I’m looking to buy a laptop for things like browsing the internet, admin stuff like sorting out important documents, a little bit of software development, and other things that aren’t easy to do on a phone.
I don’t think I need a particularly powerful laptop for these things, so was hoping to get a cheap refurbished one. Can anyone recommend a reputable place to buy a refurbished laptop for a reasonable price? I’m hoping to spend around £200, but not sure if that’s reasonable for what I’m looking for
Not to be one of those people, but the required specs for most Linux distros are significantly lower than Windows and Mac so you can generally get away with a cheaper/older machine and have it just as usable as something more powerful.
Just a hurdle getting over the transition from a “traditional” OS but for your use case, most common Linux distros come out of the box with productivity, Web and software development tools for free.
That’s a good suggestion. I have used Linux before, so I am somewhat familiar with it. Not sure if it can run MS teams though, which I might need to use as some places use them for interviews and I’m looking for a job atm
MS Teams is available on Linux as a native app on at lease Fedora and Ubuntu (and their derivatives, I haven’t checked anywhere else) and it’s available as a Web app on every device.
Teams has a web application. Sometimes when my native windows app breaks at work, I have to use the web interface which works nearly exactly the same.