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Help with choosing a compatible PC (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am looking for a cheap, light, tough, relatively fast laptop to replace my decade-old lenovo. It will be my daily computer for browsing, documents and occasional photo editing. I will install eitherUbuntu or Mint. I am looking at thinkpad x13 gen 1. It looks like the processor has an impact on the way it will be running, with different performances between ~~ARM~~ AMD and Intel. Can I buy either one or I there a real compatibility issue with intel?

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[–] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

I'm in a similar situation atm and have also been looking at Thinkpad x13 as well as x390 and older Dell XPS models. I'm a bit afraid that 8gb of RAM might be not enough in the future (afaik most of these have soldered RAM) but so far I did not run into problems with 8gb on my current laptop. Generally Thinkpads and XPS have very good Linux compatibility from what I heard.

ARM and Intel should both work well, I think (this might change for newer computers in the future since Intel let go a lot of their Linux devs in 2025 iirc).