[CALUG] new laptop and desktop

[Ingrid Seabranch Hastings]

I will leave the laptop discussion to others, but as to the desktop, I
have had very good results with the Intel NUC family.  (NUC stands for
Next Unit of Computing.) These are nice little boxes (2x4x4 inches) with
quite low power consumption.  You buy the NUC and install whatever RAM
and hard disc (or SSD) you want.  It has room for two sticks of RAM.

Basically it is a very small desktop with video, USB and audio.

I am running Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya and 18.3 Sylvia, and one thing I like
very much is the 26 second boot and a 6 second login.

Inge

Oh, yes, and it comes with a bracket so that optionally you can mount it
on the back of a video display.


On 6/17/19 2:59 PM, Edward Makowski wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I seem to be in the market for a Linux laptop and Desktop...
> 
> I've seen a lot of reviews that recommend the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition,
> I was curious about what the LUG would recommend...
> (This should be able to run Mint [possibly Gentoo] and virtualize Windows...
> and will mostly be used for school with some minimal gaming [mb
> Hollowknight])
> 
> As for the Desktop I'm planning to do a 'build your own' rig... if
> you're interested
> in helping me pick parts for performance, budget, and compatibility
> please let me know
> and I'll start a thread..
> 
> -Edward
> 
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