Well, the list for the one I got is about $2100, has a 128G SSD (M.2) and a 1T Rotator. You might want to look in to system 76. They make laptops with Ubuntu installed – I could have had one with 512G SSD, 2T Rotator, 16G RAM, high-speed WiFI, and some other stuff I forget for about $1480. But it was ‘only’ 1080p, not 4k… Rusty From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Partington Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 1:23 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Warranty!!?!?!?!?! I would look into one of the models that have the SSD+HDD combinations already (i have seen the 32GB SSD for OS or caching) and use that. But i am looking for something very similar to that (alienware 17 is looking the most promising) however as i can order it with a spinning drive and add a pair of m.2 ssds later. On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. > wrote: That is weird since Dell sells Linux laptops http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop_us On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:37 AM, irb > wrote: * Carruth, Rusty (aka Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com) used 15K on Tue, 05 Sep 2017 at 17:21 +0000 to say: > > (By the way – does anyone remember the ‘windows refund day’ many years back? > System vendors refused to honor the refund clause stated in the EULA (or > whatever it was), claiming that Microsoft had to honor it, and Micro$oft > claimed that it was the responsibility of the system vendors (which, indeed, > it was). But as far as I know, NOBODY got their refund…. Again, where’s > the lawyers????) I remember that, as part of BALUG many years ago. I never got a refund and Microsoft tried to turn it to their advantage by setting up a booth. I think there's a documentary out there somewhere. When dealing with warranty crap from laptop vendors I just take an image of the drive. If I have to send it in I don't include the drive anyway, and I've never been given grief over it. Still, having an original hardware backup like that is kinda cool. /i. --------------------------------------------------- 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 -- 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