This page contains a series of potential candidates for a new Long-Term SUpport laptop.
- Requirements:
- RYF-certifiable: all blobs can be replaced with reasonable effort
- Sturdy: Won't come apart in the first years of use
- Long shelf-life: Expected to be manufactured in large quantities, sold for at least 2 yrs
- Cool factor: Must be attractive enough as a piece of hardware to attract users
15.6" screen candidates
HP Probook 655 G1
| Beefiness
|
CPU
|
cpufreq
|
MSRP
|
NRBSPU
|
| Beffy
|
A10-5750M
|
4 x 2.5
|
$ 1080
|
1.0
|
| Bacony
|
A8-5550M
|
4 x 2.1
|
$ 810
|
0.84
|
| Vegetarian
|
A4-5150M
|
2 x 2.7
|
$ 650
|
0.54
|
HP ProBook 455 G1
| Beefiness
|
CPU
|
cpufreq
|
MSRP
|
NRBSPU
|
| Bacony
|
A8-5550M
|
4 x 2.1
|
$ 600
|
0.84
|
| Grinded
|
A6-5350M
|
2 x 2.9
|
$ 540
|
0.58
|
| Vegetarian
|
A4-5150M
|
2 x 2.7
|
$ 500
|
0.54
|
HP 255 G2
| Beefiness
|
CPU
|
cpufreq
|
MSRP
|
NRBSPU
|
| Grinded
|
A6-5200
|
4 x 2.0
|
$ 590
|
0.80
|
| Vegetarian
|
A4-5000
|
4 x 1.5
|
$ 500
|
0.60
|
14.0" screen candidates
HP ProBook 645 G1
| Beefiness
|
CPU
|
cpufreq
|
MSRP
|
NRBSPU
|
| Beffy
|
A10-5750M
|
4 x 2.5
|
$ 1070
|
1.0
|
| Bacony
|
A8-5550M
|
4 x 2.1
|
$ 800
|
0.84
|
| Vegetarian
|
A4-5150M
|
2 x 2.7
|
$ 640
|
0.54
|
13.3" screen candidates
Samsung Chromebook 2
| Beefiness
|
CPU
|
cpufreq
|
MSRP
|
NRBSPU
|
| Vegetarian
|
Exynos
|
8 x ??
|
$ ???
|
??
|
11.6" screen candidates
HP 215 G1
| Beefiness
|
CPU
|
cpufreq
|
MSRP
|
NRBSPU
|
| Grinded
|
A6-1450
|
4 x 1.4
|
$ 470
|
0.56
|
| Vegetarian
|
A4-1250
|
4 x 1.0
|
$ 400
|
0.40
|
HP Chromebook 11
| Beefiness
|
CPU
|
cpufreq
|
MSRP
|
NRBSPU
|
| Vegetarian
|
ARM!!!
|
??
|
$ 300
|
??
|
Rating system
Beefiness:
- Beefy: Expected to have great performance and responsiveness
- Bacony: Expected to have reasonable performance
- Grinded: Expected to be usable; possibly outperforms chromebooks
- Vegetarian: Expected to be have chromebook-like performance.
(*) NRBSPU is a Normalized Relative BS Performance Unit, which shall be taken to represent a non-scientific relative performance number between CPUs. It's most likely worthless.