So my main HP Pavilion laptop recently died ... it looks pretty permanent.
It had a fairly good run, so I'm going to have to start looking for a replacement.
Just wondered if anyone had any interesting thoughts or suggestions.
I'm looking for a main PC. Sort of interested in shared tablet things like the Lenovo Yoga 3, though I'm not sure if it's a mite small. I see there has been some success getting Debian running on it.
Peter.
Hi
I bought myself a new machine at Christmas from http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ they had a nice range good customisation and the ability not to pay the Microsoft tax.
They also had a variety of form factors, may be worth a look.
Also the forums had a Linux forum for help and support and people offering advice.
Ben
samwise mailto:samwise@bagshot-row.org 02 September 2015 15:40via Postbox https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sumlink&utm_campaign=reach So my main HP Pavilion laptop recently died ... it looks pretty permanent.
It had a fairly good run, so I'm going to have to start looking for a replacement.
Just wondered if anyone had any interesting thoughts or suggestions.
I'm looking for a main PC. Sort of interested in shared tablet things like the Lenovo Yoga 3, though I'm not sure if it's a mite small. I see there has been some success getting Debian running on it.
Peter.
On Wed, 02 Sep 2015 15:57:43 +0100 Ben Whyall ben@whyall-systems.co.uk allegedly wrote:
Hi
I bought myself a new machine at Christmas from http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ they had a nice range good customisation and the ability not to pay the Microsoft tax.
They also had a variety of form factors, may be worth a look.
Also the forums had a Linux forum for help and support and people offering advice.
Ben
samwise mailto:samwise@bagshot-row.org 02 September 2015 15:40via Postbox https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sumlink&utm_campaign=reach So my main HP Pavilion laptop recently died ... it looks pretty permanent.
It had a fairly good run, so I'm going to have to start looking for a replacement.
Just wondered if anyone had any interesting thoughts or suggestions.
I'm looking for a main PC. Sort of interested in shared tablet things like the Lenovo Yoga 3, though I'm not sure if it's a mite small. I see there has been some success getting Debian running on it.
Peter.
And ebuyer are currently offering an HP355 with ubuntu (albeit 12.04) for under £250. I have no experience of that machine, but I did buy a rather good zoostorm laptop (without any OS installed) from them a while back (and, of course, I have bought loads of other stuff from them).
http://www.ebuyer.com/705954-hp-355-quad-core-laptop-with-ubuntu-l8b55es
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On 02/09/15 15:40, samwise wrote:
So my main HP Pavilion laptop recently died ... it looks pretty permanent.
It had a fairly good run, so I'm going to have to start looking for a replacement.
Just wondered if anyone had any interesting thoughts or suggestions.
I'm looking for a main PC. Sort of interested in shared tablet things like the Lenovo Yoga 3, though I'm not sure if it's a mite small. I see there has been some success getting Debian running on it.
I've not found anything Debian won't run on. I'm using a pre-loved (HP) Compaq 2510p (notebook?) and running 64-bit Mint. Haven't any complaints, and the battery lasts a *lot* longer than the last one - a MSI notebook.
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