Hello Forum!
So recently my wife and I decided to buy a 17" MacBook Pro off of eBay only to find out that the battery was in bad condition (barely holds a charge to 1h20m) and the trackpad on the right-hand side doesn’t click, which tells me a previous battery may have popped which is a no go. SO, I initiated the return for her MBP tonight for her and she will now take over my MacBook Pro (2015 retina with a 1TB SSD, 750m, i7, and 16GB of RAM), which will last her such a long time! (We have to get the keyboard replaced soon)
This brings me to my point, and desire for help… I need a new laptop/tablet/Chromebook, something haha, for about $250. I love MacOS, but since my budget is so low I don’t plan on getting even close to something like that (without something being seriously wrong or taking a giant leap of faith). My use-case is primarily IT/development-oriented, and nothing too intense. Most of my gaming is limited to something like Minecraft, Terraria, or another indie-type game that won’t kill the machine, and then everything else is streamed from my desktop.
I don’t know if it matters, but in case it does, I’m looking at going back to school next fall (so 2020), so ideally something that isn’t going to die on me before then would also be preferred. I love all things Cyber/Infosecurity, but that type of learning/working will probably reside on my desktop as well, and I’ll just keep upgrading that as I need (since the parts will be cheaper than a new machine) until I hit a roadblock with it.
So TL;DR:
I’m in need of a new machine for IT-type work mainly, going to on-sites for clients (until I change jobs in the summer, but may still need to perform that work), and because of that maybe I can pick-up a tablet, but not sure if that’ll work for me? Then I’d like to start doing some basic developing which would be PHENOMENAL to get into, but not sure how powerful of a PC I’ll need. I’ll be running Linux, unless my job absolutely forces me to use Windows. Any help you can all provide would be greatly appreciated, love you all!!
Tagging you four, because you’ve all helped me so much.
@AnotherDev @Goalkeeper @SgtAwesomesauce @Eden