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I got a used ThinkPad for that price a year ago. Needed a laptop, and was a broke student. Really repairable - it's easy to take apart, not glued, and most parts seem to be available at Aliexpress for reasonable prices. It's still doing it's job, and even though I could afford upgrading it now, I don't really see a reason to.
The last time I had a look at the market for new laptops, most things 300€ (which should be close enough to $300) would buy you where, judging by the components, bound to be painfully slow. If it really needs to be new, I'd look for stores that have discounts, and look up the model on iFixit or a simmilar resource to check how repairable it is.
Thank you, I was simply surveying the market to see if there are any new laptops in this range to look at. Seems like that is not the case, so off to the used market I go.
It doesn't necessarily need to be a ThinkPad either. Any used good quality business laptop should do the trick. My grandmother recently got an used EliteBook, and it's working quite well for her. I'd look for mid- to high-end models, with parts that aren't soldered - you should be able to find that out on the data sheet for the model in question.
Any i5/R5 and up in a machine that isn't too old should handle pretty much everything most people expect from a laptop - for me that is running a browser, a Latex editor, a notes app, and an IDE, for the most part.
I'd reccomend Linux, but that might be based more on my personal convictions, and a machine like that should also be able to run current Windows with no problems.
I'm going to run Linux alright, and maybe BSD if I feel up to it. It would seem that the older Dell Latitudes are comparable to the older Thinkpads as options
Hmh, didn't see the community this was in. Yeah, I guess that makes sense.