just need it for school so nothing fancy

  • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    HP 840 G3 and G4. They’re pretty cheap refurbished on amazon and they’re very durable laptops. We used them for all of the remote workers during covid. And they have one USB-C port

    • agent_flounder@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      Good call.

      FWIW, We’ve been using HP EliteBooks for several years now. (Maybe 840s at one point).

      Never had any issues with mine and performance has been decent. Can’t think of my coworkers ever complaining either.

      I think that’s what I would get for a cheap laptop. I found out an apple MacBook charger (USB C) can power one of these. Kind of a nice fallback.

      • Damage@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I don’t know about other product lines, but we are issued HP Zbooks at work, their crappy performance and quality made sure to stop me from ever buying an HP computer for myself

      • Dandroid@dandroid.app
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        There are going to be horror stories for any brand. I personally have had nothing but bad experiences with Dell computers. But if there’s one that checks all your boxes, has great reviews, and meets your price point, I say go for it.

        That said, I do feel like I hear the worst and most frequent stories about HP.

      • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I can’t speak for the whole company, but their older business laptops have been good in my experience. I’ve worked for an airline, and a logistics company, and in both they had HP contracts. I know that Dell laptops felt more brittle, I saw more of them come back brokwn. Also getting them refurbished doesn’t give them money, if you don’t want to do that.

    • vlad@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      It’s has a normal charging port that take the small blue HP charger, and it’s USBc port can also be used for charging. I recommend double checking the specs of whatever you’re buying just to make sure I’m not imagining it.