Well today my 15 month old daughter poured a cup of coffee on my Aspire One netbook. Now it won't work. Oh well, I have been wanting to buy a new laptop with more power and more up-to-date anyway.

I have been looking at System 76 laptops. I would like to support a company that supports Linux. But I have not heard anything from anyone that has actually bought any of their computers. Are they any good?

While I am shopping around, any other good suggestions for a laptop that is good quality and obviously works well with Linux?

Hi,

I've not had any dealings with them myself, but I've heard good things about ZaReason: http://zareason.com

Evo2.

I am partial to IBM Laptops

http://www-03.ibm.com/linux/

Newegg price list

Edit: of course you will have to install the distro of your choice instead of having Linux pre-installed

One of the TLLTS guys had trouble with a warranty repair from them, but it got sorted out in the end.

That is not a problem. I have been doing that for ... like 10 years now. lol Having Linux pre-installed isn't all that necessary, but it would be a nice plus.

System76 already has an ivy bridge laptop with the Lemur 14" that looks like a good buy. But I have not been able to find any independent reviews.

System 76 just resells other manufacturers laptops. Mostly lenovo as far as I know.

I probably wouldnt buy one, you pay more for any given hardware setup from system 76 than you will getting the same laptop from Acer/HP/Lenovo/etc..

System 76's prices seem pretty competitive. That is not to say that you can't find better deals on other laptops else where. But for a new computer, and one that you can customize, their prices seem to be pretty good.

From the reviews I found searching online people seem pretty happy with them. The complaints the reviewers had were usually nothing to do with System 76.

Someone told me the other day about the company that makes System 76 computers. Does anyone remember the name of the company?

—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System76#Company_name

I'm sorry, I meant the company that makes laptops and computers for System 76. I know it's a Taiwanese company, and I'm not sure it's Clevo.

Your best bet maybe to ask them directly?

Though I did find this sreaching System 76 hardware based company in Taiwan http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-2293382.html
also an older thread tho...

Thanks, don't you hate it when you hear of a company, think you'll remember and don't? Oh well...

scorpioofthewoods,


System76 Lemur review:

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/review-system76-lemur/

Then again, you could try a good used Dell Precision M4400 such as this with a 1440 x 900 screen:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precisi...MAAOSwLmVXDpts

Right now is their summer sale too.

Not that I'm in the market for a new laptop, having just accidentally bought a new one not but 2 weeks ago. But I got that email from them...Friday or Saturday. So might be something to check out.

As far as my opinion of them, they're a good company, and they do release SOME quality equipment. The major issue is that the models I like tend to not stay around long, because I can't use a sub-1080P monitor, and most of their models are sub 1080P. Currently however their Lemur 14" has a 1080P, so I very much wouldn't mind getting it if I needed something.