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Colm89

Any recommendations for a laptop that will mainly be used for internet access?

I work from home so have a work issued dell laptop, docking station, screen and keyboard etc, and the wife has a nice xps I used to use from time to time, but now she has set up her own business she pretty much has the personal laptop 90% of the time, so I'm thinking about getting something cheap for myself.

I was thinking chromebook but the tinfoil hat in me doesn't like how much visibility google has on my life, so would like something I could run ubuntu on, and I've read it's not that straight forward on a chromebook.

Would also be nice to get something that works with my dell dock for monitors, power and wired internet.

What do the experts of lfgss recommend? Something used? I'd quite like to be able to just walk into a shop and pick something up.

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salad in reply to @Colm89

thinking about getting something

would like something I could run ubuntu on

be nice to get something that works with my dell dock for monitors

have you considered just getting a dell laptop?
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lynx in reply to @Colm89

https://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-ideapad-ideapad-s540-14api-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-processor-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-14-full-hd-rose-gold/p4263655?s_afcid=af_47868&tmad=c&awc=1203_1581280954_af81524297647f6f5de569b228d8e69b&tmcampid=48

What do you think.
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spenceey in reply to @Colm89

I'll have a dell chromebook 14 for sale once the xps 13 arrives.

I love the chromebook.
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aggi in reply to @Colm89
Chromebook is the obvious solution but obviously that, in part, depends on your thoughts on google.

Chromebook can still be an option even with the google issues. Three ways round it:
1. A lot of chromebooks allow you to install android apps so you can install browser, etc of your choice.
2. You can put the chromebook in developer mode and install Ubuntu. It's a bit of a ballache, I wouldn't bother.
3. Some chromebooks allow you to install linux apps. This tends to only be the high end ones though.
Personally if I wasn't going Chromebook I'd pick up a refurbed laptop from ebay for a couple of hundred quid (tops) and go with that.

Failing that, get something from the Dell outlet store.

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