On Tuesday 22 November 2016 21:49:52 John R Pierce wrote:
On 11/22/2016 1:14 PM, wwp wrote:
D800 series (810, etc.), E6500 series (E6500, E6530, etc.), at least.
D series are 10 years or more old. ancient in laptop terms. I had a D600 for a long time (new in 2003).
The E6x00, '10, '20, and '30 are also fairly old (2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively).
The current models branded like Latitude 15 5000, 14 7000, etc, are in fact Exx70 models, these are 6th gen core i3/i5/i7 based, aka Skylake, and its this newest generation of stuff thats got compatibility issues with CentOS.
That's what I thought. I think I'll go for a Precision Workstation. Anybody see any major problems with the following configuration.
I'm the ex Systems Manager of a Computer Science Dept. so I have lots of experience in configuring Linux systems.
precision 15 7510
Intel® Core i5-6300HQ Processor (Quad Core 2.30G Ubuntu Linux 14.04 SP1 NVIDIA Quadro M1000M w/2GB GDDR5 15.6 Ultrasharp™ FHD IPS (1920x108 Bezel For Full HD Non Touch with Camera +MIC 16GB (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 N-ECC Intel® Dual Band Wireless 8260 (802.11ac) 256GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive Additional 1TB 2.5inch SATA (7200 Rpm) Hard Drive 6-cell (72Wh) Lithium Ion battery
Seems pretty standard components to me.
Thanks,
Tony