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Considerations For Buying a New Laptop (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hey all. I've recently swapped to Linux and I've been really enjoying it so far. I'm still pretty new to basically every aspect of it, though, so I'm not super sure what things I should be wary of with regard to hardware, in particular with Mint.

I was looking at buying a newer laptop to keep up with my main game, but it occurred to me that newer hardware may come with either a host of issues or be less supported than older hardware.

Any advice for laptops in this regard?

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[–] 11 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

If you plan to buy a new laptop I would give my money to a (somewhat) ethical company which fully supports Linux:

NovaCustom

Framework

Starlabs

Nitrokey

Tuxedo

system76

Some of those even have core boot built in.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'd heard of Framework, Tuxedo, and system76, but not the others. Thanks for the pointers!

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Also slimbook! They're offering similar machines to tuxedo, but my Executive 14 13700 was slightly cheaper than the equivalent Tuxedo Infinity book pro (same clevo laptop base), and dropped the second nvme slot for a full 99Wh battery.

    Additionally, I has no problems shipping from Spain to the US.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Oh you will suffer in the best way possible. You like the Slimbook now but in five years something will degrade, like the battery. You'll think about getting a new one and you'll look forward to it but nooo, you will not get a new one. You will look online and there will be parts available and you'll repair it. Then you'll need more disk space or ram so you're hoping to get a new one but nooo, you will upgrade it. And then something will break and you finally see the part is not in stock so you mail them just in case but instead of an automated reply you'll get a real response and they'll get you the part you need. Sure, replacing a glued keyboard is a bit exciting but turns out a lot can be replaced. Not sure how old mine is but I like it, it just keeps running.

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