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~$250 laptop for web browsing, coding, and a bit of gaming

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So, I need a laptop to do web browsing, a bit of gaming, and a bit of coding. I'm going to put Ubuntu (or some other distro) on it and use it as a guinea pig of sorts. A discrete GPU is a massive pro (even if it is just an MX150 or something) and coming with/able to put in an SSD is an absolute necessity. Another big pro is a screen that isn't super low res, i.e. 1080p60 would be great. I have no problem buying used/refurbished. Someone on Discord recommended a used E7440 or X250, but a second opinion or other suggestions would be great. Thanks.

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Location? Budget?

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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Go used then

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

Laptop: Lenovo Ideapad 5 Pro 16ACH6

Phone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro 8+128

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