300$ 14" laptop for programing

[dronikal]

Hi all I'm a university student and I'm about to study programming this semester and I'm wondering if there is any viable option for a 300$ laptop for programing i want it to be small so i can pack it easy for my lectures and practice since my university computers are old.I don't need to be able to play the latest games or anything like that I actually don't need to be able to play any games since I have good PC.As I said I'm looking for portable 14ish inch laptop just good enough for programming and browsing.If it matters I will mostly study Java.

[asiancorruption]

get a used lenovo t420s. they're business grade laptops and they have every port of i/o under the sun. they probably have good battery life too. 

[normpearii]

Back in 2009 for High School I bought a used HP business laptop for programming, lasted all 4 years of school and had a Core 2 Duo. Was about an 18 month old laptop for $250 where it's original sale price was nearly $1200.


I would check your local PC stores (I.e. Actual local stores, not Best Buy/Wal Mart/ etc.) first, then look for used laptops online if nothing pans out.

[NannerBeans]

You won't be able to get an ultrabook but if you go used, you can get something decent. The T420 that was mentioned is a good option. 

[dronikal]

I actually don't mind buying used laptop.The thing is I don't really know what CPU I should be looking for.

[normpearii]

I would avoid anything using a Celeron, Celeron D, Non-A series AMD for starters.

[dronikal]

the lenovo above I can find for like 75$ here so i was hoping if I could get something better

[jol159]

1 hour ago, dronikal said:

the lenovo above I can find for like 75$ here so i was hoping if I could get something better

you could get a Toshiba satellite laptop