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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption "Oh wow, windows!... I don't think I can afford this place."

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[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Get a Framework. You won't be disappointed.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Framework is selling their previous gen over production b-stock at $500 now.

But they have been good so far providing upgradability in their first gen products to the 2nd gen.

You can save a heap of money when it's time to upgrade.