Subj : Re: Mac Sillicon To : HusTler From : MRO Date : Thu Nov 19 2020 01:04:11 Re: Re: Mac Sillicon By: HusTler to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Nov 18 2020 09:27 pm Hu> Re: Re: Mac Sillicon Hu> By: poindexter FORTRAN to HusTler on Tue Nov 17 2020 06:23 am >> If you don't have a lot of money, buy a used Thinkpad T series. If >> you have more, buy a new Thinkpad T series. Good Linux compatibility >> and rock solid hardware. I seem to go about 13-15 years between >> Thinkpads. :) Hu> I'm hearing a lot of good stuff about these Leveno's. I'm looking in the Hu> $250 to $350 price range. Amazon has these two laptop with great specs. Hu> One is called the fusion5. The other is Yello something. I saw a thinkpad Hu> I for $199. Did they even make a Thinkpad 2 or did they just jump to the Hu> Thinkpad 3? I'd like to get the most bang for my buck but not sure if Hu> saving money with the off name brands is the smart move. Should I be Hu> worried about buying refurbed or stick with brand new? I gave myself a Hu> splitting headache today. ;-) okay so you are looking for something 350 max. and you absolutely need a laptop? you can get an hp elitebook 8470p i5 for 299 on amazon with win10 pro 8gigs of memory and 14 inch display. it's refurbished. i got my gf one and it worked great. it's clunky but it's got muscle. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GW03N6E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title? ie=UTF8&psc=1 --- þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services ::: .