Hi,

A problem I have been coming up against is that a lot of the newer, budget Windows laptop (which I will immediately replace with my distribution of choice upon receipt) have memory soldered on the motherboard. This is a decision which brings the utmost distate to my mouth; I’m looking for budget laptops around the $300 mark (new) that let me upgrade their parts. Which models should I be looking at?

I am aware that the used market is fairly decent right now but I’d like to take a look at what’s coming up alongside looking at used gear. Thanks.

  • @[email protected]
    1•4 months ago

    I agree that it’s limiting, but I’d argue that the other things I mentioned are more limiting.

    my point isn’t that 4gb of ram is fine, it’s that the other things i mentioned are worse.

    • Dariusmiles2123
      1•4 months ago

      Yeah I agree that a nice SSD, a good display, etc are also really important.

      For me, my Surface Go 1 with a 128Gb SSD is the minimum in 2024.

      I bought it in 2019 and I can clearly see myself using it for at least 5 more years if Linux doesn’t become way more resource hungry.