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Ask HN: Best hassle-free, sub-$1000 Windows laptop?
I have a non-technical friend who's asking for a laptop recommendation (just basic stuff; content consumption, classwork, etc). $1000 is the upper limit, so the MacBook Air is possibly an option, but cheaper would be better. I don't really keep up with what all's out there. Anybody have recommendations?
- rawgabbit 6y agoLenovo make good laptops with good build quality and are often on sale. They also have good brightness (NITS). A typical MacBook has at least 400NITS; many cheap windows laptops are often dull in comparison. https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1405472/lenovo-laptop-model-numbers-explained-the-definitive-guide-to-thinkpad-ideapad-yoga https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1405472/lenovo-lapto...
- cyberbanjo 6y agoI spent 250 on used Lenovo Thinkpad X230 and another 50 dollars on 16GB of ram. Perfectly capable for my uses. It is heavy (and perhaps some call them ugly-looking), but I accept that as a tradeoff for for how easily it is user-serviced.