New Laptop Purchasing Help

[linxu]

I'm using an old Macbook Pro for all of my gaming, it has the original ram, and needless to say, I need a new gaming laptop. I've looked for a while but I can't find one with good enough specs and a 2.5 SATA slot, since NVME has took over. I have an adapter so I can plug my SATA SSD into a usb port, but I don't know how I'd port my Garuda install without any problems. Anyone either have a way to port without problem or an 8g/16g ram Intel laptop under 500 USD, asking for Intel because I'm unsure if AMD CPU's would work do to the packages installed. 

[Bombastinator]

Derp.  You actually need a laptop that still uses an laptop sata for boot.  The problem with that is they often have special crud on them and you’d have to use their install, which doesn’t solve your problem.  Something really old?  Laptop HDDs are the same size as sata SSDs   You could try something old.  Maybe look on the used market.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Bombastinator

[Bombastinator]

2 hours ago, marxguey said:

I'm using an old Macbook Pro for all of my gaming, it has the original ram, and needless to say, I need a new gaming laptop. I've looked for a while but I can't find one with good enough specs and a 2.5 SATA slot, since NVME has took over. I have an adapter so I can plug my SATA SSD into a usb port, but I don't know how I'd port my Garuda install without any problems. Anyone either have a way to port without problem or an 8g/16g ram Intel laptop under 500 USD, asking for Intel because I'm unsure if AMD CPU's would work do to the packages installed. 

There’s a Dell 7730 on eBay for $520.  It’s 9th gen which means it will run 11, and it’s got thunderbolt3. Which is more or less the same a thunderbolt4.  The key feature is it’s got a craptacular 512gb HDD in it which more-or-less has to be removable.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Bombastinator