On Tuesday 22 November 2016 21:49:52 John R Pierce wrote:
> On 11/22/2016 1:14 PM, wwp wrote:
> > D800 series (810, etc.), E6500 series (E6500, E6530, etc.), at
> > least.
>
> D series are 10 years or more old. ancient in laptop terms. I
> had a D600 for a long time (new in 2003).
>
> The E6x00, '10, '20, and '30 are also fairly old (2008, 2010, 2011,
> and 2012, respectively).
>
> The current models branded like Latitude 15 5000, 14 7000, etc, are
> in fact Exx70 models, these are 6th gen core i3/i5/i7 based, aka
> Skylake, and its this newest generation of stuff thats got
> compatibility issues with CentOS.
>
That's what I thought. I think I'll go for a Precision Workstation.
Anybody see any major problems with the following configuration.
I'm the ex Systems Manager of a Computer Science Dept. so I have lots
of experience in configuring Linux systems.
precision 15 7510
Intel® Core i5-6300HQ Processor (Quad Core 2.30G
Ubuntu Linux 14.04 SP1
NVIDIA Quadro M1000M w/2GB GDDR5
15.6 Ultrasharp™ FHD IPS (1920x108
Bezel For Full HD Non Touch with Camera +MIC
16GB (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 N-ECC
Intel® Dual Band Wireless 8260 (802.11ac)
256GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
Additional 1TB 2.5inch SATA (7200 Rpm) Hard Drive
6-cell (72Wh) Lithium Ion battery
Seems pretty standard components to me.
Thanks,
Tony
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