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[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 28 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

10 years old would be 7th Gen Intel which is perfectly capable.

For anyone else budget conscious: you can get excellent laptops by looking for an 8th gen Intel laptops in pristine condition on eBay for <£150. This will be perfect for daily use, web, office, etc. If you need gaming then get a used Steam Deck OLED. This is suitable computing for a huge number of people's usecase.

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago

Older thinkpads are still a great deal too. Just have to stick to the actual business ones and not the consumer ones.

[–] morriscox@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

If you are in the USA and are on public assistance, then https://pcsrefurbished.com/sales/salesHome is a great place, especially for laptops. My last laptop from here is a HP Zbook 15 Fury G8 with a Nvidia RTX A2000 for $175.