[PLUG] I'm shopping for hardware, what about Lenovo?

[Denis Heidtmann]

I bought used from Eco Binary on Beaverton Hillsdale Hywy.  L420 $180;
seems little used.  Selection changes as they sell and acquire new stock.

-Denis

On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 5:10 PM, VY <vyau5678 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A somewhat related question.
> Where is a good place to buy Lenovo laptop (with good price)?   Is Lenovo
> website the only and best option?
>
> thanks
>
> -v
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Vedanta Teacher <
> orevedantateacher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Everyone,
> >
> >   Thank You,
> >  I'll see about ordering a T570 next week...
> >
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Paul W.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Bill Weiss <pdxlinux at houdini.spum.us>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Bill Weiss(pdxlinux at houdini.spum.us)@Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 06:12:25PM
> > > +0000:
> > > > Joe Shisei Niski(joeniski at gmail.com)@Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 09:51:48AM
> > > -0700:
> > > > >
> > > > > On 08/23/2017 07:16 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:53:49 -0700
> > > > > > Vedanta Teacher <orevedantateacher at gmail.com> dijo:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> I was thinking about replacing it with a Lenovo ThinkPad T570:
> > > > > > Thinkpads are famous for reliability and Linux compatibility. But
> > you
> > > > > > should also check out the offerings from System76.
> > > > >      Many thumbs up to System76 for for nice turnkey Linux laptops,
> > > > > responsive pre-sale staff willing and ready to answer questions,
> and
> > > > > good service. I reccomend that if you go this route , do a little
> > > > > research onthe OEM of the system ad  - I've purchased Clevo  (also
> > sold
> > > > > as Sager and Alienware) hardware from them and never had a problem.
> > Not
> > > > > sure what they're selling these days.
> > > >
> > > > I cannot more strongly recommend against System76.
> > > >
> > > > At my previous company we used them for desktops and laptops for a
> few
> > > > years. After a number of bad hardware problems (example: three
> desktops
> > > in
> > > > a row had their power supplies catch fire. Not figuratively, actual
> > smoke
> > > > and fire) and their resulting lack of ability to fix those things
> (one
> > of
> > > > those desktops was in their hands for more than a month for repairs,
> > > > during which we had to just buy another computer for that user so
> they
> > > > could work) I talked to the management to see what we could do about
> it
> > > > and the answer was "eh, we think it's probably a problem on your
> > > side."[1]
> > > > We put all the System76 machines on Craigslist and bought Dells to
> > > replace
> > > > them, which were fine.
> > > >
> > > > I hear pretty good things about Clevo/Sager, though if you go that
> > route
> > > > you're the support and warranty department :) You can get replacement
> > > > parts cheap enough, but not super quick. Consider it buying a machine
> > > > built from NewEgg and you'll be fine.
> > >
> > > I forgot my [1] footnote: we had 100 people in that office, most with
> > > desktops. We had 3 power supply fires. Guess what the common thing
> among
> > > them was? We also had no other weird power issues: no monitors or TVs
> > > getting sad, no chargers being grumpy, etc. Also, all three of those
> > > machines had the same maker/model power supply.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bill Weiss
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