Hello, I need to buy an ultrabook. Any recommendations for something that would work out of the box more or less? I do not want a Chromebook (or anything ARM) or one of these new "touch" laptops, in fact I'm after a nice matte screen. Budget is modest-ish (?500/$800) so dont go crazy. :) Thanks! -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro
I have Asus U32U, and CentOS works fine on it ;) On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote:> Hello, > > I need to buy an ultrabook. Any recommendations for something that > would work out of the box more or less? > I do not want a Chromebook (or anything ARM) or one of these new > "touch" laptops, in fact I'm after a nice matte screen. Budget is > modest-ish (?500/$800) so dont go crazy. :) > > Thanks! > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." (A. Einstein) "La mente intuitiva ? un dono sacro e la mente razionale ? un fedele servo. Noi abbiamo creato una societ? che onora il servo e ha dimenticato il dono." (A. Einstein) Fabrizio Di Carlo
On 11/27/2013 07:26 AM, Nux! wrote:> Hello, > > I need to buy an ultrabook. Any recommendations for something that > would work out of the box more or less? > I do not want a Chromebook (or anything ARM) or one of these new > "touch" laptops, in fact I'm after a nice matte screen. Budget is > modest-ish (?500/$800) so dont go crazy. :) > > Thanks! >The Lenovo ThinkPad X series all seem to work very well with CentOS/RHEL. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20131127/1eab819c/attachment-0003.sig>
On 27/11/2013 15:01, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 11/27/2013 07:26 AM, Nux! wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I need to buy an ultrabook. Any recommendations for something that >> would work out of the box more or less? >> I do not want a Chromebook (or anything ARM) or one of these new >> "touch" laptops, in fact I'm after a nice matte screen. Budget is >> modest-ish (?500/$800) so dont go crazy. :) >> >> Thanks! >> > The Lenovo ThinkPad X series all seem to work very well with CentOS/RHEL. > >Yes - Although they are pricey - if money were no object I'd go for a nice X series. -- Regards, Giles Coochey, CCNP, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 8444 780677 +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles at coochey.net
On 27/11/13 13:26, Nux! wrote:> Hello, > > I need to buy an ultrabook. Any recommendations for something that > would work out of the box more or less? > I do not want a Chromebook (or anything ARM) or one of these new > "touch" laptops, in fact I'm after a nice matte screen. Budget is > modest-ish (?500/$800) so dont go crazy. :) > > Thanks! >Dell XPS 13 ultrabook works fine with RHEL6/CentOS6 out of the box. It does have a glossy screen though. You can get some very good prices on refurbished models through Dell Outlet for around the ?500 mark as opposed to over ?1000 new. You should be able to pick up a Core i5, 8GB RAM, SSD and full HD display for around ?500 but you sometimes have to wait for the exact spec you want to become available (and they do get snapped up quickly).