suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-14 Thread Ranjan Maitra
I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? Btw, what is the highest vertical resolution I can get? I used to have a Dell with 1200 some time ago, but can't seem to locate any now. Btw, does anyone know anything about the Samsung la

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-14 Thread Digimer
On 05/15/2013 12:05 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? Btw, what is the highest vertical resolution I can get? I used to have a Dell with 1200 some time ago, but can't seem to locate any now. Btw,

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Edward Martinez
On 5/14/2013 9:05 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/31/samsung-Series%209-WQHD-Ultrabook-matte-display/ Is there any hope of this coming to the market? Probably when Intel releases "Haswell" core CPU's. since, I think WQHD displays will require a more powerful GP

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Frédéric Bron
> The nvidia card is a pain, which is why I recommend integrated graphics I agree that nvidia is a pain. I have a very unstable system because of proprietary driver: very often, the X server freezes at 100% of CPU and the only solution is just to turn off the computer. However the fedora driver (n

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:13:46AM -0400, Digimer wrote: > On 05/15/2013 12:05 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but > >hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? > > > >Btw, what is the highest vertical resolution I can get? I used to have >

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Rick Stevens
On 05/14/2013 09:05 PM, Ranjan Maitra issued this missive: I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? I'm using a Dell Inspiron N7110 on F17. It's not exactly a lightweight, but it's pretty good. Intel Core i5, quad core, 8GB, 7

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Anthony
On 05/14/2013 11:05 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but > hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? I have had great experiences with System76. I've owned a few of their machines but, if I were to recommend one now, I'd say The Bonobo Extr

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On 05/14/2013 09:05:50 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but > hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? > > Btw, what is the highest vertical resolution I can get? I used to > have > a Dell with 1200 some time ago, but can't seem to locate

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:59 -0500 Anthony wrote: > On 05/14/2013 11:05 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but > > hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? > > I have had great experiences with System76. I've owned a few of their > machi

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Max Pyziur
On Wed, 15 May 2013, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:13:46AM -0400, Digimer wrote: On 05/15/2013 12:05 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? Btw, what is the highest vertical resoluti

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Darlene Wallach
This is Darlene Wallach On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but > hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? > > Btw, what is the highest vertical resolution I can get? I used to have > a Dell with 1200 some time a

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread bruce
umm... what's the price point? I've seen perfectly good systems on different Craigslist (depends on city, gotta verify them). I've also seen perfectly good systems on different auction systems, and purchased a number of systems from some of them over the years, although, never got anything from

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Under $1500, with the educational discount that universities sometimes get. Many thanks, Ranjan On Wed, 15 May 2013 19:21:58 -0400 bruce wrote: > umm... > > what's the price point? > > I've seen perfectly good systems on different Craigslist (depends on city, > gotta verify them). > > I've

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 05/15/2013 04:48 PM, Anthony wrote: On 05/14/2013 11:05 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? I have had great experiences with System76. I've owned a few of their machines but, if I were to reco

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-15 Thread bruce
Ranjan... I take it you're not in the US? I just saw an auction.. where 30 HP 2.8 AMD dual core/4G went for 2200 total.. now these had no drives.. but you can get drives for 40.. you could have had a nice cluster.. and sold the rest to make some cash!! On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Ranjan

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-16 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 22:16 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > I imagine anything that has a sub-woofer in it is pretty weighty? And would have to be pretty big. I don't believe what they call a sub-woofer will actually be one - something that's able to produce sub-audible vibrations that you'

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-16 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 05/16/2013 07:35 AM, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 22:16 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: I imagine anything that has a sub-woofer in it is pretty weighty? And would have to be pretty big. I don't believe what they call a sub-woofer will actually be one - something that's able to prod

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-16 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:26:27 +0200 Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:13:46AM -0400, Digimer wrote: > > On 05/15/2013 12:05 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > >I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but > > >hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? > > > > > >Btw,

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-16 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 15 May 2013 00:13:46 -0400 Digimer wrote: > On 05/15/2013 12:05 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but > > hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? > > > > Btw, what is the highest vertical resolution I can get? I used to have > >

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-17 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 05/17/2013 01:07 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 00:13:46 -0400 Digimer wrote: On 05/15/2013 12:05 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but hopefully not very heavy. Any suggestions? Btw, what is the highest vertical resoluti

Re: suggestions for linux laptop

2013-05-17 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Fri, 17 May 2013 10:02:46 -0400 "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." wrote: > On 05/17/2013 01:07 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Wed, 15 May 2013 00:13:46 -0400 Digimer wrote: > > > >> On 05/15/2013 12:05 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >>> I am looking for a new laptop running Fedora. A real workhorse but >