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Re:Ask HN: Cheap and Cheerful Laptop for BSD/Linux: what are... by dutchrapley on Monday November 03, 2014 @04:54PM (#8553787)
I saw this deal recently - $399

Refurbished: Lenovo T420 Intel Core i5 2520M 2.5GHz 8GB / 128GB SSD

http://www.neweggflash.com/Product/9SIA3TX2064547?icid=WP_0_...

Edited: price.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheap and Cheerful Laptop for BSD/Linux: what are... by serf on Monday November 03, 2014 @07:00PM (#8554383)
Nice deal.

I have a T420s that was bought new and I love it as a computer -- but when I go to grab a laptop to work on 'on-the-road' I nearly always grab my old X201s + big battery that I bought on ebay for 80 bucks total.

If I was to buy a T420 now-a-days i'd check out eBay. Great deals on older hardware, especially if you don't mind repairing small problems yourself.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheap and Cheerful Laptop for BSD/Linux: what are... by dutchrapley on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @01:20PM (#8563279)
Yeah, I was tempted to pull the trigger on that. I recently acquired a Dell Precision M4400 for a good deal and put an SSD in it, so I'm using that with Xubuntu as my primary now.
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