If you want to be environmentally friendly or don’t have much money, get a used laptop. If you want the best performance, get a gaming laptop. If you want Linux but don’t enjoy messing with computers, or want a decently repairable laptop for a decent price, or just want to support them, get a system76 laptop. If you want very easy repairability or to support the general right to repair, get a framework laptop.
They all have their own niche, even when you want to install Linux.
I got a $40 used chromebook (this model), installed arch + xfce and had a great experience using it as a travel laptop. Some things that have worked well on it:
steam
portal 1
half life 1 and 2
celeste
minecraft with optimization mods (60 fps!)
trackmania nations forever (only on the smaller maps - it was running through proton so it was slow)
blender (even with editing fairly complex models actually, but rendering outside of workbench was slow)
freecad
musescore
its kinda fallen apart now, idk if its the os or the hardware, probably the os but it fails to boot 3/4 of the time and the headphone jack doesn’t really work, imma try to reinstall soon
If you want to be environmentally friendly or don’t have much money, get a used laptop. If you want the best performance, get a gaming laptop. If you want Linux but don’t enjoy messing with computers, or want a decently repairable laptop for a decent price, or just want to support them, get a system76 laptop. If you want very easy repairability or to support the general right to repair, get a framework laptop.
They all have their own niche, even when you want to install Linux.
I’m currently ordering a used Chromebook to try to install Tiny11 on it. If it doesn’t work, I’m only out fifty dollars plus shipping.
I got a $40 used chromebook (this model), installed arch + xfce and had a great experience using it as a travel laptop. Some things that have worked well on it:
its kinda fallen apart now, idk if its the os or the hardware, probably the os but it fails to boot 3/4 of the time and the headphone jack doesn’t really work, imma try to reinstall soon