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Recommend a simple, small cheap laptop < 15" I can chuck in my bag for use in coffee shops! (lemmy.world)

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I'll buy used, so don't want latest and greatest. It won't be my main laptop.
to run linux obviously.
good battery life, light, not too small to use, but large enough to type on (obviously can do without numeric keypad). not too fragile!
I'll be doing some light python work, perhaps some c/c++ but I'm not after a workhorse, just something for quickly fixing bugs, or making notes on
sub 200 GBP / 250USD I guess

I'd be interested in hearing recommendations, and also what to avoid!

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[–] Notamoosen@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not sure if it's available where you're located, but did find this listing. https://a.co/d/bztqux3

[–] 0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

There's also multiple T14's with the 8 core AMD variant at the moment on ebay. I recently purchased a similar version myself.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/187345973525 - Grade C - $165
https://www.ebay.com/itm/236180535889 - $180
https://www.ebay.com/itm/236134873233 - $205
https://www.ebay.com/itm/187365382026 - $253
https://www.ebay.com/itm/157131848816 - $260

I have both a 2014 MacBook Pro and the listed device. The T14 has a trash tier trackpad and display when compared to a MacBook, but if I was buying it to do any type of programming, I'd choose the T14 everytime if I'm comparing it to a MacBook with 8 GB of ram and a dual core processor. (when compared to a T14 that has the 8 core AMD 4750U)