What hardware are you using?

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I like the script and will be using it after some modification as I have a few drives that will be going out soon and could do with a good clean first.
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Ive got a lot of old drives that I need to wipe and dispose of.
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Surprisingly, I'm actually getting a tax refund this year (my wife is a 1099 worker, so usually her not paying taxes takes my entire refund and then some to cover). So I have purchased the replacement for my E6440. Found a cheap Dell Inspiron 5368 on Craigslist. 6200U w/ 8 GB ram. 1080P 13.3". Came with a 128 GB SSD, I swapped my 480 from the E6440 with it and swapped out it's Intel 3165 (1x1) with a Intel 8265 (2x2).

Pretty nice laptop, doubly so for the price. VERY similar to the Latitude 3390's we use at work, or the Inspiron 7375 that I also have. Slower, though, obviously. I MAY at some point upgrade it to 16 GB DDR4, but it has 2x4GB so it's running dual channel, which is sufficent.

Got the E6440 up on Craigslist after putting Windows back on it. Had an AWFUL time finding Killer NIC 1420 AC Wireless drivers that would work with Windows 10. Did though. Hoping it'll sell for $160, I think the having dual SSD's (1xmSATA 128 GB, 1 SATA 128 GB) might help, although I've listed it at $180 so that at least I can act like I'm willing to be a little flexible. :D
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Ill have to look up the 5368 as Im not familiar with it.
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$180 is a great price. Looked up the Review on the Dell Inspiron 5368 and it looks like a really nice laptop. I looked at a Dell XPS 13 recently and that was also very nice and they had $200 off but still too rich for my wallet.
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Yeah, agreed on both counts. LOVE the XPS 13 (comparitively, I hate the XPS 15, it's ugly, feels cheap, and is just thoroughly bland for how expensive it is), and also couldn't begin to afford one.
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Ill pick up the XPS 13 after its been out awhile and Ill get it cheap.
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I'm enjoying this little i5368. Same size as my i7375, although much cheaper feeling due to all the body being plastic instead of aluminum. But a pretty decent quality feeling plastic. While not ultra lightweight, it's rather light still. Gets really good battery life so far in my (exceedingly limited) testing. Screens nice. Could be a bit brighter, but quite usable. I'm really happy with the system.
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My wife and I are talking about our next move. What hardware she wants to use and my cutting down on the amount of hardware Ive got. Time to slim down and make room for my other stuff.
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Im back testing distros on the Dell E6420 with the E series dock and was able to get Netrunner 19.01 to work. Really enjoy this distro but looking forward to trying more distros.
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