system76 is expensive too On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Phil Waclawski wrote: > I have a laptop from zareason that I've used for several years. It was a > touch pricey, but still powerful enough to do a lot. They also will install > different flavors of linux for you. > > Phil Waclawski > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Mark Phillips > wrote: > >> Rusty, >> >> Did you check out System 76 laptops? They come with Ubuntu installed, but >> I think you can ask for any distro. I have been using their hardware for a >> couple of years, and it is flawless. >> >> Mark >> >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Michael Butash >> wrote: >> >>> I just went through this with a new dell, where I used the local windoze >>> tools to make a usb backup imagine with their software to a 16gb drive, and >>> just tossed it in a drawer if I ever need to restore things. That >>> supposedly restores their recovery partitions and windoze itself, which >>> should be everything... >>> >>> I'd not put faith in some tier 1 rep telling you linux voids the >>> warranty. It was probably one of those "What is linux? Yeah, don't do >>> that." sort of comments ignorant agents might spew, but otherwise shouldn't >>> matter. If you restore the disk and bios to prior function, they should be >>> none the wiser anyways. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: