Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

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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 at 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On 2018-06-15 22:31, Steve Litt wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:15:12 +0000
>> "Carruth, Rusty" <Rusty.Carruth at smartm.com> wrote:
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>>> Personally, 4G is not QUITE enough RAM.
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>> I can get 4GB RAM to walk and talk if I use Openbox and equivalently
>> svelt software. Firefox and Nautilus need not apply.
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>> 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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