[Noisebridge-discuss] Lenovo X120e Re: need laptop recommendations

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Thanks to Ryan Rugles for bringing this up, since it's
useful to others too, like me.

$200 a pop, 60+ available, etched with a Madison school district logo
(that also looks like a Mensa logo)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-X120E-0611-AH9-11-6-3GB-320GB-WiFi-CAM-Bluetooth-For-Charity-/140874778639

Came with Vista, badly cleaned, but running Mint 14 Cinnamon
64-bit quite well since Friday night off

This is a lot better than the similar-sized and very conveniently-sized
Gateway LT3103 I used to use- better keyboard, touchpad
*and* traditional thinkpad mid-keyboard joystick pointer and middle-
click button and reasonable screen, and dual-core 64-bit virtualization-
capable CPU.  This is definitely a good size- big enough for a comfortable
keyboard but small enough to not require a big laptop bag.  I think
this is my new workhorse.

Hi Ben.  Did look at the X220 is quite a bit more expensive- it
looks good but market price is 3X of this

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Ben Kochie <superq at gmail.com> wrote:
> The x120e is probably the only thinkpad I would not reommend.
>
> Get the X220, but be sure to get one with the IPS screen.  It's very worth
> it.
>
> On Oct 12, 2012 9:41 PM, "Ryan Ruggles" <ryanlruggles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the info everyone.
>>
>> I am probably going to go with a Lenovo ThinkPad X120e. That seems
>> like a good combo of durability, portability, low price, and Linux
>> compatibility.
>>
>> Thank you everyone for all the suggestions.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Samir Faci <samir at esamir.com> wrote:
>> > If you're looking at ZaReason then you might want to look into
>> > system76 as well.  Both of them
>> > are very Linuxy laptops and imo you're paying a premium over a
>> > standard dell (insert favorite vendor here),
>> > but you get a laptop where you know that everything will work out of the
>> > box.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Samir
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:10 PM, John Magolske <listmail at b79.net> wrote:
>> >> * John Magolske <listmail at b79.net> [121010 12:55]:
>> >>> I picked up a brand-new X200s from itxchange.com a few years back for
>> >>> $500 -- priced low as it was an old model at that point, but I really
>> >>> like it.
>> >>
>> >> Apparently itxchange.com doesn't resolve sans-www (thought browsers
>> >> were supposed to be able to take care of that...). Anyhow, in case
>> >> someone thought that was a dead link, here's the full url:
>> >>
>> >>   http://www.itxchange.com
>> >>
>> >> Also, I found this to be a helpful page:
>> >>
>> >>   http://www.itxchange.com/help-desk/understanding-condition-codes
>> >>
>> >> (I've no connection with this outfit other than finding it to be
>> >> a good source for ThinkPads.)
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> John Magolske
>> >> http://B79.net/contact
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