On 11/03/2017 04:17 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 11/02/2017 01:00 PM, Wells, Roger K. wrote: >> On 11/02/2017 01:42 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> I'm looking to replace my (old, creaky) netbook (Acer Aspire One D255e, >>> a screaming dual core 1.6 GHz Atom, and a whole 2 gigs of RAM) with >>> something faster but not too large. Sometimes (usually) the netbook is >>> painfully slow. >>> >>> Something like a hi-res 14 (or 15) inch screen (full HD), minimum of >>> 4 gigs >>> RAM, HD of a half terabyte or bigger. >>> >>> I'd like to not have to go over 600-700 dollars, so I know my choices >>> are somewhat limited if I want to avoid the 400-500 dollar windows 10 >>> junk^H^H^H^Hsystems from BJs, etc. >>> >>> Something with a quad-core processor, and all hardware works with C7. >>> >>> I've glanced at Lenovo Thinkpads on amazon where there are several >>> "factory refurbished" ones with similar specs to what I mention above >>> in the $500-700 range, but I don't know if they're any good or not >>> >>> I'm open to suggestions from any/all of you! >>> >>> thanks in advance! >>> >>> Fred >>> >> I have been running Linux, mostly Redhat flavors, for a long time mostly >> on Thinkpads but some other IBM/Lenovo laptops for a long time. >> Never have had a problem. Currently running Fedora 26 on a X260, two >> with Centos 7.4, X200 & X220, all used for software development. >> HTH >> > Red Hat provides Lenovo Thinkpad machines to employees, so almost > everything for RHEL (and therefore CentOS) works with those. Also the X1 > Carbon. I suspected that for a long time. I've used lots of thinkpads with Fedora & Centos and never have had a serious problem. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Roger Wells, P.E. leidos 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger.k.wells at leidos.com