On Thursday 16 July 2020 13:45:52 Michael wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 July 2020 07:17:54 pm Felmon Davis wrote:
> > greets!
> >
> > I have a new notebook I want to install Debian/Trinity on.
> >
> > it's an Asus Zenbook with Windows 10 Home; BIOS is American Megatrends
> > version 300.
>
> Hey Felmon,
>
> Since you just bought one, is this company reasonable for notebook prices?
> *
>
> https://starlabs.systems/
>
> "Built for Linux. Star Labs offer a range of laptops designed and built
> specifically for Linux. All of our laptops come with a choice of Ubuntu,
> elementary OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro, MX Linux or Zorin OS pre-installed ..."
>
> I went desktop several years back, but it'd be nice to have a 'beater' to
> take to a coffee shop..
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
> * I have no finacial or other interest in them.
>

Do they still sell no-OS laptops or desktops? About ten years ago, I bought a 
no-OS desktop which (if memory serves) was American Megatrends. That sounds 
really familiar. Anyway, it ran pretty well, was lots cheaper, had what I 
needed at the time; but it did seem rather less than bleeding-edge. 

A friend of mine buys up whole bins of old or discontinued laptops, 
refurbishes, etc., then resells (so I can get one at cost). He is 
recommending a Lenovo T530, which is the last of some series or other. He was 
showing off a few of its features; e.g., you can take out the DVD-drive and 
replace it with an SSD, etc. And there were lots of other goodies, look up 
the specs. In his estimation, which I trust over some years of experience, he 
says this is an especially good machine to trick out for Linux, multi-boot, 
all the stuff we talk about here. 

Also I looked into the Pine-stuff. They have laptops, tablets, smartphones, 
etc., but don't know much more. (Pinebook, Pinephone, etc.) 

It might be that you can find such a deal wherever you live. 

Bill


*Note that, like Michael, I have no financial interest here; just passing 
along what I've heard.