Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

[Stephen Partington]

You can look up neverware (company name) and they have an installable
chrome OS that can be installed pretty much anyplace. so you can take that
old laptop and turn it into a remarkably useful chromebook.

but generally most companies put underpowered hardware into their
chromebooks.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 4:26 PM, trent shipley <trent.shipley at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Unless you want to get a high end Chromebook they have minimal onboard
> storage and are designed to be integrated into Google's cloud. As long as
> he has internet access (say through a smart phone) he could use Google Docs
> or MS Office online.  My impression of the Chromebook's printing prowess is
> that it is not well developed.
>
> I bounce between thinking of my low end Chromebook as a cool computing
> appliance that does about 80% of what I want to do, and feeling frustrated
> with the Chromebook toy for not doing that other 20%, which is also mission
> critical.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 3:49 PM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> You could always try Red 7. Not sure they are still around, but worth
>> looking for if they are.
>>
>> What area of the valley are you in? That will make the difference in
>> where to go travel wise.
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2018, at 2:58 PM, Victor Odhner <vodhner at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> 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 . . .
>>
>> *Refurbish?* In past discussions here, I’ve seen references in the past
>> of a good refurb provider in town. How well established are they, what’s
>> their batting average?
>>
>> *New?* I see:
>>
>>  At Amazon:
>> *Dell Inspiron at Amazon for $205, 11.6" HD Celeron N3060,
>>     4GB RAM32 eMMC HDD.
>> *ASUS VivoBook E203NA-YS03 $199, 11.6” Featherweight design
>>     Intel Dual-Core Celeron N3350 2.4GHz processor,
>>     4GB DDR3 RAM, 64GB EMMC Storage, App based Windows 10 S
>>
>> At Fry’s Electronics:
>> * HP 14-ax030nr, 14" Stream Laptop With Intel Celeron N3060 Processor,
>>     4GB Memory, 64GB eMMC and Windows 10
>>
>> *Chromebook?* I see Chromebooks under $250.
>> * Scrub & convert to Linux?
>> * USB ports to run a printer and external backup disk?
>> * Storage to run Libre writer + mail client + light surfing?
>>
>> He doesn’t want to entrust all his data to Google, and is happy with
>> Linux.
>>
>> Any specific suggestions would be very welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Victor
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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