On 2014-07-16 09:07, Neal Becker wrote:
Sorry, I know this subject has been written about before. But google shows mostly 5 year old info.
What are some recommendations for a relatively high performance laptop that works well on linux, and without paying windoze tax?
I have read the thread before commenting.
I am going to be purchasing a laptop in the near future and feel the same as you. I will probably setup the computer as dual boot for those times that I need Windoze such as updating my old Garmin GPS.
One thing I would suggest is that you don't walk out of the store without a valid Windows disk. I purchased a computer last year and the image was on a partition. I toasted the partition due to my first working with gpt and this new partition scheme. I needed to go back to the store and they gave me a copy of the Windows program.
The store thought I could make recovery disks from the system but this particular machine didn't have the tools for creating a recovery disk.
Dell is the computer of choice at work but if there are issues, then you may be forced to use DEL