I also prefer a plethora of ports and battery charge life but often you have to settle for what you can get. In exchange for the number of ports and drives I have in my monster laptop (both being essential), I had to sacrifice battery charge life.
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same here Murph,
when my previous laptop lost all of its' USB-2 ports, and only had a single USB-3 port that would work, that put it in the recycle bin...
I still have it, but it is useless to me.
Re: Would you purchase a computer from a Linux system maker?
Jeanie,Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:26 pm I also prefer a plethora of ports and battery charge life but often you have to settle for what you can get. In exchange for the number of ports and drives I have in my monster laptop (both being essential), I had to sacrifice battery charge life.
Just curious, what do you do with all those drives?
Wade
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Uh, store data?wwblm wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:59 pmJeanie,Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:26 pm I also prefer a plethora of ports and battery charge life but often you have to settle for what you can get. In exchange for the number of ports and drives I have in my monster laptop (both being essential), I had to sacrifice battery charge life.
Just curious, what do you do with all those drives?
Wade
All seriousness aside , most of the space being used is for movies and I have a lot of e-books, music and photos. I also keep my home "office" as paperless as I legally can.
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I have been wanting to ask just WTH you do that needs so much data space?Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:22 pmUh, store data?wwblm wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:59 pmJeanie,Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:26 pm I also prefer a plethora of ports and battery charge life but often you have to settle for what you can get. In exchange for the number of ports and drives I have in my monster laptop (both being essential), I had to sacrifice battery charge life.
Just curious, what do you do with all those drives?
Wade
All seriousness aside , most of the space being used is for movies and I have a lot of e-books, music and photos. I also keep my home "office" as paperless as I legally can.
I just last month, filled up a 1TB drive of important paperless documents, downloaded ISOs, PDFs on equipment, from 20 plus years of saving stuff like that....
to solve that problem, I just put in a 4TB drive to let me keep it all in one place for the rest of my life. I have two 8TB SeaGate USB Hub drives for archiving stuff.
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We all have different needs. Purchased movies, TV series, etc. as well as books and music take up a tiny fraction of the physical space required to store CDs, DVDs, BD, and dead tree books when kept on a computer instead on the original media (I'd need to add a room or two to my home to store it all). They also can be backed up. If something, like a fire flood, theft, whatever takes out your entire media collection as well as all your paper documents, you are pretty much SOL. If it all has been digitized and backed up in more than one place, your chances for not losing any of that data are pretty darned good. It's also far more portable.AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:53 pm ...I have been wanting to ask just WTH you do that needs so much data space?
I just last month, filled up a 1TB drive of important paperless documents, downloaded ISOs, PDFs on equipment, from 20 plus years of saving stuff like that....
to solve that problem, I just put in a 4TB drive to let me keep it all in one place for the rest of my life. I have two 8TB SeaGate USB Hub drives for archiving stuff.
4tb space.jpg
I'm not the only one who keeps large amounts of data but most of those people keep most of it on servers, especially when multiple people in a family will need to access it. For me, it's far more convenient (and less expensive with less hardware to maintain and be taking up space) to have it in one place I can lug around.
Jeannie
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
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I have got to have ports. At least two USB-A, and I would prefer two USB-C along with HDMI and Ethernet at a minimum. A 70+ w/hr battery would be good as well.
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Battery charge life is also dependent on power draw from the computer. My behemoth has an 82WH battery and yet struggles to last an hour (if it's idling).
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The Infinitybook. I have no issues with the storage space, but I also got a Linux based NAS for backups and such.
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I know about using power with those honking powerful processors! Also the reviews I have seen in English on the Infinitybook look really nice, and a very worthy laptop.
Since the Spouse Unit has made the decision that We Are Moving! And now that we have purchased a new(er) house it will give me the opportunity to downsize with me getting rid of a bunch of clutter that you seem to accumulate over the years. Ugh, I wish I had been consulted a bit more, but as I told the brother in law, I am just flotsam in the way or Tsunami Spouse-Unit. Plus we really need a one story because of the knee issue. Now I have to get networks set up, etc etc. I am too old to be doing this.
Since the Spouse Unit has made the decision that We Are Moving! And now that we have purchased a new(er) house it will give me the opportunity to downsize with me getting rid of a bunch of clutter that you seem to accumulate over the years. Ugh, I wish I had been consulted a bit more, but as I told the brother in law, I am just flotsam in the way or Tsunami Spouse-Unit. Plus we really need a one story because of the knee issue. Now I have to get networks set up, etc etc. I am too old to be doing this.
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I know the feeling, I live with someone who cannot throw things away, plus we have most of her mum's furniture from when she died years ago. Our house is full. Anyone for four dining room tables?
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DO NOT LET MY WIFE KNOW! She will arrange for us to get them! NOOOOOOO!
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we have 3 generations of household stuff in our shop, a 30x40 size for two cars...
there is a thin isle to walk thru from side to side.....
we have declared war on the old stuff, come spring, a lot if going to the dump, or community
there is a thin isle to walk thru from side to side.....
we have declared war on the old stuff, come spring, a lot if going to the dump, or community
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We just had a...disagreement over where my man cave with all the computers were going to be located in the new house. I am planning on having both the Windows desktop and the Thelio active.
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Have you seen Harry Potter? The first one where he lives under the stairs. That is my "office".
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I now share my "man cave/office" with my daughter since I got told by She Who Must Be Obeyed that I had to share.
I am getting ready for the big move and setting up my new man cave for just me.
Question: Does Lenovo still sell laptops with Linux installed, or has that gone by the wayside? I know that Dell and HP (or used to), sell Ubuntu laptops if you can find them.
I am getting ready for the big move and setting up my new man cave for just me.
Question: Does Lenovo still sell laptops with Linux installed, or has that gone by the wayside? I know that Dell and HP (or used to), sell Ubuntu laptops if you can find them.
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Single life does have its advantages.
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To ensure the safety of your data, you have to be proactive, not reactive, so, back it up!
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Re: Would you purchase a computer from a Linux system maker?
I'm looking into Penguin thanks to your post. Agree that System 76 is way over priced. Just think of how bad they will be when Windows completely locks down their machines so you cant install a new OS. I figure that is next on the horizon. I've also looked at Tuxedo Computers out of Germany.AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:23 pmi agree with you on this.MurphCID wrote: ⤴Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:59 pm I have been doing a little unscientific research on the cost of laptops, and generally Linux laptops from Linux system makers are $100-$400 more expensive than their windows equivalents for new computers of comparable specs. But the Linux devices with very very rare exceptions are also user upgradable where many, if not most Windows laptops have the ram and in some cases the drive non-user upgradable due to be soldered on the motherboard.
An example is the System 76 Lemur Pro (8gb soldered, 1 open slot 40gb max), vs the Lenovo X1 Carbon which require you to pick the ram and it cannot be upgraded.
that is why my next laptop will NOT be anything that has Windows on it OEM.
I have made up my mind, I am going with Penguin
System 76 is over priced IMO
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How did you find a 17" screen? All I'm seeing is one 15" on thinkpinguin.comAZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:47 pmway to small for me, I need a 17" screen and a ten-key pad,MurphCID wrote: ⤴Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:30 pm Most of my System 76 laptops are either well made plastic or some metal but the one I love the most is the Lemur Pro. You can take it from my cold dead fingers, this laptop is the best I have ever had. I am so glad the wife and kids got it for me years ago. If I need to get another laptop at some point, it will be a Lemur Pro again.
plus a LOT of USB ports... everything has HDMI now, but only one port
for the price, I will go with Penguin
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I had one of those fuzzy pads that comes with put together furniture to keep the doors from banging. I slapped that over my webcam. Is there a way to easily disable the mic in linux?AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:08 pmI use black tape, but yeah, I make it impossible to be used.Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:52 pm
More than just having no use for them, I don't trust them since they can be hacked. When I get a notebook or laptop, I remove any software associated with the webcam then put a plastic label over the webcam and the microphone holes.