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: > > --- > 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 --------------------------------------------------- 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