what was the cheapest computer you ever bought and what kind

raspberry pi doesn't count btw

>>57846637
i bought a chromebook on craigslist for i think $100 during that craze because i figured it would be good to wipe and install a lightweight distro on. turns out drivers were amazingly bad and even a macbook would have better drivers support in linux. also you had to root it to install a real distro other than chrome os.

it was still fun to use for a while but i learned my lesson. no meme computers

>>57846637
Lenovo x131e
i3-3227u
140 dollars on ebay

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>>57846718
Which chromebook? I ran Debian flawlessly for over a year on the Acer C720 chromebook before I traded it for something else.

It really depends on the manufacturer of the netbook. imo the Samsung ones are notoriously shit for linux compatilbility

>>57846637
Acer c720 for $75. Came with 4gb ram. Running xubuntu at the moment.

>>57846795
I forget which it was the Acer C710. I also used Debian.

I used to get clicking noises and other problems from powersave whenever unplugged and had to disable that shit in the snd_hda_intel module. I also had problems with the mouse after suspend. I had to modprobe i forget which module but I ended up just compiling it built in to the kernel so it would reload every time after suspend.

It was a pain in the ass. Only DE i was able to run was buggy as fuck LXDE

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I gave somebody head for their macbook once.

>>57846840
Sasuga desu!

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>>57846820
>Acer C710
Yea I understand, it's pretty hit and miss with Chromebooks. Only used it because I basically got it for free. Some retard on Craigslist traded it for some old as dirt laptop I bought in a bulk for $10.

Only real benefit is the price. Although, I recently managed to snag a fully-working Thinkpad X220 for $130.

$220 x220 w/ i5 + 8gb ram + SSD
Was seller refurbished of ebay.

>>57846820
if you think lxde is bad go try kde or lxqt
I'm all for qt desktop environments but man are the two we have total fucking garbage

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>>57846718
>tfw never got a CR48 to demo
>Pajeets in my area (actually a small town but Oracle has offices here) got 25 cause they could lie and say they were an organziation
>Would have gotten a computer direct from the manufacturer for free without trading, RMAs, or anything

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$15 Fujitsu Lifebook
(The charger was another $15.)

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>>57846935
I'm on Unity right now. Someone needs to make a good fork. I would if I had some extra time, I have other shit I need to finish now. If the panel was a little bit less shit it would be like a good Gnome 3. Maybe a fork of the old Unity 2d

>>57846637
you got a good deal, spent 230 on identical spec latitude 4 or 5 mnths ago

>>57846637
dell optiplex 7010 off of ebay.
has an i5 3570, got it for a 100 bucks.
Thanks goodwill online section.

>>57846637
dell precision T7400 with dual X5450s and 8GB of RAM for $5
dell precision M4300 (but with the shit low end panel option) for $2

my local thrift store sells me donation rejects out of the back at $5 per desktop and $2 per laptop, currently posting from a shitbox lenovo 3000J minitower I got from there with an athlon64 x2 3800+

$140-ish (CAD) each for a couple of Intel Compute Sticks that are currently serving as my HTPCs.

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>>57846937
>tfw got a free cr-48
Life is good

A refurbished thinkpad t500 + 2 batteries from a company who bought new laptops for 45$

>>57846637
Elitebook 2560p
$91AU

70 euros for some core2duo e8400 laptop i gave my granny as a present

Gtx 950, g3258, 8gb ram, 500gb hdd. All second hand under 300$

>>57846637
I bought an x220 off a friend for £60

>>57846637
What is 8470p like? I'm considering buying one. Is it comparable to Thinkpads?

Samsung ARM Chromebook for $35 because why not. Great battery and startup time, but everything else is unbearable compared to my X201

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>>57846637
ThinkPad T420 stock as fuck for $100.

Now maxed out with QM processor, 16gb meme ram, 3 drives and external GTX 1050Ti GPU + docking station. Using it as main computer with an external display.

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$400 in 2012

>>57846637
I "bought" a dell mini 9 from a friend for some old desktops that where worth like $20
it was a pos
cheapest I've spent on a laptop was $100 for an x201 tablet + dock and that thing was horribly slow.

hp compaq nx6325 for 60 bucks
still use it daily

>>57846637
Bought an old thinkpad at a swap meet for $15 for novelty purposes

Cheapest computer I could actually use was an i7 X220T for $300, kinda expensive but it was in very good condition

$200 bucks for an HP netbook a few months ago

2 GB of ram kills my hopes of running gnome 3 and more than one tab, but it runs XFCE perfectly

The ThinkPad I'm using atm I bought for €200, which I've recently started to upgrade.

>>57846653
ATTiny85, $1.50
:^)

serious answer: imac g3 for $35. it's probably not even as powerful as a raspi, but it's comfy