[Cialug] Laptop recommendation

[Derek Etnyre]

If you happen to have a Costco membership, they have a great 90 return policy on their computers.  Gives opportunity to install Linux and see how the driver support and etc goes....

Derek



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> On Nov 7, 2016, at 10:51 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thank you everyone for all the suggestions. Looks like i have a few
> options to dig through. :)
> 
>> On 2016-11-04 13:18, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
>> What laptops are good these days for running Linux? I care more about
>> reliability and open source drivers than i do about flashiness or gaming
>> features. I wouldn't want a touchscreen, fingerprint scanner, or some of
>> the other gimmicks that some laptops come with. I would need it to have
>> virtualization extensions on the CPU. And would want a trackpad that's
>> comparable in quality to what comes with Apple hardware. Any suggestions?
> 
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