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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    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 🇦🇺$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.

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

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        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’.

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