I have really been crushing on the ASUs XenBook's lately. They have an interesting array of them now and most of them are some pretty sexy machines. http://www.amazon.com/Zenbook-13-3-Inch-Ultraslim-Aluminum-Available/dp/B00SGS7ZH4 is the cheaper one i have been looking at. they have a more fully featured version that has Nvidia 960M graphics and a 4k touchscreeen but thats about 1700 right now. On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > If you are only going to use it for mail and surfing the web, anything > that runs Windows 8 will run better with Linux on it. > > i3 / 4GB RAM would be my preference > > I think at the bare minimum I'd want at least a Pentium with 2GB of RAM. > > Looks like the Celeron is a dual core and the Pentium is a quad core. > > Here is the list of Celeron laptops. > > > http://www.dell.com/us/p/laptops?~ck=mn#!facets=226291~0~19561351,55846~0~14739528&p=1 > > > Pentiums are more expensive. > > > http://www.dell.com/us/p/laptops?~ck=mn#!facets=226291~0~14720657,55846~0~14739528&p=1 > > I've noticed that some of the cheaper Laptops do not come with an optical > drive (DVD) and I noticed my Dell laptop does not have a microphone in so I > assume Skype calls are out... have not researched so I might be wrong. > > Keith > > > > > > On 2015-07-05 08:09, joe@actionline.com wrote: > >> What does this esteemed brain trust recommend as >> the best options for an inexpensive ultralight to >> run Linux? >> >> Probably an 11 or 13" screen, thin, and light >> weight (i.e. at or under 3 pounds) >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > -- > Keith Smith > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen