Added another one. Lenovo Carbon X1, 4th Generation. CPU i5 6300U, 8GB RAM and 240GB M2 SSD. Added a 512GB SD card for extra storage. Is that a good idea? Maybe not, but it syncs to my server whenever I'm at home so unlikely to lose anything. The M2 SSD isn't quite standard, so replacement may be a bit expensive. Consider that later. This is one terrific little machine. Way outperforms the other two and the battery lasts me 2 days. Sound is quite good and the 12" 1920x1080 screen is lovely. These things are worth around $400 for average used condition - I picked this one up on an Ebay auction for the reserve price of $117 in virtually "as new" condition, which I'm fairly happy with given they're like $2.5K new. SIM card slot means I don't even have to tether to the phone, so very convenient.Two, at the moment.
HP15-g216au
This model was available ex factory with Win8, Ubuntu or SUSE, so Linux compatible out of the box. I bought it new and it had Win8 pre-installed which I wiped and it's run Debian 9, 10, 11. MATE desktop.
Processor is AMD A6-5200 which I'd call the minimum standard, but in saying that it runs well, albeit a little slower than I'd like. RAM upgraded to 8GB and now has an SSD in place of the original HDD.
AMD GPU runs a 4K TV faultlessly and that's its current use. Wi-Fi is strong, if a touch slow while network is 10/100 only, but that's good enough. Sound is surprisingly good.
These notebooks have a known problem with keyboards. Replaced once and looks like may need again. Bit disappointing in a package that is otherwise pretty solid.
Lenovo Ideapad 110-15AST
AMD A9 (7th Gen) processor is noticeably faster than the HP and I've upgraded RAM to 8GB and HDD to an SSD. More than capable of handling just about anything I'm likely to do while on the road.
Only shortfall with this notebook is the sound, which is pretty awful.
Running Debian 12 now, previously Debian 10 and 11 with KDE. Absolutely no problems with the operating system, peripheral drivers or any of the hardware or software.
Used for business primarily. Various applications including Win7 in Virtualbox which runs faultlessly.
Running Debian 12 with KDE Plasma and it's absolutely faultless, even when running Win7 in Virtualbox. Installation is a bit vanilla, but went faultlessly and has been ultra reliable. Only downside is that the keyboard doesn't have a number pad, but I can live with that.
Statistics: Posted by NFT5 — 2024-11-05 09:47