain that Linux must have broke it. >>> >>> I'm currently using a Surface Pro 3. It was the only tablet that I could >>> find with an i7 in it, which I need. Everything else had the m3 or m5 >>> which just isn't enough for what I use it for. >>> >>> Ted >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> -- >> # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org >> # Freedom isn't everything, but without freedom you have nothing. - >> der.hans >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # If it's not a toy you're looking at it wrong. -- der.hans