I'll concur with this - Dell has two very builds. The consumer laptops are fragile, the business laptops are nice and durable. On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 10:11:45PM -0600, Michael Greenly wrote: > My last few machines have been Dell Latitudes. I've been happy with them, > they're built well. My current machine is an > E6520<http://notebooks.com/2011/07/06/dell-latitude-e6520-review/> > which > fits you're description but they don't seem to be offering it anymore. I > didn't look to see what replaced it. In general I have not had any > problems with Linux on Dell machines as long as I pay some attention and > choose machines with intel networking and intel or nvidia graphics. > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Michael Moore <stuporglue at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > so far the > > > only two I only remotely thought held up well were the Lenovos and the > > > old Sony VAIOs (not sure about the new ones, they looks flimsy in > > > comparison). I like the Panasonic Toughbooks but they're painfully > > > expensive and the performance sucks. They have a sealed case which > > > means they have to get creative to keep the thing from burning up. > > > > There's a part of me that wishes I had a job that would justify the > > price of a Toughbook. I'll look at the Sony VAIOs, but I vaguely > > remember not being impressed with them. > > > > > Nothing wrong with Lenovo. I think based on your specific > > > requirements your 3 month wait will be well worth it. > > > > *sigh* It's going to be a long 3 months... > > > > -- > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > -- > Michael Greenly > http://logic-refinery.com > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Scott Raun sraun at fireopal.org