The raspberry pi 4 has the Bluetooth 5.0 and no one has had any complaints. I just took my laptop to the shop for hardware problems and to replace my HDD in it. But I like what I see on Linuxforlaptops and may look more into it.
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, at 07:30, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> GOD is so good to me. I may be in the market for a new computer
> linuxforlaptops also has NUCs (which I was looking for. I do have a
> question about it though:
> WIll I have a problem with the Intel AX201 WiFi tot 2400 Mbps +
> Bluetooth 5.1
> (https://laptopwithlinux.com/product/intel-nuc11-linux-mini-computer/)
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 10:08 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>> Am 24. Aug, 2022 schwätzte Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss so:
>>
>> moin moin,
>>
>> > I have been looking around for Linux laptops and finding most in the
>> > U.S. are quite expensive. But then I came upon a web site that's called
>> > "Linux for laptops" it's located in the Netherlands and a person can
>> > configure what they want on it from Distro, Storage to memory. Has
>> > anyone else familiar with this site or has ordered from them or any
>> > dealings with them.
>>
>> I don't remember running into this group. Thanks for pointing them out.
>> Will check them out.
>>
>> If ordering from the EU there might be a couple things to be aware of.
>>
>> A couple months back I bought a laptop from Tuxedo Computing in
>> Germany. My budget was higher than yours. I don't know if they have
>> something in your range. For me they were the only place I could find with
>> AMD for laptops at that particular time.
>>
>> When I checked out they dropped the Mehrwertsteuer ( VAT tax ), which was
>> $100+, but then charged $100 for shipping to the US. In the end the total
>> checkout price was $30 or $50 less than the listed price, I don't remember
>> exactly. NE likely also drops the VAT tax at checkout, no idea what they
>> do for shipping.
>>
>> The delivery took less than a week from checkout. That was likely
>> abnormally fast.
>>
>> > I'm just trying to find a decent priced laptop for running Linux on. Here is the link.
>> > https://laptopwithlinux.com/
>>
>> I also bought some discount acer spin laptops for the family ( what I'm
>> using right now ). They have been good and were about $850. I specifically
>> wanted touchscreen with full foldover to touchpad mode for those. There
>> were a couple small gotchas for the install, but I had found a guide to
>> the install before buying them. They've been great thus far. They've
>> performed well for light Krita work.
>>
>> The Destination Linux and Linux Unplugged podcasts have both covered Linux
>> laptops on their shows this Summer. It was mostly about latest, greatest,
>> coolest stuff, so likely all at the higher end of the pricescale. Show
>> notes probably have links to what they covered.
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
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