<div dir="ltr"><div>Has anyone on the list bought a System76 machine? (<a href="https://system76.com/laptops">https://system76.com/laptops</a>)<br></div><div>The idea of being able to 'design' it appeals to me. They support open-source + Linux, etc, and most of their laptops have the nice feature of a second SSD.<br></div><div>/s</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 20:49, Eliot Blennerhassett <ewblen@e.email> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 13/07/20 7:16 pm, Charles Manning wrote:<br>
> Hello All<br>
> <br>
> Any suggestions as to where to go buy a new laptop?<br>
<br>
Do you specifically want to go to a shop to try before buy?<br>
<br>
If not...<br>
Lenovo are selling new via trademe or their website with free shipping,<br>
generally have good linux reputation - I'm seriously considering one<br>
right now...<br>
<br>
And do you mean new as in brand new unused?<br>
<br>
<br>
> <br>
> I used to buy all my computers at Global PC but, alas, they are no more.<br>
> <br>
> Looking to spend around $2k on a grunty laptop mainly to run Linux<br>
> (Linux and embedded dev).<br>
<br>
Someone mentioned buying the extended warranty. You might want to read<br>
this first<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/extended-warranties" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/extended-warranties</a><br>
<br>
--<br>
Eliot<br>
<br>
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