[TriLUG] More on Laptops

[Matt Whitlow]

But I like the idea of open hardware and I would rather support that and a
smaller company with my money than Costco.
On May 15, 2014 7:32 PM, "Steve Litt" <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 May 2014 16:54:31 -0400
> matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
>
> > The time has come for me to purchase a new laptop.  After reading the
> > couple of very long threads on the subject, I am narrowing the
> > decision to the Asus Zenbook (e.g. UX301LA-DH71T) versus the Samsung
> > Ultrabook (e.g. NP940X3G-S01US).
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with these that you could share?  How
> > well do they run Linux and how good is the driver support for these
> > newer types of machines?
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> This isn't responsive to your question, but may be of value anyway.
>
> A big part of buying a laptop destined for Linux isn't only who made
> it, but where you buy it. I buy my laptops at Costco because they have
> a 90 day return policy. So, if I can't install Linux and get all major
> components working within a week on a laptop bought at Costco, I can
> restore Windows using the restore partition, bring it back, and get my
> money back.
>
> I've never actually had to do this: Every laptop I bought at Costco ran
> Linux except one (couldn't turn off secure boot), and that one was
> bought as a Windows machine for my daughter.
>
> Speaking of sons and daughters, Costco offers a reasonable extra
> warranty that gives free repair for just about anything. Kids use
> laptops 24/7 on beds, so of course stuff burns out.
>
> Costco isn't the cheapest in the land, but compared to thinkpenguin.com
> and system76 it's cheap as hell.
>
> HTH,
>
> SteveT
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
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