Pine64 Pinebook

        14" display
        0.45" thick
        Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor
        full size keyboard and large multi-touch touchpad
        mini HDMI port
        MicroSD Card slot up to 256 GB
        
        CPU : 64-Bit Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53
        RAM : 2 GB LPDDR3 RAM Memory
        Flash: 16 GB eMMC 5.0
        Wireless : WiFi 802.11bgn + Bluetooth 4.0
        USB 2.0 Port : 2
        MicroSD Card Slot : 1
        Mini HDMI : 1
        Headphone Jack : 1
        Microphone : built in
        Keyboard : Full size
        Touch-pad : Large Multi-Touch Touchpad
        Power : Input: 100~240V, Output: 5V3A
        Battery : Lithium Polymer Battery (10000mAH)
        Display : 11.6" or 14" IPS LCD (1280 x 720)
        Front Camera : 1.2 Megapixels
        Dimension : 352mm x 233mm x 12mm (WxDxH)
        Weight : 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) 
        

armbian - linux for ARM development boards

arm.com/products ARM® Cortex®-A53 processor

Asus X205TA-UH01-BK 11.6" Notebook

Asus X205TA-UH01-BK 11.6” Notebook, Intel Z3735F Quad-Core, 2GB DDR3, 32GB Internal Storage, 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, Win8.1 32-Bit

$125 at woot.com

asus.com/us/Notebooks ASUS EeeBook X205TA

        Processor Intel® Bay Trail-T Quad Core Z3735 1.33 GHz Processor
        Operating System Windows 8.1
        Memory DDR3L 1333 MHz SDRAM, 2 GB
        Display 11.6" 16:9 HD (1366x768) Glare panel
        Graphic Integrated Intel® HD Graphics
        Storage 32GB eMMC
        Card Reader (Micro SD Micro SDXC Micro SDHC )
        Camera VGA Web Camera
        Networking Built-in Bluetooth™ V4.0
        Interface
         1 x Microphone-in/Headphone-out jack
         2 x USB 2.0 port(s)
         1 x micro HDMI
         1 x micro SD card
        Audio Built-in Speakers And Microphone SonicMaster
        Battery 38 Whrs Polymer Battery
        Power Adapter
          Output : 19 V DC, 1.75 A, 33 W
          Input : 100 -240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal
        Dimensions 286 x 193.3 x 17.5 mm (WxDxH)
        Weight 2.16 lbs (with Polymer Battery) 
        

future reference

• Toshiba Portege R700

Purchased Thinkpad T500

Lenovo ThinkPad T500, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 2GB / 160GB / WiFi / LINUX MINT 17.1

$115

Use 2x4Gb memory from HP Envy

Research Linux on T500

• linlap notes on T500

Research docking stations

LENOVO IBM 2504 - $19 + $15 on ebay

Lenovo ThinkPad Advanced Mini-Dock Port Replicator (250410U)

models

• Thinkpad T400 - Jul. 2008
• Thinkpad T500 - Jul. 2008
• Thinkpad T400s - Jun. 2009
• Thinkpad T410 - Jan. 2010
• Thinkpad T510 - Jan. 2010
• Thinkpad T420 - Mar. 2011

Thinkpad T500 - Jul. 2008

• Lenovo ThinkPad T500, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo 2GB / 160GB / WiFi / LINUX MINT 17.1 ebay $115
• Battdepot.com - T500 battery $25
• Debian on Thinkpad T500

Thinkpad T420 - Mar. 2011

• Lenovo ThinkPad T420 [4180-WND] 14” [WXGA] 2.50GHz CORE i5 [2520M] 4GB 320GB
• ebay $259 + 16 shipping

research links</h1.

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