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I recently bought a Linx 14 from Tesco in the UK ( https://www.tesco.com/direct/linx-14-ultraslim-full-hd-light... ) which is Intel and I've been pleasantly surprised by how good it is! Particularly for the money! And an OS that I could get on with or give to my mum to use.
I recently bought a Linx 14 from Tesco in the UK ( https://www.tesco.com/direct/linx-14-ultraslim-full-hd-light... ) which is Intel and I've been pleasantly surprised by how good it is! Particularly for the money! And an OS that I could get on with or give to my mum to use.
Looks like rebranded Chinese laptop. Some Chinese companies sell very decent low-budget laptops (Chuwi, Teclast, Jumper, etc.) and some have full Linux support (according to reviews [1]). [1] https://techtablets.com/
At least with this one, the specifications are on a reputable seller's website and the Linx company is a UK Ltd company; the box it came in and tiny manual were good quality, unlike some of the Dells I have ordered!
I was pleasantly surprised! Impressed by the lack of bloatware on it too.
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It's not hard to rebuild old laptop battery packs with new 18650 cells.
Can you recommend a good place to get new 18650 cells? I live in Norway. I’ve been wanting to order some but obviously don’t want to buy them from some rando off of eBay because I don’t trust that they will 1. actually be new, and 2. that even if they are new they won’t explode in my face
I'm also working on an ARM notebook in the spirit of Novena called Reform: http://mntmn.com/reform/ This version is 32-bit, but it has 4 cores @ 1.2GHz and 4GB of RAM. Also, it is actually open source, meaning that all the electronic design files (made in KiCAD) are available on GitHub and as soon as we have decided on the correct formats the same will be true for the mechanical/case parts, so you will be even able t…
I also like how you avoid the whole Wi-Fi/OSS mess by just offering a mPCI slot so people can add proprietary hardware if they chose.
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Refurbished by a reputable re-seller always seems to work well for me, altho it adds a bit to the cost. I've picked up i5(2600)/8g/500G laptops for 150 like this on several occasions.
And who is a reputable reseller of old ThinkPads? It seems like it's the wild west in the market and I am interested in an old reliable ThinkPad with an expansion slot for an ssd.
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What kind of issues do people conceal?
I got a refurb Thinkpad and: 1. Battery puked out pretty quickly, so that's $100 (AUD) to fix on a $500 second hand laptop. 2. Some keys stopped working, could be bad luck as laptops have shite keyboards normally. Both are not necessarily concealed issues BUT this is the kind of shit you are dealing with with second hand laptops and the savings don't seem to justify it, for me anyway. Plus less NSAWare. The main bene…
I'm also working on an ARM notebook in the spirit of Novena called Reform: http://mntmn.com/reform/ This version is 32-bit, but it has 4 cores @ 1.2GHz and 4GB of RAM. Also, it is actually open source, meaning that all the electronic design files (made in KiCAD) are available on GitHub and as soon as we have decided on the correct formats the same will be true for the mechanical/case parts, so you will be even able t…
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It's not hard to rebuild old laptop battery packs with new 18650 cells.
Can you recommend a good place to get new 18650 cells? I live in Norway. I’ve been wanting to order some but obviously don’t want to buy them from some rando off of eBay because I don’t trust that they will 1. actually be new, and 2. that even if they are new they won’t explode in my face
I'm also working on an ARM notebook in the spirit of Novena called Reform: http://mntmn.com/reform/ This version is 32-bit, but it has 4 cores @ 1.2GHz and 4GB of RAM. Also, it is actually open source, meaning that all the electronic design files (made in KiCAD) are available on GitHub and as soon as we have decided on the correct formats the same will be true for the mechanical/case parts, so you will be even able t…
I don't completely understand your goal. If the case has been designed to be able to sensibly 3d print replacement parts, why are you spending so much making the thing high-quality and durable in the first place?
After almost a year the Pinebook I bought doesn't have any broken parts at all. Additionally, that FF update that brought multi-threaded page loading was essentially equivalent to upgrading the CPU. (The people I bought it for use it mainly to browse.)
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It's not hard to rebuild old laptop battery packs with new 18650 cells.
Can you recommend a good place to get new 18650 cells? I live in Norway. I’ve been wanting to order some but obviously don’t want to buy them from some rando off of eBay because I don’t trust that they will 1. actually be new, and 2. that even if they are new they won’t explode in my face
I don't know how easy it is to get them to ship to you, nor how easy it is for individuals to buy from them.