help me buy the right laptop budget $500

[Crash5800]

hi 

 

i'm looking for either HP laptop or Dell - new unused

 

strong laptop to survive 5 years 

Intel Core i3

8gb ram

good battery

light weight & compact design

internal wireless card with decent signal - support aircrack

ubuntu pre-installed by at least support drivers on linux. smaller keyboard slick buttons

original power adapter with robust cable/pin material to resist getting damaged, i don't like the quality of replacements.

 

mainly for browsing no gaming or video editing

thanks

 

[Stormseeker9]

@Crash5800

 

acer aspire 5 perhaps?

8gb ram, i5, SSD, light weight 

[derole]

Usually I would recommend the windows 7 era thinkpads (t420 or t430) as they're usually built quite well and are very upgradeable compared to any modern laptop but as you're looking for new it might not be a valid option. You can easily get brand new original batteries and chargers though (I bought a brand new extended life for mine that's an original lenovo one and it easily can last 6 hours on medium brightness with light use (plus its removable so you could just carry multiple). Only downside is compared to modern laptops it can be a bit on the bulky side. If you do have to go for new though then make sure you get one with an SSD (As you're doing web browsing I don't suppose you're going to download much). In terms of linux driver support probably best to go to their website and find the support section and select your laptop, it should tell you if there's linux drivers there (If there isn't sometimes because the hardware is from other manufactures the manufactures website might have them)

 

Hope this helps

[Crash5800]

9 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

@Crash5800

 

acer aspire 5 perhaps?

8gb ram, i5, SSD, light weight 

thanks, i have used acer before it's not strong like hp.

[Stormseeker9]

15 minutes ago, Crash5800 said:

thanks, i have used acer before it's not strong like hp.

Oh I forgot about the dell/hp part

[Stormseeker9]

18 minutes ago, Crash5800 said:

thanks, i have used acer before it's not strong like hp.

Hp chrome book x360?

[Crash5800]

50 minutes ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Hp chrome book x360?

can't find on local stores . 

 

which you think is better Dell 3580 inspiron vs 3576 vs 3567?

[Stormseeker9]

41 minutes ago, Crash5800 said:

can't find on local stores . 

 

which you think is better Dell 3580 inspiron vs 3576 vs 3567?

Which models exactly? As there are 6 3580’s available to me here.

 

you must have a SSD, that’s a must.

[genexis_x]

3 hours ago, Crash5800 said:

survive 5 years

asking too much for the budget, might want to go used for decent options

[Crash5800]

1 hour ago, Stormseeker9 said:

Which models exactly? As there are 6 3580’s available to me here.

 

you must have a SSD, that’s a must.

Intel Core i5-8265U . 

 

i can upgrade later to ssd ?