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Not bad, The Pangolin fits the bill if it comes back in stock soon.
Nice to see they sell non tanks now, but why a convertible notebook?
If you don't mind something a bit smaller Lenovo (bonus: AMD) (~$1000). The lenovo Flex series is a good value too.
Something a bit bigger, 16gb RAM and i7 ($1150).
Used XPS laptops are also great value. I know dell is shit overall, but they do quite well with their XPS line.
I've used all of these at one point or another, and for a general productivity laptop they are great and will last quite some time. Wasn't sure of your price range, but I looked up a used T495 and came up with around $1000. I have a few budget suggestions if that's higher than you were thinking.
I've got a used T495 bookmarked at $650. It's been awhile since I spent more than $1k on a computer so I don't feel I need something that much. I've been using a T430 for years if it I could get the 64-bit software I wouldn't care about upgrading.
Ahh, ok. I have recently purchased a few used HP Envy X360 laptops for family members cheaper than that. They're well built and dirt cheap used. One was i5/8GB ($380) another i7/16GB($500).
I had a Lenovo Yoga i7/12GB that I picked up for $700 that I used for a few weeks and sold to a friend.
I also have to use a new Dell Precision for work, and it's ok. Though I use it with a thunderbolt dock (2 monitors, mouse/keyboard). So not much experience with using the actual laptop.
Anyways, hope this helped share some options.
Yeah thanks I have a better list to check into now.
You used some form of Linux on those or just Windows?
Used lenovo thinkpad is my daily driver.
Mine is from 2011, and I just put mint 20 on it. Runs just fine. I think I paid $125 back in 2017 for it.
Check if you have a tech recycling co-op nearby.
Yeah I still like mine. Just can't use Brave or Signal or just about every software I see because it's all 64-bit now.
The ability to quickly throw different hds/battery/cd drive in the bay is useful and having hardware cuttoff switches too...now that gets plugged like it's state of the art on laptops like the Librems.
Get a Raspberry PI 4. ~$45. Get a cheap keyboard and monitor and your total cost will less than $300.
You can also take your mother board out and replace it with the PI.
I may get one to toy around with at some point but mainly I use a laptop and travel a lot.
I got a 64 bit ockel Sirius b black cherry. Love it. Laptop CPU but has HDMI hook up can take it anywhere there is a tv or modern monitor and use it
That would be pretty cool if it could project onto a wall.
Can buy a cheap projector and it certainly will.
Used Lenovo's are good. Used Latitudes are also good. Hell, if you have a decent spec'd Chromebook (x86 not ARM) you can flash the bios (mrchromebox's site).
Honestly I wish I could upgrade the T430 to 64 bit. The ultrabay is cool (discontinued in 2014) and the newer thinkpads apparently have like 5 hour battery life.
MSI Alpha A4DEK.
Available in 15 and 17 inch sizes. Ryzen 8 core 16 thread CPU, RX5600M GPU, 16gb, 1tb NVME SSD. Running Ubuntu on mine.
Looks nice but I don't need a gaming laptop. Barebones with good security is what I'm interested in.
I'll get you the model of my previous Linux laptop then, when I get home. It was a 2c4t Ryzen with 8gb ram, meant to be like a windows Chromebook originally
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