Hello all,
Im looking at buying a cheep laptop to learn Linux, I had a very old toshiba satellite L300 that is so slow it is untrue, even when the hdd had nothing but a fresh version of Ubuntu, so dose anyone have any surgestions? Budget of around $500 USD or so (not too fussed thou) it is not being used for anything strenuous, just messing with Linux and web browsing.
Thanks in advance :)
Then buy a used dual core for around $150 if it's not s serious computer.
for $500 you could easily get a quad core i7 laptop.
if you are wanting something cheap id upgrade the current one
a review states your laptop has:
id get a t9300, 4gb ram, and an ssd for roughly $150. You can expext a 400% increase in performance
otherwise id get:
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-43972AU-Notebook-i7-2630QM-Processor/dp/B004RJJTG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401487716&sr=8-1&keywords=lenovo+y560p
They perform much better than expected. Mine plays fc3 @ ultra. The integrated gpu has 1gb of ddr5 and performs closer to a 6770 than many states. My only prooblem is i broke my chargeport and hdd by droping at about 4 ft off the ground
ill post some other random stuff
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-X550LA-DH51-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Silver/dp/B00F0RE018/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1401487910&sr=8-9&keywords=i7+laptop
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-X750JA-DB71-17-3-Inch-Laptop-Dark/dp/B00DXFF6EO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1401487910&sr=8-2&keywords=i7+laptop
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Ultrabook-Touch-Screen-i7-4500U-processor/dp/B00HJX1ZKK/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1401487910&sr=8-15&keywords=i7+laptop
Grab a chrome book. Best value for your money if you know what your looking for.
gotta love the free 4g on the hp chromebooks
Are you serious? 500$ for a testing toy?
Get a used thinkpad, I got one for 200$ with a quadro 570m and a T7700. If you're lucky the newer lenovos like t400/t500 sell cheap second hand. Nvidia and intel works better for linux in my experience, but I didn't play games except some old ones in Wine
Get a chromebook. definitly.
i3 chromebooks are damn cheap in us i believe. you don't need much storage for a linux system. dropbox is great and if the chromebook has a ssd you can use a little usb for your tmp var and swap.