Looking for a "couch laptop"
I'm in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn't play nicely with FOSS.
Any thoughts?
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Ex-corporate refurbished laptop from the last 3 or 4 years for about $300 tops is perfect for this.
Can confirm, I use an old HP elitebook from work. Battery life is great, beats my wives new lenovo. More than powerful enough to browse the web and play in the terminal. Also only gets hot if I run a game on it; I wouldnt advise that though.
why would you buy a laptop that beats your wife's laptop? That seems abusive.
But honey, I can change (the OS)
Can confirm, bought a Dell latitude 4790 which is a corporate machine refurbished for $270. It's super powerful for the price, runs Fedora perfectly.