If you want the literal 40 dollar laptop I had in mind, look around for an X60/X60s/X61. They are old, but they are well equipped and I love their keyboard fee

If you want the literal 40 dollar laptop I had in mind, look around for an X60/X60s/X61. They are old, but they are well equipped and I love their keyboard feel, plus TPM and all that jazz. Their specs are pretty low-end nowadays, but I find that devs have too varied a range of preferences and tasks to judge what they need too readily. If you're sitting in a huge IDE or photoshop or otherwise have a strong need for heavy lifting and high resolution during your travels, however, these cheapy business-grade laptops from yesteryear are probably a poor choice. But I sit in emacs and IRC most of the time with music on -- they are perfect for that.