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Which linux laptops would you recommend for an under 1000 Euro price point?
by kleiba 8y ago
Which linux laptops would you recommend for an under 1000 Euro price point?
- brians 8y agoGo for whatever's cheap and replace it regularly. There's nothing that can be made in small quantities, run off a lithium battery for hundreds of charge cycles, and be durable in a backpack, at that price point.
- calebio 8y agoWilling to go used? Lots of good deals on eBay. I've used a Thinkpad with Linux (mainly Ubuntu) for the past 5 or so years. Almost everything has worked out of the box, and upgrades to Thinkpads are pretty easy (if you don't immediately spring for one with an SSD).
- true_tuna 8y agoI got a dell chrome book for $400. Put a reasonable ssd in it for $70, installed John Lewis boot and installed Ubuntu on it. I’m quite pleased with it. Word of warning. Pick a machine with a good trackpad.
- Jach 8y agoThere are several laptops in the $300-$500 range that would work depending on your needs. (i.e. the cheaper ones have i3 cpus.) Asus, HP, Dell, Acer, etc. Make sure to select one (though many are) that you can upgrade -- for lots of them you can put in up to 32 GB of RAM (some 64), install an m.2 SSD... I've had my eye on https://www.amazon.com/Acer-E5-575-33BM-15-6-Inch-Notebook-Generation/dp/B01K1IO3QW https://www.amazon.com/Acer-E5-575-33BM-15-6-Inch-Notebook-G... for a long time in the event I need to get a new laptop for personal light dev use -- looks like they just refreshed a newer model too, linked from that page, though maybe not worth it if you're going to upgrade it.