If you decide to go for used thikpad X2x0 laptop. I cannot recommend anything older than x220/x230 for many reasons - performance, power consumption, too old architecture and age (you would be buying almost 10 years old laptop).
In used Thinkpads, there is pretty awesome selection on Newegg Outlet. Example for 2 years old x250: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=X250&ignorear=0&N=-1&isNodeId=1 You could get refurbished x250 for about $350 and over time upgrade RAM and replace hard drive with SSD. You should be able to get at least 3 more years out of that laptop. For new item in around $200 - you can look into HP Stream 11. It works great with Linux and it is sturdy with good battery life. However it doesn't have enough storage to run both Linux and windows, and it is not upgradable. The only way to add storage is to use SD card or USB stick. For $200 and decent hardware, you will have to make significant compromises unless you give up Windows or Linux. Tomas On Sep 4, 2017 10:34 AM, "Chuck Hast" <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: I have dualbooted the X200 with both Linux and Win7 pro. Worked quite well but I prefer to load it up with RAM and run windows in a VM, works better in my view. On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Sep 2017, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote: > > > Does the ThinkPad X200 dual-boot Linux OK for you? Dave. > > Dave, > > I've no idea as I run only linux on it; haven't done M$ in 20 years > now. A > web search might find the answer for you. > > If you'll allow a suggestion, replace the existing hard drive with a > large > Samsung SSD, install linux and use qemu to build a virtual machine. Then > you > can install Windows in that. Benefits include: faster and better Windows > performance with greatly reduced risk of crashes, booting only a single OS > (no dual boot issues), and now having faster, larger disk storage. > > Regards, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
