Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

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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 at 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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