Re: OT: Recommendation for a new Debian laptop

[Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org>]

On 12/1/22 3:54 pm, john doe wrote:
> Debians,
>
> i've been using a laptop for a fiew years now and before this laptop
> dies on me I would like to buy a new laptop.
>
> I'm thinking about two options:
> - Buying something of the shelph and installing Debian on it
> - Buying a pine64 or alike
> - Any other alternative?
>
> The only requirement is to have virtualisation available.
My advice is if you are going to be doing any virtual work is get a 
laptop with

- decent processor ( I use Ryzen mid range )

- Expandable memory to 32G

- NVME PCIe system drive (256G upwards)

- Large internal secondary drive - typically SATA 1G +

In terms of things just working nicely, I prefer ASUS, but most brands 
with those specs will be able to do all you want.

Standard off the shelf systems are either very expensive or don't have 
the memory and disk you will need.

Get the cheapest one with the capabilities needed and do the upgrades 
yourself for usually a lot cheaper

--

Jeremy

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