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I just bought this yesterday for my 16 year old son. He is in year 11, doing subjects heavy in maths and science. His old laptop was 8 years old and falling. I had a budget of $1200, reluctantly, as I knew that DDR prices and storage prices had gone through the roof recently. Typically, I have spent $700-800 on laptops for my kids.

I walked into a local retailer and this was presented as a laptop that had been ordered and not collected or paid for. Price was $1,999 firm.

After some negotiation, I walked out with it for $1,500. Way more than I was comfortable spending but it seems to be a good deal, unless I am missing something?

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[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I had a Yoga running morning Mint for a bit. It was quite solid.

[–] maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just bought a LOQ and put Linux Mint on it. It's a much more pleasant experience than the few times I booted into Windows 11.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 1 week ago

I really enjoyed Mint for its stability. I ran it for several years. When I upgraded my video card the stock kernel was too old and not compatible with the card (the stability!). I have been running Fedora since then, and I'm quite pleased with it.