Seeking help with disto choice
I'm looking for a used laptop to put linux mint on.
Any suggestions? Dell, HP, or Lenovo. 4 - 8 GB RAM. Decent display. at most 250 GB storage. less than $200. |
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If you can find them, then for something a bit newer, and much lighter and thinner, the Latitude E7440/E7450 can sometimes be found for those prices. |
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It's hard work, trawling amazon, ebay & local variants for just the right thing, but it pays. Asking questions about it here won't make it easier. |
Many of the members of my LUG are fans of Thinkpads.
I've had good luck with a couple o Dell Inspirons in the past. The only catch is that they had Broadcom wireless, which takes a couple of extra steps to get working. |
Any of those three with at least a Core2Duo and capacity of 4GB RAM (I favor Dell, also), though BIOS may need updating to the latest.
Using a Latitude D630 now, with 4GB RAM and 120 GB SSD, running antiX 19.1 64bit |
^ Latitudes were high on my list, too, when I was searching for a small, affordable, but fairly recent laptop.
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Just bought my third Thinkpad and I am very happy with it. I am just about to install Linux on it (you can see, I am now temporarily using Windows).
If you buy a Thinkpad, you'll probably be OK. You can always check the Ubuntu hardware list and look for compatability. When buying a used laptop, make sure the battery is OK and if not, check to see whether you can replace it. Also I recommend replacing any hard drives with a SSD and getting some extra RAM. However the former is the most important to get some nice performance on the cheap! |
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