[TriLUG] Laptop Upgrade

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

This is why I like chromebooks for mobile purposes.  Basically gentoo linux
and you can put it in developer mode and install crouton to have a full
debian or ubuntu instance in a chroot alongside ChromeOS.  Plus now with
the addition of the play store coming...

I have an acer R11 with 4gb of ram and the 32gb HD option at present.
There is a new R13 coming out which should be nice as well as the new
Lenovo one with the touch surface keyboard.

Ken

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 11:12 AM, David Burton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Grawburg via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>  wrote:
>
> > ...don't care how big the HDD is,...
>
>
> If you don't need a huge drive, then it shouldn't be an HDD, it should be
> an SSD. (Or else upgrade it to an SSD as soon as you get it, and turn the
> original HDD into an external backup drive
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Durable-USB-3-0-HDD-Hard-
> Drive-External-Enclosure-2-5-SATA-HDD-Case-Box-/151509020808>
> .)
>
> Under Windows, at least, a creaky old Core 2 Duo with 4 GB and an SSD runs
> better than a shiny new i7 with 16 GB and an HDD, for most purposes.
>
> You can pick up a good 240 GB SSD refurb or used on eBay for under $60.
>
> Dave
>
>