[TriLUG] Looking for a good laptop for development

[John Broome via TriLUG]

Agreed on thinkpads.  I picked up an older X series off craigslist, added
an SSD, and an extended battery from ebay and it's a solid little linux
machine.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 1:55 PM John Franklin via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Fedora may as well be built for Thinkpads. I have a T460s that runs it
> like a champ, a friend of mine has an ancient T20 that (IIRC) he runs the
> latest Fedora on.  They are easy to find on the secondary market, at a
> variety of price points, and easy to upgrade.  The usual caveat emptor
> applies.
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm financially limited and looking for a good laptop that would be
> useful
> > for web/application development probably in an Ubuntu or Fedora
> > environment.  While most people would probably state a Macbook, I'm
> hoping
> > I can find something just as robust for less money (which I'd rather
> spend
> > on quality piece of glass for my camera).  Suggestions?  I work at a
> local
> > university and could potentially check out their range of surplussed
> Lenovo
> > T - series, but thought I'd pick your brains first.
>
>