<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 at 12:34, Russell Coker via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/783814" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/783814</a><br>
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These look like good deals, laptops with 8G of RAM for $200 or less. 8G isn't <br>
good for Windows but is great for Linux, my personal laptop has 8G of RAM and <br>
works very nicely.<br>
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Some of those laptops have USB-C which allows connecting to a dock to easily <br>
run with a big monitor (or multiple monitors) and the full range of desktop <br>
peripherals. A USB-C dock with Ethernet, HDMI, and multiple USB ports starts <br>
at about $25 on ebay. But if you want to run an older laptop that way you <br>
need to check the specs carefully, there were some laptops released with USB-C <br>
that didn't have Displayport/HDMI/Thunderbolt functionality in that port. I <br>
haven't checked the specs carefully on those laptops, just briefly skimmed <br>
them to determine that some have USB-C and some don't.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Some laptops, while they have Displayport/HDMI/Thunderbolt in the port, can only drive monitors at higher resolutions by connecting directly to the laptop port i.e the higher res and refresh rates won't pass through the dock.</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Colin Fee<br><a href="mailto:tfeccles@gmail.com" target="_blank">tfeccles@gmail.com</a></div></div>