Best linux laptop for a gift?

[Stephen Partington]

Amazon has a great section to buy refurb or similar devices. Good place to
get a baseline. And you have recourse if DOA.

However look up battery prices and consider a new battery as part of your
base price

On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 2:17 PM Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
wrote:

> Find the laptop you can afford (ie best processor, most RAM, large hard
> drive, weight and size  for what you want to do with the laptop) and then
> google "install mint on XXXX" where XXX =  make and model of that laptop.
> You will quickly see if there are any issues. If there are, pick another
> one!
>
> Also, google the cost of a RAM upgrade and new hard drive for the model
> you pick - you may be able to save some bucks on buying a laptop with
> little RAM and a bad hard drive and replacing those yourself.
>
> Finally, if buying a used laptop from a person, install mint on a usb
> stick and test if the laptop will boot from the usb stick and into mint.
>
> I agree with Stephen, Latitudes and Thinkpads are usually Linux friendly
>
> Mark
>
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 2:11 PM Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thinkpads do well with this. Dell latitudes also do well. If you go with
>> 1 Gen older you can usually learn that things have been included already.
>> That being said my brand new alienware 15 r4 required a single blacklist
>> entry and no free driver installation to work like a dream.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 2:07 PM Joe Lowder <joe at actionline.com wrote:
>>
>>> What would y'all recommend as the best (most affordable)
>>> Linux laptop to give to someone as a gift?
>>>
>>> One that comes with Linux (preferrably mint) pre-installed
>>> and that would "just work" out of the box.
>>>
>>> I see a bunch or them on Amazon for under $200, but
>>> wonder if any of them would "just work" out of the box,
>>> no muss, no fuss.
>>>
>>>
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