Comments on: updating ubuntu/2016/02/13/updating-ubuntu/various and sundry notionsMon, 15 Feb 2016 23:25:28 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: wjlonien/2016/02/13/updating-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-603Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:47:18 +0000http://arcanesciencelab.com/?p=1853#comment-603I’m working at IBM, but since “we” (my employers) outsourced most of their hardware to Lenovo et al, I’m not sure if the old Thinkpad tips are still as valid as they once were. Some of my colleagues who’ve got the lastest iterations *did* have some trouble with installing Linux on them, even with our pre-canned “Open Client” (which cannot be bought AFAIK, and I’m not sure if anyone would want it anyway).
If I could decide – at work I mean – I’d probably opt for a Dell XPS machine. I think they even have those with Ubuntu preinstalled, and the hardware seems to be rather good as well. My wife has a cheaper one from Dell, and it runs both Windows and Ubuntu (latest versions) without any glitch.
The way it is, I’ll have to take either a small and cute Thinkpad “Carbon”, or its Mac equivalent. Or if I do nothing, they will provide me with the latest (and very heavy) W-type “workstation” notebook. Heavy, but with 16GB and a SSD (the others are 8GB and SSD).

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