| mwhudson | ibeardslee: hey, did you know that you can configurate (at least some) lenovo laptops with no os on their site now? | 21:16 |
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| ibeardslee | in NZ? | 21:17 |
| ibeardslee | got a link? | 21:17 |
| mwhudson | yeah | 21:18 |
| mwhudson | http://www3.lenovo.com/nz/en/laptops-for-home-deals/X1C5-NZ-CN3/p/20HRCTO1WWENNZ2?configuratorMode=compact#tab-customize | 21:18 |
| ibeardslee | interesting | 21:18 |
| olly | and more amazingly still, it actually saves a significant amount | 21:19 |
| mwhudson | yeah | 21:19 |
| mwhudson | to both | 21:20 |
| ibeardslee | been chatting with Ascent, will find out if what they have done has 'caused this', their prices are also cheaper than Silicon, but I need to find out why. | 21:20 |
| olly | enough to e.g. double the ram and uprate the CPU | 21:20 |
| mwhudson | hm it's only on that sku it seems | 21:21 |
| mwhudson | ah uh no, it's on the top two options, not the cheapest | 21:21 |
| ibeardslee | there may be some others, Ascent have given us a bunch of options .. let me dig further | 21:21 |
| mwhudson | so you can get 16gb top end x1 no OS for about $3000 | 21:22 |
| mwhudson | not bad really | 21:22 |
| mwhudson | my 2yo x1 is still doing fine though | 21:22 |
| mwhudson | would be nice if my x1 supported nvme properly and not that bastardized ahci/m2 thing | 21:24 |
| ibeardslee | only a 1yr warranty | 21:29 |
| ibeardslee | or original X1s are still chugging along, although batteries are getting a bit tired now in the first gen (2013 ones) | 21:33 |
| ibeardslee | s/^or/our/ | 21:33 |
| ajmitch | mwhudson: that's good to see, it's probably about time I replaced my laptop | 21:37 |
| ibeardslee | "Our contact did actually discuss with his web team while getting the answers for us originally, so he says that as a result, they might be experimenting with re-introducing noOS on the high-end range. He said he wouldn’t expect this across the board though." | 21:38 |
| mwhudson | ibeardslee: hopefully it sticks this time | 21:39 |
| ibeardslee | the problem with the high end range is that not everyone interesting in a linux laptop is able to afford a high end laptop | 21:40 |
| ibeardslee | ajmitch: your zareason? | 21:41 |
| ajmitch | yeah, it's lasted fairly well | 21:41 |
| ajmitch | keyboard has some issues now though | 21:41 |
| ibeardslee | mine is still working, but the bezel around the screen is now broken at the hinge | 21:42 |
| ibeardslee | still has the retarded space bar | 21:42 |
| ajmitch | it's not just the space bar that has issues for me now | 21:42 |
| ajmitch | several of the keys, especially in the top area of the keyboard, require several key presses for it to register at times | 21:43 |
| ibeardslee | mine is probably going to end up with the screen removed and attached to the TV as a 'media PC'. | 21:43 |
| olly | my 9 year old laptop is still serving well in that role | 21:44 |
| ajmitch | my old HP laptop already does that | 21:44 |
| ajmitch | just not with the screen removed | 21:44 |
| olly | screen backlight's dead, keyboard's iffy, and I had to resolder the power adapter cable | 21:44 |
| olly | amazinly, the battery is still useful, despite being on charge continuously | 21:45 |
| ajmitch | the zareason's battery is still holding 2-3 hours of charge after 4+ years | 21:46 |
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