<div dir="ltr">The laptop I'm running around with right now is a Lenovo Thinkpad T420. The only thing that I have issue with is hibernation, but there is a firmware update that should address this but I have not been able to get it to work from booting off a flash drive and I cant install it via Windows (because I dont have the OS) :/. But the kids might like that they have "420" laptops, lol. I think it should even run PC-BSD, but I have not confirmed that yet. Referbs should be easy to come by: i5 w/ 8GB of Mem $319 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T420-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B00W4AMWCI">http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T420-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B00W4AMWCI</a><br><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Sean O'Donnell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sean@seanodonnell.com" target="_blank">sean@seanodonnell.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Depending on budget constraints, I'd suggest considering the dell XPS-13. It comes with Windows, but all the components should work under Ubuntu as well. They have a model that runs Ubuntu instead of Windows, alternatively.<br>
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On 03/10/2016 11:01 AM, Dustin Laurence wrote:<br>
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It looks like I may be able to influence some laptop purchases at the<br>
boys' school--but unfortunately, it's a last minute deal I have to move<br>
on right away, and I doubt I'll have time to research the current<br>
generation of laptops. Fortunately, I suspect a few of you may have<br>
bought a laptop recently.<br>
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I would like to identify current windows laptops that will dual-boot<br>
Linux well (for some of the kids who are interested in programming and<br>
real computer knowledge) without confusing the windows users (everybody<br>
else) who don't know what dual-boot means. They should be inexpensive,<br>
but not to the point of being cheap junk that will overheat if you do<br>
something more challenging than read email. The goal, obviously, is to<br>
have computers that are useful for the kids who want to have a 'coding<br>
club' and learn real things as well as for what the teachers come up with.<br>
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Anyway, suggestions welcome.<br>
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Dustin<br>
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