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best cheap laptop with a usb c input? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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just need it for school so nothing fancy

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[โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Older, used computers will be slow, but if you know how to give em a good refresh, you can get em running well.

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  • [โ€“] 18 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Translation: install Linux

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Install Linux

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    That was my intent, yeah. But not everyone has the knowledge on how to install Linux and may be intimidated by its reputation of not being user friendly - not everyone knows how user friendly it can be.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You don't have to buy a computer so old that it requires a lightweight Linux distro. You can find quad-core i5s with 16GB of RAM for around $300. That will run Windows 11 just fine.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can get a computer that good for that cheap nowadays? I must look in the wrong places for em...

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    Keep an eye out for Dell Refurbished to run one of their 50% off deals. Recently they had 9th-gen i5s with those specs in that price range, and they're refurbished business laptops so generally higher build quality than consumer hardware.

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