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Would be cool if you linked it but you don't hve to!

additional info: won't be used for gaming and i'm putting xcfe linux on it. i need it for school for basic stuff

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[โ€“] Nath@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

To add to this, if $500 is actually your budget:

Get a good second hand laptop. I picked up a 2020 model X1 Carbon a few months ago for ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ$200 and paid another $90 for a new battery for it. Came to about $300 for a great little laptop.

This was for the kid to take to school, so I didn't want to be buying a $1,000 thing that he'd destroy.

My suggestion is to get a device that can do the stuff kids want, but just barely do the things they want.

I probably spent more time tinkering around the family computer than anything else as a kid just to get games way over-spec to run on it. Throughout that process I learned programming, hex editing, and some Linux system administration, which eventually led me to my current career.

These days, it's probably a lot easier to get started with a raspberry pi. But without something to motivate people to learn tech, why would they do it in the first place?

[โ€“] HidingCat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy shit, that is a great deal regardless of where in the world you are. How'd you get it so cheap?

[โ€“] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It had a dead battery. Didn't hold charge at all when you unplugged it. On the second hand market, that makes this laptop 'faulty'.

[โ€“] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is a laptop with a dead battery usable for school? Do they spend the whole time in a single classroom which has sockets?

[โ€“] 1984@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

They wrote they got a new battery for it.

[โ€“] HidingCat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Dang, lucky you! Though also what in the world did the previous owner do to it to kill the battery so dead in just 3 years.

[โ€“] jackpot@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

if you do go for a thousand thing get a framework, incredibly modular pc