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Good price laptops with good build quality and lightweight? [US] (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Can anyone recommend cheap laptops that have good build quality and see lightweight?

I aim to use it for programming, but I connect to my desktop for most hefty work so it doesn't need to have solid performance. 8 GB RAM, 256 GB storage are enough for me. a lower grade CPU would still be good; a i3 that's 6 cores is enough.

What's really important to me is build quality, especially the keyboard. I also don't want it to be big. 13" would be enough, but not too picky here.

Any recommendations? And are there any communities that are better to ask this in?

Budget: I am hoping to pay $400 or less, but willing to pay $1000 or even more if it's justified or the value is worthwhile

OS: Linux. I can install it myself.

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[โ€“] weeeeum@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Buy used refurbished laptops (Thinkpads are best here), they are mindbogglingly dirt cheap. For like 250$ you can get 32gb of ram and 512gb SSD, ironically 4 times more storage and ram for the quarter the price of a MacBook.

I specifically like PC server and parts store, they have very good customer service and free 90 warranty

[โ€“] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

My issue with used is I don't trust my skills in assessing the quality of a used item.