[ale] Best sub-$300 Light Linux Laptop?

[Jim Kinney]

On Apr 19, 2014 11:40 AM, "Leam Hall" <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Il 19/04/2014 11:30, JD ha scritto:
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>> On 04/19/2014 10:38 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
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>>> Lenovo T530
>>
>>
>> Comparing a $700+ 15inch 5lb laptop to a $200 11inch 2lb netbook doesn't
seem fair.
>>
>> So - what is the best Linux running netbook/laptop for under $300?
>> What makes it the best and for what purpose?
>>
>>
>> Pros/Cons please.
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>
> Differnet perspective; buy used. Doubtful you'd notice the performance
difference while price to performance ratio skyrockets.

Used macbook pro. Solid hardware. Good screen and battery life. The ones
from around 2008-2010 are quite nice and ram, battery and hard drive can be
replaced/upgraded. Runs Fedora 20 great with Nvidia and Broadcom  code from
rpmfusion repo. Suspend, resume and webcam are all excellent.
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