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  • Define cheap. The least expensive laptop on Dell Refurbished currently is $180 and would easily run any desktop environment, including the heavyweights. Specs are here:
    CPU
    1x Intel Core i5-6300U (2-Core, 2.40 GHz)
    Memory
    8 GB (1x 8GB)
    HDD
    256 GB (1x 256 GB SSD)
    Display
    14" HD (1366 x 768)

    If you’re thinking cheaper yet, you’ll want at least a dual core processor and 4GB of RAM. Just about any business laptop from the last 10 years or so would work, as long as you stay away from bottom of the barrel Celerons or AMD processors and <4GB of RAM. You can run Linux on a very low spec machine, but you’d want to use a lightweight DE and web browsing wouldn’t be a fun experience.


  • OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) x86_64
    Host: OptiPlex 5050
    Kernel: 6.1.0-9-amd64
    Uptime: 2 days, 12 hours, 56 mins
    Packages: 2281 (dpkg), 21 (flatpak)
    Shell: bash 5.2.15
    Resolution: 1920x1200
    DE: GNOME
    WM: Mutter
    WM Theme: Adwaita
    Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
    Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
    Terminal: gnome-terminal
    CPU: Intel i7-7700 (8) @ 4.200GHz
    GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630
    Memory: 2798MiB / 15856MiB