On 2021-06-14 09:39, J C Nash wrote: > With possible opening up of travel and having laptops that are vintage 2014 and 2015, > we're thinking of a new one for road trips. > > Our considerations: > > - 2 people sharing for email > - need for plenty of storage for photos and family history information, plus > some technical projects > - reasonably fast > - robust > - we find 14" screen about right balance between visibility and portability > > Our experience: > > - our 2 Asus Zenbooks (I7, >8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) are quite nice, but > -- the 3800 UHD screen gives lots of woes with apps that reset the > resolution. Zoom really messes things about on exit. > -- both have had hinge failure. Spent $200 to fix one, but have > made a frame for the other and velcroed it so hinge fixed. > -- batteries likely near end of useful life, and on the road > you sometimes need a battery > > - our 2010 Asus UL30A still has nicely balanced features, though now > too slow and charging circuit beginning to be a nuisance. But a > 1TB spinning disk has proved exceptionally nice for road trips, since > it can store a pretty well complete set of family photos etc. > > Keeping watch on offerings, the HP machines > https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_1925_1912_1909&item_id=150936 $699 i5 1920 > https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_1925_1912_1909&item_id=182955 $699 Ryzen 5 1366 > https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_1925_1912_1909&item_id=182956 $849 Ryzen 7 1920 > > seem interesting. Had to look at specs to see that the cheaper Ryzen is only 1366 resolution. I'm a huge fan of the commercial line of Thinkpads since 2001, in a 14" you would be looking at the T series or the X series. They have recently started offering Ryzen processors too. They are robust and support Linux reasonably well. They are the preference for RH's kernel and Linux developers. > Does anyone have opinions on these? Have not had a hands-on look, which will be important to making > sure keyboard not "strange". Also to try to gauge whether hinge and rest of physical structure robust > enough. However, they seem to offer reasonable bang for the buck. We're not stuck on HP, or Asus, or ... > Mainly interested in reliable and long-term workhorse that we are comfortable using. > > JN slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org