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Cheap used business laptops?

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Cheap used business laptops? - Lemmy.world

What ThinkPad/Latitude models are cheap and usable right now? I’m just looking for something to browse the web, but not something so low-spec that it couldn’t handle heavier desktop environments.

Jun 21, 2023 at 6:55pmWeb
Show threadxonigoJun 21, 2023
I just picked up a used Thinkpad t480 with 8th gen i5 / 16gb ram / ssd for about $120 on ebay. I believe 8th gen the first i5 quad core for laptops. And T480 is the last Thinkpad with removable battery and two dimm slots. Kindof the sweet spot between the old upgradability and modernish hardware imo
Show threadIninewCrowJun 23, 2023
Same here .... also had the removable cd drive that you can swap for a CD drive HDD adapter slot (which I and added a traditional 2GB HDD) to go along with my 250GB SSD
Show threadBennyHill500Jun 21, 2023
How cheap is cheap? Imo the sweetspot is the T480
Show threadLengselJun 21, 2023
A T570 on eBay or where you can find it.
Show threadDaveX64Jun 23, 2023

You can get some pretty decent refurbished laptops on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=refurbished+laptops&crid=1LC43WY0A2EH6&sprefix=refurbished+laptops%2Caps%2C94&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

...you can even return them if you don't like it.

Show threadLemmyinJun 23, 2023

I have like 10 old laptops that I mess around with. Got various Linux distros on them.

I have patience as I know some of these machines are older.

I’m basically going to say for me. Specs doesn’t matter. What matter is a good quality display. I value that highly for web browsing. Yes, all the laptops I have here have shitty displays 😞

I have a couple of old tablet/convertable netbooks. They have quite nice displays, just small. 2GB RAM and Intel Atom CPUs. They are quite slow but the display more than makes up for it heh. (HP and an old MS Surface)