• I'll buy used, so don't want latest and greatest. It won't be my main laptop.
  • to run linux obviously.
  • good battery life, light, not too small to use, but large enough to type on (obviously can do without numeric keypad). not too fragile!
  • I'll be doing some light python work, perhaps some c/c++ but I'm not after a workhorse, just something for quickly fixing bugs, or making notes on
  • sub 200 GBP / 250USD I guess

I'd be interested in hearing recommendations, and also what to avoid!

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

intel macbook air works good for me, with debian and xfce

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    -1 for intel macbooks. Horrible cooling and poor hardware support. Source, I own one.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Horrible cooling is the last couple of years of Intel MacBooks. Nothing to do with Linux.

    If you run them with a “balanced profil” in Linux, they run a bit slower but the fan stays quiet. It is probably what macOS does.

    Before 2019 or so, they run awesome. I mean, the newer ones are faster so they run great too even in balanced. I guess it depends what you pay for them.

    The older ones are crazy cheap these days and, in my view, great value.

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