What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet?

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• jjpamsterdam@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Buy a used one, ideally refurbished. Those can be incredibly cheap. Feel free to slap any basic out of the box os on there, free os’s like Mint or Zorin are very beginner friendly, and you should be good to go.

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  • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t know if other distros have that too, but Ubuntu and Mint have a nice graphical driver manager. Really simplified things when I used Nvidia GPU and Realtek WiFi card. Just click to install, restart, there you go.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I recently bought my sister a used Thinkpad X280 for 90€ on ebay. Perfect condition, has multiple USBC ports with display support and is super compact and ~1.2kg

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• sefra1@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Used thinkpad. You can get a nice laptop 140 to 220 in Europe on eBay and cheaper in US, depending on the specks or how old it is.

  Generally speaking anything like the x280 / t480 / L580 or newer should be fast enough for most web browsing, including online meetings.

  I seriously recommend spending extra on something with an IPS screen, or else your eyes are in for a bad time.

  Also, try to get something with 16GB of ram, 8GB is enough for casual web browsing, but 16GB allows you to open many tabs comfortably and is run many applications at once.

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• notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would get a (refurbished) MacBook. It’s simple to use, stable, and simply fun to work with.

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  • Supervisor194@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Seriously, get like… a 2020 MacBook. $300

    My daily driver I use in the field is from 2012. They last forever.

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A cheap used one you lead Linux onto.

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• disregardable@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  a cell phone. if it was a teen who actually needed to learn an operating system to be able to be employed later in life, ok get them a gaming laptop, but for a random old person who doesn’t care mobile is way more simple to use and less addicting.

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  • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    mobile is way more simple to use and less addicting.

    Is this sarcasm or not?
    I am actually asking.

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    • disregardable@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not sure in what world you think a desktop system is easier to use than “just push the button”.

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• Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Something you can buy for 20 €.
  Okay, I paid 60 € for mine and it’s good enough to play Skyrim and Stellaris :)

  But the same shop sometimes sells laptops for 30 €. They come preinstalled with Ubuntu Linux and are absolutely fine for browsing the web.

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  • Blaze@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    60€, that’s impressive! Which model?

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    • Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thinkpad X280.

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• IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cheapest tablet you can find that has the screen size you want.

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• breezeblock@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think that’s the entire purpose of the Chromebook, right? Those are usually dirt cheap.

  That said a Macbook air will be more money but also more computer and have a longer effective life span. I like how seriously Apple takes privacy.

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  • TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    FYI, Apple is not great for privacy. They’ve done a good job at fooling people into thinking they are, but they’re using the same twisted definition of “privacy” that every other big tech company uses. Privacy to Apple means that Apple can see all your data and track everything you do, but no one else can.

    proton.me/blog/iphone-privacy

    I use Apple devices and they’re generally well-built and last a long time. But they are not private.

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• Sand3rs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Any kind of arm based laptop. Maybe a Chromebook.

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• the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cheap

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