# Laptop suggestions for Rocky that just work?
**URL:** https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/laptop-suggestions-for-rocky-that-just-work/6051
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support
**Created:** [May 16, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/laptop-suggestions-for-rocky-that-just-work/6051 "2022-05-16T14:10:55Z")
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### Author:  [@bcg](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/bcg)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/laptop-suggestions-for-rocky-that-just-work/6051/1 "2022-05-16T14:10:55Z")
In the market for a laptop to use as a daily driver for rocky. Suggestions for gear that will work straight out of the box? I bought a cheapo HP and have been stung by a realtek network chipset that rocky is not a fan of.
Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@RL1000](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/RL1000)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/laptop-suggestions-for-rocky-that-just-work/6051/2 "2022-05-17T02:40:57Z")
FWIW, I use pre-owned Dell business laptops and they work like a charm.
> **[Dell Latitude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Latitude)**
>
> The Dell Latitude series is a line of laptop computers manufactured and sold by American company Dell. It is a business-oriented line, aimed at corporate enterprises, healthcare, government, and education markets; unlike the Inspiron series, which is aimed at individual customers, and the Vostro series, which is aimed at smaller businesses. The Latitude directly competes with the Lenovo ThinkPad and the EliteBook series by HP. Additionally, the "Rugged (Extreme)", "XFR" and "ATG" models compete p...
Eg Dell Latitude E6530. Built like tanks, and can get one for ~ $150 US used I imagine.
I even have a Dell E6510 made in 2010, I bought in 2015 and still runs great. Metal case, built to some mil-specs, built like a tank.
AFAIK hardware that is say at least 1 year old is better because it gives Linux core and distros time to incorporate the drivers for that hardware including network cards…
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### Author:  [@jbkt23](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jbkt23)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/laptop-suggestions-for-rocky-that-just-work/6051/3 "2022-05-17T10:30:14Z")
Along with the noted Dell series I’ve always had good experiences running Fedora on Lenovo “T and X” series laptops running intel chips. Have not had one with an AMD chip.
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### Author:  [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/laptop-suggestions-for-rocky-that-just-work/6051/4 "2022-05-17T11:00:41Z")
Company policy (contracts) limit us to Lenovo (T and X) models. I dislike laptops, but have nevertheless succeeded in installing CentOS to various generations. On very recent model some “minor things” like touchpad and Wifi were not supported by (admittedly ancient) CentOS 7, but are ok in Rocky. Well, as “ok” as my _won’t use, don’t care_ scale knows.
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### Author:  [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/laptop-suggestions-for-rocky-that-just-work/6051/5 "2023-08-25T03:49:37Z")