Here is what we know: --- A friend needs a cheap Linux laptop for light duty business work: Libre Office, printing via USB connection, WIFI, email, and light browsing. His business (piano tuning) hangs on this. He would like the provider to be established with a decent reputation, whether the computer is new or refurbished. His cap is $400 but he would prefer closer to $200 . . . --- If he is not doing any image manipulation and does not edit videos on this machine then a cheap laptop would do it. i3 or maybe an old duo and 2 or more gigs of ram would make it happen. What we do not know is why this person has a constraint of $400 and would like to get down to $200. Maybe this person is semi-retired and does just enough piano tuning to supplement his income. On 2018-06-15 22:31, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:15:12 +0000 > "Carruth, Rusty" wrote: > >> Personally, 4G is not QUITE enough RAM. > > I can get 4GB RAM to walk and talk if I use Openbox and equivalently > svelt software. Firefox and Nautilus need not apply. > > But the OP is asking about a business computer, and in my opinion he > should buy an amount of RAM that will be useful 3 years from now. I'd > call that 16GB. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting > http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss