seeking lapblet

[Stephen Partington]

Maintenance options, os installation options, hate for Apple business
practices.

On Sep 25, 2017 6:41 PM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

>
>
> I have to ask, with these prices, why not spend a little more and go with
> a MAC?
>
>
> 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 at lists.phxlinux.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Ted Gould
>>> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:59 AM
>>> To: plug-discuss at 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-noteboo
>>> ks/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
>>>
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