On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 10:22:49 AM Carl Turney wrote:
Am interested in buying a not-too-old (or even new) laptop. (My Acer Aspire 5315 just can't play hi-res video files on smplayer well, even when doing nothing else.) An MSY store pointed me to a couple of new low-price ones, but they didn't seem Linux-compatible.
In what way did they seem incompatible? Linux generally works quite well on laptops. Sometimes there's a delay in getting support for the newest video chipset but you can usually run with fewer video features or a proprietary driver while waiting.
Looking for fairly old-school specs: Compatible with HDD (not SSD) internal SATA drive DVD (or better, BluRay) drive Decent (full-size good-feel) keyboard 1 bidirectional (or 2 unidirectional) 3.5mm headset sockets Not IBM, Dell, or HP (personal)
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