> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Silvia > > I've been tasked with finding a large (17") laptop for my parents. I > can't deal with the Windows support burden any more, so on the new > laptop I'm going to install Linux, probably Mint. I'm looking for
For the parents, who you don't want to have to support... Get a chromebook. I got one for my wife (and am thinking about getting one for my mom) and for this purpose, it's very excellent. > should have plenty of CPU and memory for their needs. The software > requirements are pretty basic too, besides email and web they need skype > or something similar, and a personal finance program (MS Money > replacement) that can do check printing. A recommendation here would be > great too. I haven't tried skype on it, but google chat certainly works. I personally use quickbooks online. I haven't explicitly tried check printing - When printing from a chromebook you have two basic options. You either have chrome installed on a laptop nearby that's connected to a printer (and you share your printer to yourself via chrome) or you get a cloud printer. I find the first option is not reliable, so I would recommend the cloud printer. > I've had good luck with Ubuntu on Lenovo laptops (a few Thinkpads and an > S10) but they really want a 17" screen. The Lenovo G770 looks pretty > nice but my web searching isn't giving me a lot of confidence that all > the hardware will work, especially the internal mic. Every place that I know of - both walk-in stores, and mail-order Dell etc, offer a 2-4 week return policy. You can run your ubuntu (or whatever) live USB, to see how it behaves, without even wiping the internal hard drive. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
