I have it as general use shared laptop for the kids, anyone. Got it new about 2 years ago for $199 new. It is light, surprisingly well constructed, it has no fan, 2xUSB, HDMI and SD card slot. It lasts about 8 hours on battery.
The new/latest version has 4GB RAM and faster WiFi which would be nice, but it is good enough for browsing, Netflix, basic stuff. Note: It comes in funny blue color only. I do not believe that it is upgradable beyond plugging stuff to USB ports, or SD card. It is the only laptop I have not opened. It survived a lot of abuse, fully drained batteries, lot of car/plane travel, sticky fingers, .... Don't get me started! I run stock Ubuntu on it, currently 16.04 I like it and would buy it again for this purpose. Tomas On Sep 4, 2017 1:17 PM, "Dave Lien - W7DAL" <w7...@comcast.net> wrote: Thanks, Tom. I think you found the sweet spot with the HP Stream 11. No problem here giving up dual-boot. I'd rather have a good dedicated inexpensive lightweight RELIABLE Linux portable that has current hardware and will be good for a few years. If you have had a good experience with the HP Stream 11 as a dedicated no-hassle Linux machine I'm tempted to go with it. WalMart has them from ~$135 as does NewEgg for refurbs. What specific model have you had good luck with? I see there are many variations at different prices...? Any model to avoid? I presume it will boot USB and external USB DVD drive. And finally, is there any magic I need to know about when installing MINT and overwriting Windows and other crapware? I see some people have had problems installing MINT. (But I'll settle for any decent version of Linux.) -Dave On 9/4/2017 11:58 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > If you decide to go for used thikpad X2x0 laptop. I cannot recommend > anything older than x220/x230 for many reasons - performance, power > consumption, too old architecture and age (you would be buying almost 10 > years old laptop). > > In used Thinkpads, there is pretty awesome selection on Newegg Outlet. > Example for 2 years old x250: > https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order= BESTMATCH&Description=X250&ignorear=0&N=-1&isNodeId=1 > > You could get refurbished x250 for about $350 and over time upgrade RAM and > replace hard drive with SSD. You should be able to get at least 3 more > years out of that laptop. > > For new item in around $200 - you can look into HP Stream 11. It works > great with Linux and it is sturdy with good battery life. However it > doesn't have enough storage to run both Linux and windows, and it is not > upgradable. The only way to add storage is to use SD card or USB stick. > > For $200 and decent hardware, you will have to make significant compromises > unless you give up Windows or Linux. > > Tomas > > On Sep 4, 2017 10:34 AM, "Chuck Hast" <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have dualbooted the X200 with both Linux and Win7 pro. Worked quite well > but I prefer to load it up with RAM and run windows in a VM, works better in > my view. > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, 4 Sep 2017, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote: >> >>> Does the ThinkPad X200 dual-boot Linux OK for you? Dave. >> Dave, >> >> I've no idea as I run only linux on it; haven't done M$ in 20 years >> now. A >> web search might find the answer for you. >> >> If you'll allow a suggestion, replace the existing hard drive with a >> large >> Samsung SSD, install linux and use qemu to build a virtual machine. Then >> you >> can install Windows in that. Benefits include: faster and better Windows >> performance with greatly reduced risk of crashes, booting only a single OS >> (no dual boot issues), and now having faster, larger disk storage. >> >> Regards, >> >> Rich >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > > -- > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > Ph 4:13 KJV > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
