Just to add my 2 cents to the discussion. 

I would suggest finding out what our piano tuner friend uses in way of applications on this computer for his business. Then size the computer around his needs, as opposed to a fixed dollar amount. I agree that the budget is important and real, but one should come at this problem from the standpoint of his computing needs, and then make the necessary trade offs to fit the machine into his budget.

Mark

On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 8:39 AM, <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:

If you subscribe to the Staples weekly ads you will find that occasionally they offer some really good deals on laptops for under $400.  Especially around back to school, black Friday, and Christmas.  I think Office Depot / Office Max has the same types of ads.




On 2018-06-16 08:19, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
Here is what we know:

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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 . . .
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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" <Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com> 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
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