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Thinkpads will get you what you want. A T480 can be found at around that price and is basically fully upgradable and Linux compatible
Yes this, everything new at that pricepoint is complete garbage, ewaste straight out the factory.
The T480, while getting a little bit up there in age now, is still very capable having a quad core CPU, if you get both the internal and largest external battery it will rival M1 macbooks in battery life, two ram slots.
This is what I have and I was in your situation, op.
Thanks, and yes I'm looking at the used Thinkpad market. I was just curious if I could purchase anything of the sort new in my budget
new budget computers are horrible. don't get them. they're old designs sloppily put into tacky new looking chassis for a higher price.
hell there's probably a $300 budget laptop that's slower than my fucking <$100 11yo thinkpad t430