Advice for New Machine
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Need to get a new machine. Currently on Lenovo ThinkPad 560. Have had trouble with it from day one.
Acer Nitro seems as if it might be a good option. I'm not familiar with them though.
Can't go real big on cost either, unfortunately.
I almost never use it as a laptop. Have it hooked up to a larger monitor.
Will be using a linux OS.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Have you considered a non-laptop like
Small Form Factor PC
Give it a search, you can get Dell or HP and/or refurbished at less than $250 -
Dell XPS-13 is a pretty sweet / lightweight laptop. Dell attempts to have good linux support for that model. In theory they test it with linux drivers. Having had one a few years ago - it did work well and I really liked that it was very portable.
I now have an XPS-14 (slightly larger) and the webcam does not work due to driver issues. I also had to install the Linux "mainline" kernel to get everything else to work (headphone jack was not working as well).
I've got a slightly dated (about 7 year old) tower that I'd be happy to send you.
I almost never use it as a laptop. Have it hooked up to a larger monitor.
Building a tower is a pretty good option. Though getting things at a discount would require a good bit of labor to find the parts on places like ebay/FB marketplace etc..
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Sweet ! Thanks for the replies. I think I'll give the XPS a try. I had a dell before this lenovo and it worked great for about 15 years.
Even though I'll rarely use it as a laptop, it'll still be nice to have that versatility.
Thanks again
