Re: [LUG] Cheap laptops

["M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@xxxxxxx>]

On 27/01/18 19:28, aaron moore wrote:

Hi each and all

Lucky old me has won a small grant to develop my little Maker Space. I plan to buy 4 laptops with something like a 16 or 17inch screens to run programs like inkscape, librecad, freeCAD and blender on Ubuntu.  I am wondering if any body can recomend a decent machine for about Â300.quid

Cheers

Aaron
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Your technique is exquisite

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From personal experience (I've been window-shopping for some time now for my own use) you just don't get any kind of "decent" for Â300 (unlike my ancient Dell which cost me around that back in 2007). Look above Â450 or you're in the realms of Celery processors and Atoms below about Â350. Particularly the i5's vs the i3's. Bear in mind the Dell Precision laptops for Real CAD come in above Â1000 ...

HTH,

Michael.

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