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A second hand Lenovo is what you seek. X or T series, I'd recommend staying in the 220 series or earlier, if you really want cheap. They are indestructible as l
by epsylon 12y ago
A second hand Lenovo is what you seek. X or T series, I'd recommend staying in the 220 series or earlier, if you really want cheap. They are indestructible as laptops, have great keyboards, decent specs and good Linux support out of the box (depending on distro, of course).
- dutchrapley 12y agoI saw this deal recently - $399 Refurbished: Lenovo T420 Intel Core i5 2520M 2.5GHz 8GB / 128GB SSD http://www.neweggflash.com/Product/9SIA3TX2064547?icid=WP_0_10292014 http://www.neweggflash.com/Product/9SIA3TX2064547?icid=WP_0_... Edited: price.
- serf 12y agoNice deal. I have a T420s that was bought new and I love it as a computer -- but when I go to grab a laptop to work on 'on-the-road' I nearly always grab my old X201s + big battery that I bought on ebay for 80 bucks total. If I was to buy a T420 now-a-days i'd check out eBay. Great deals on older hardware, especially if you don't mind repairing small problems yourself.
- dutchrapley 12y agoYeah, I was tempted to pull the trigger on that. I recently acquired a Dell Precision M4400 for a good deal and put an SSD in it, so I'm using that with Xubuntu as my primary now.
- Alupis 12y agoProbably should note that Red Hat outfits all staffers with a Thinkpad T series (current gen), and just did a massive refresh of a few thousands of them. T series should "just work" with no fuss. In my experience, T series has always been "no fuss". Can't go wrong with this one.