On 7/16/2014 8:07 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
Sorry, I know this subject has been written about before. But google shows mostly 5 year old info.
No need to apologize for the subject because technology advances, so the answer changes for the same questions.
What are some recommendations for a relatively high performance laptop that works well on linux, and without paying windoze tax?
This question needs to be answered relative to a triple of considerations including performance, price, and availability. Compromises among these characteristics may be necessary to make a timely, affordable choice.
If your definition of performance includes both video and data processing performance, then higher screen pixel densities, tending toward quad resolution (3840 x 2160), or closer to it, will be considered. Other similar terminology includes 4K screens or QHD+ displays. This level of hardware needs appropriate software to support it, and that means a combination of vendor video drivers, kernel performance, and scalable-resolution application support. At this moment, the optimal combination of these factors may not yet be ready to install and use on the higher-resolution laptop screens.
If your definition of performance does not require higher-definition video, then the number of candidate machines increases, their prices decrease considering their capabilities, and software development may be relatively more complete and better match the hardware capabilities. These products are available to put into service without waiting for advancements in video software development.
If price is an important consideration, you may wish to consider refurbished equipment to obtain a better performance to price ratio, and with your choice of distribution version given adequate support of each of the machine's capabilities. If your requirement is new hardware that has never been sold with a Windows license, then choices among hardware capabilities likely will be restrained among models, and price differentials may be relatively modest.
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