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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption “Oh wow, windows!.. I don’t think I can afford this place.”

  • TimeNaan@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    Yes, I’m a huge fan of second hand as well, but this has to be a brand new laptop for external reasons.

    I’m in fact writing this from a 12 year old Thinkpad that I restored.

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      There are newer Thinkpads that can also be found second-hand. With NVME storage and newer CPUs. The Linux support for them has actually gotten better. Lenovo is still the best hardware for Linux out of all the old manufacturing brands.