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Refurbished Lenovos in general (and LinuxPusher.dk, in particular) (lemmy.ml)

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Hey all - what’s your experience with refurb Lenovo laptops for Linux from companies/shops that specialize in this as a service? I’m looking at LinuxPusher.dk but am also curious about other EU-based shops. It seems like a good, affordable way to get a Linux machine if you’re a novice, like me (some experience with Ubuntu and Kubuntu about 10 years ago).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've had very disappointing experiences with Lenovo laptops in general and they're not cheap, even when bought second hand. My recommendation? Go for an AMD Acer laptop, they're very good machines and Linux Mint works out of the box in all laptops I've tested it so far. And I'm sure there are other affordable / good OEMs out there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tip - I'll check out the AMD Acer laptops. You thinking of Nitros, in particular?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm really fond of the Aspire 15 at the moment. You can get them without any preinstalled OS, which is perfect if your goal is to run Linux on them, since you won't be paying any hidden costs for a Windows license you never intended to use anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I would be concerned that linuxpusher.dk is advertising for a social media site called socii. The guy behind that showed up in a thread once, and was not pleasant.

Weird to have a connection between those two sites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Unless they are literally $150, still nothing to beat a Refurb Framework from their Refurb store for $350-450 that comes with a warranty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can't seem to find refurbs on their website - and judging from the original announcement, they may only be available in the US and Canada (I'm in the EU).

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