Re: Good "lapbook" for running Linux?

Greetings,

If you are on a budget and want something that goes very well with
Linux, it's small and powerful enough I would strongly recommend a
ThinkPad X230.
You can use any 2.5 inch SATA SSD or HD, it has USB 3.0 ports and you
can also use a mSATA SSD.

I got mine for around 180 Euro at laptopmarket.ie
They ram two RAM slots and you can upgrade up to 2x8GB for a total of
16 GB of RAM, which is crazy.



On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 08:50 -0800, [email protected]
wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> My tablet died recently and I'm casting round for an alternative.
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> I *_don't_* want a tablet again. Android was trying to (and sometimes
> succeeding) track my location=C2=A0 too often for my liking!
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> So, I found this:
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> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-T90B-Pro-Dual-Band-Bluetooth/dp/B07
> D5H84NL/ref=3Dsr_1_5?s=3Dcomputers&ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1550417729&sr=3D1-
> 5&keywords=3Dlaptop
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> Now, I'm not much of a hardward guy, so I would like a little
> guidance here.
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> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> SUPPORTS HDD UPTO 1TB - Your new Lapbook comes with 4GB RAM and 32GB
> of on-board eMMC storage with the option to expand the memory up to
> 256GB with a Micro SD card (tf-card) or Insert a HDD (upto 1TB) and
> increase the internal storage immediately.
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> BUT! - further down the page:
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> and it is backed with a HDD slot (not all HDDs compatible, please
> check with Fusion5 for compatible HDDs readily available in the
> market) which can take upto 1TB HDD.=C2=A0
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> What does this mean exactly?=C2=A0
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> The company's web site (Fusion5) is recommending a 2.5" from
> Barracuda.
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> My thoughts are that surely if Barracuda works, they will? Aren't
> these things made to standard specs?
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> Any advice, references, recommendations for other h/ware most
> welcome!
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> TIA and rgs,
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