My last few machines have been Dell Latitudes. I've been happy with them, they're built well. My current machine is an E6520<http://notebooks.com/2011/07/06/dell-latitude-e6520-review/> which fits you're description but they don't seem to be offering it anymore. I didn't look to see what replaced it. In general I have not had any problems with Linux on Dell machines as long as I pay some attention and choose machines with intel networking and intel or nvidia graphics. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Michael Moore <stuporglue at gmail.com> wrote: > > so far the > > only two I only remotely thought held up well were the Lenovos and the > > old Sony VAIOs (not sure about the new ones, they looks flimsy in > > comparison). I like the Panasonic Toughbooks but they're painfully > > expensive and the performance sucks. They have a sealed case which > > means they have to get creative to keep the thing from burning up. > > There's a part of me that wishes I had a job that would justify the > price of a Toughbook. I'll look at the Sony VAIOs, but I vaguely > remember not being impressed with them. > > > Nothing wrong with Lenovo. I think based on your specific > > requirements your 3 month wait will be well worth it. > > *sigh* It's going to be a long 3 months... > > -- > Michael > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Michael Greenly http://logic-refinery.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20121108/5c25ae1d/attachment.html>