"Rick Thomas" <rick.tho...@pobox.com> writes: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022, at 1:59 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On Sun Jul 17 09:16:57 2022 Dekks Herton <dekkz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> writes: >> > >> >> I'm comtemplating buying a Pinebook pro but I'm not sure if this is >> >> better then buying a Windows laptop and putting linux on it. >> >> >> >> I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), >> >> do you have any suggestions/ideas? >> > >> > 2nd hand Thinkpad off ebay, craigslist etc, likely easy to upgrade and >> > certainly straightforward to install linux. >> >> Another place to look is your local laptop store. My current laptop, >> as well as its predecessor, are refurbished ThinkPads I bought there >> for about $300. They run Linux just fine. > > Or ask your neighbors. Due to Covid, a lot of people are replacing > their Windows or Mac machines so they can run Zoom and other > "community building while isolated" apps. Most of them don't bother > with looking for a good trade-in deal, and have the old computer lying > around doing nothing. If you let it be known that you will take it of > their hands, upgrade it to run modern software (like Linux) and make > it available to charities in the area, often they will donate it to > you for free.
Another good use is kids going to college/uni who are often peer pressured into buying macs which if damaged really get expensive. I've several friends kids running 4 or 5 year old Thinkpads that have survived the rough n tumble of uni that cost less than 50% of a new machine. Regards.....