wanted: performance laptop, no windoze tax

[Ben Matteson]

On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 14:23 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
> On 07/16/2014 02:15 PM, Ben wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >         What are some recommendations for a relatively high
> >         performance laptop that
> >         works well on linux, and without paying windoze tax

> > Surprised no one has mentioned zareason.com.  I haven't bought one
> > from them yet, but I'm sooooo tempted ...
> > Regards,
> > Ben

> ZaReason won't say whether their laptop models go up to 1920 x 1080p
> on screen resolution. Every laptop I have seen on the market today ls
> limited to 1364 x 768 resolution. I call that "half-def." Until a
> laptop delivers "full-def," it will never replace a desktop.
> 
> I like the idea that I can order this maching with Fedora installed at
> the factory. The only thing is: I've fallen in love with KDE. They
> won't tell me whether they restrict their pre-installation to Gnome.
> 
> Temlakos

I found each model clearly says what the display resolution is, eg: the
Alto X445:

"Features:

    4th Generation Intel Core Processor
    Bright, anti-glare 14" LED backlit HD display @ 1920x1080 pixels
    Brushed Aluminum Lid/Touchpad area"
	etc

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