[clug] Cheap(ish) laptops in Canberra?

[Richard Meyer]

It had a 2012 era nvidia card (as well as an Intel one).

Will probably upgrade to SSD  - but the only part of the old one that
still works is the drives ... so not much point acting on them since
they're lying around unplugged ATM.




On Wed, 2019-02-13 at 23:49 +1100, George at Clug via linux wrote:
> Richard,
> 
> 
> You said "My prior lappie was an i7 with 16GB ram and 2x 1TB hds",
> but
> what was the video card, what drivers did you use?
> 
> 
>  I had issues with the internal Video Card (GeForce GTX 860M). Even
> in
> Windows, it was not good enough to run GW2 or Ark Survival Evolved
> without lag.
> 
> 
> Have you tried SSD drives?  I have found SSD drives provide an
> advantage.
> 
> 
> 
> George.
> 
> 17.3" Gigabyte P27G Core i7 4810MQ, 8GB, 1TB HDD, 128GB SSD, NVIDIA
> GeForce GTX 860M 2GB, Win 8.1
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, 13-02-2019 at 21:04 Richard Meyer via linux wrote:
> 
> 
> Thank you - I am hoping to get something that can accommodate both
> Linux and my gaming habits. 
> 
> My prior lappie was an i7 with 16GB ram and 2x 1TB hds
> 
> Now that it has crapped its nappy, I hope to get more for less ....
> as
> we tend to.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2019-02-13 at 17:19 +1100, Bryan Kilgallin via linux wrote:
> > 
> > Richard:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi all, my old faithful laptop decided to die.
> > > 
> > > I need a replacement - obviously Linux-friendly.
> > > 
> > > Anybody know of a place in Cambra where I can get a laptop
> > > without
> > > being totally ripped off?
> > Julie Grantham-Lawrence
> > Canberra City Care Tech Shed
> > techshed at canberracitycare.org
> > 02-61968630
> > -- 
> > members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/
> > 
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> Richard Meyer
> 
> As the ghost of a sceptic, I tend to stay pretty quiet.
> 
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