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submitted 1 year ago by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

just need it for school so nothing fancy

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[-] ObiGynKenobi@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

You don't have to buy a computer so old that it requires a lightweight Linux distro. You can find quad-core i5s with 16GB of RAM for around $300. That will run Windows 11 just fine.

[-] Anomalocarididae@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

You can get a computer that good for that cheap nowadays? I must look in the wrong places for em...

[-] ObiGynKenobi@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Keep an eye out for Dell Refurbished to run one of their 50% off deals. Recently they had 9th-gen i5s with those specs in that price range, and they're refurbished business laptops so generally higher build quality than consumer hardware.

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