You can find an older Lenovo T420 or T430 for between $200 to 500 refurbished.  They are always on the compatible list for Ubuntu and other distros

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 7:59 AM Michael Butash <michael@butash.net> wrote:

The one Stephen mentioned, the 2017 Dell Latitude E7240 Flagship Business Laptop.

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On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 4:57 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

which one Michael?

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 1:15 AM, Michael Butash <michael@butash.net> wrote:

I second dell, this one in particular as it was my daily driver for work for a good 3-4 years.  It recently got replaced with an xps15.

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On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:08 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:

For example.

2017 Dell Latitude E7240 Flagship Business Laptop, 12.5” Full HD Touchscreen, Intel Core i7-4600U, 8GB DDR3L RAM, 512GB SSD, Webcam, Windows 10 Professional (Certified Refurbished) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076HF6BQ1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_E8DUAb6778S0R

This device will run Linux beautifully. And it's pretty easy to work on to bump ram. 

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 10:57 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:

Amazon refurbished or even Costco are Weirdly good finds. 

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 10:56 PM Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com> wrote:

ThinkPads run Linux great. You can find some on Craigslist for decent prices. 

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On Mar 26, 2018, at 6:34 PM, Andrew McRobb <andrewmcrobb@gmail.com> wrote:

Thinkpads I hear run Linux very well.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 6:14 PM kevin <kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:

I have a run of the mill i5 based HP we purchased at Costgo for under $500.  Runs Archlinux just fine.  Completely took the Windows off it.

Kevin

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Date: 3/26/18 7:10 PM (GMT-07:00)

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which laptop runs linux well? I can not afford a 800 dollar system 76 computer. i am willing to spend 5-600 dollars. preferably less. i just need to be able to run darktable and video editing software.

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