I am looking to get a laptop and am looking to spend as little as possible for something that can handle multiple internet tabs and code editor (once in a while I might use vector software Inkscape). What do you guys suggest? I prefer Intel (i3 probably fine) over AMD processor. I would also like a 13 - 14 inch screen with a nice (backlit perhaps) keyboard. I'm fine with refurbished / used but just don't wanna get screwed over that way. Any suggestions appreciated. If you live near NYC and wanna sell a laptop, then let me know!
See if devonbarrett owns a laptop? Two birds with one stone.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5868881" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5868881</a>
Check your local craigslist, check your local pawn shops. Make sure you know what you want, and how to haggle. Everyone asks for too much, but there should be a flood of used laptops on the market since it's in between semesters.<p>Otherwise, your best bet would be a chromebook running chrubuntu(not crouton), however, there are some caveats:<p>1. There won't be a backlit keyboard<p>2. You won't be able to get a great processor, but it'll be able to handle ubuntu just fine. You may want to consider a slimmer desktop manager than unity.<p>3. You'll be limited on browser tabs before your memory runs too low and things slow to a crawl. Extensions like The Great Suspender for Chrome[1] allow you to work around this somewhat. It requires some manual tab management, but the alternative is maintaining a bookmarks folder so you can close the tabs and come back to them later.<p>4. I was able to get an IDE(PyCharm) running, and it worked pretty well, except being slow in code completion.<p>5. Inkscape runs, though not well. I'd suggest you running the app by itself if you need to use it.<p>[1] <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...</a><p>(edited for formatting)
I personally use an HP beater that I found on clearance at my local RadioShack. In my opinion most people don't think of them as the first place to buy a computer.