Heyas,
I’m in the market for a linux laptop and I"ll be using opensuse 12.3(MATE) on it.
I’ll have around 1500 to spend on it but I want a dynamite system.
Thinkpenguin and Zareason have gotten my attention, so has System76 but I’ve read too many bad reviews.
I am also considering a thinkpad as well. I’m looking to have at least 1900xres 8-12 gb of ram, 700gb 7200 rpm drive with a 256+ ssd.
Niceties are good but non proprietary drivers are even better.
Let me know what you think.
I’m by no means an expert, but I have never had a problem installing openSUSE on any Toshiba laptop I’ve owned.
Replacing the sorry hard drive that comes with most laptops with an SSD goes a long way in making it sizzle!
12.3 is going away pretty soon. Are you stuck with that version for some reason?
Bart
I meant 13.2… i lose track with all the versions 
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:36:01 +0000, klepto wrote:
> montana_suse_user;2691506 Wrote:
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>> 12.3 is going away pretty soon. Are you stuck with that version for
>> some reason?
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>> Bart
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> I meant 13.2… i lose track with all the versions 
If you can go someplace that has the models you’re interested in for
sale, take a bootable flash drive and test it. That’s what I did before
I bought my last laptop, and I ended up with a pretty good find for what
I needed (it’s a Dell N7110, Intel video).
Jim Henderson
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