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Laptop recommendation for a cs student under $600 or in India 50,000 INR (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Well i started my B tech course this year, I am looking for a laptop for my use case. I am using linux as a main os for 3 years.

The laptop which i currently use is a Dell Inspiron N5110. Its a pretty old machine so i am currently looking for an upgrade.

Things which I do :

Read documents
Watch videos and listen to music
Light coding
Tinker with almost everything
Try new software if i can.

I REALLY need a a laptop with good cooling and battery life like 5 hours is fine.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Preowned ThinkPad. You can get a 2018 or so X1 Carbon for $400 or less on eBay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You mean the t480

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

T480 is a decent machine. Had one for work (embedded dev) for three years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then I mean a later year because my girlfriend and I each own X1s from around that time which we bought on eBay. Mine, I believe, was listed as a 2018. Hers is a year newer. So those figures might need budged but I do not mean a T480.

Unless you're just recommending a T480 over an X1, in which case, I apologize for stepping all over your punchline.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah x1 are slightly pricey