Cheap laptop recommendation

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ioverreact

I'd like to get a new laptop that will run FreeBSD as a daily driver. I've heard Lenovo thinkpads are good for this but are there any models in particular I should go for?

I don't want to spend a fortune so please don't recommend anything over £500 if possible.
 
Get a used one.
As long as you don't want high end graphics support - "gaming laptop", for which FreeBSD wasn't the best choice, or need a large full power CPU for lots of large compiling jobs, which IMO ain't no laptop for anyway, a good, solid used one will do the job, saves you a lot of money, and is more probable to be supported than any brand new hardware (see the according sites for which HW is supported.)
You may exchange the drive(s), add some more RAM, or need to exchange the WLAN module (~twenty bucks), but anyway it was worth a thought.
 
kpedersen said:
If you plan it right (end of financial year), you can get some really cheap ex-business surplus Lenovo/HP/Dell laptops.

Following on from cracauer@ 's recommendation, I agree, my regular goto has one going very cheap (£168).

(If you can get hold of two of the same model, through cannabalisation of parts, you can probably get half a century out of it (minus the battery)).
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I've just bought it. It's normally batteries and chargers that go first on most laptops I've had. I think the first thing I'll do is invest in a spare.

Thanks for the recommendation. 👍

I've installed BSDs on a few machines over the years with varying success. I've always used whatever was going spare, which probably wasn't the best idea but I've always learned something from the experience and came out better for it.

I think it will be nice this time to have something that I know will just work ☺️👌
 
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