Quiet Laptop - Options (Budget $1,000)

shroomish on 12/03/2023 - 12:42
Last edited 12/03/2023 - 12:56 by 1 other user

My laptop sometimes sounds like it's taking off from a launchpad - MSI with an older gaming GPU. I really only do browsing and word processing though I do like playing around with Linux for a bit of flexibility.

Considering a M1 MacBook Air - 512g HDD and then dual boot it so I've got 2 256g systems - one being Asahi Linux.

I figure I could do this for just under $1k.

Is there a better alternative anyone has worked out?

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  FoxJump on 12/03/2023 - 12:59

  toshiba z20t
  old but okay for general use

  and you can always remote desktop to a faster computer for heavy processing

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    shroomish on 13/03/2023 - 10:43

    bah, scrapping the mac idea… Asahi linux is far from fully baked. its more like a bit of linux on the side.

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      FoxJump on 13/03/2023 - 15:41

      you could use the cheap second hand ultra quiet laptop for simple day to day things on windows, and then remote desktop to your older noisy computer that's sitting in another room where the noise doesnt bother you.

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  payless69 on 12/03/2023 - 15:44

  +2

  Splurged for a Macbook Air M1.
  Looks good, makes no noise, makes 1 ext monitor look ugly, refuses a 2nd and after 30 years on mainstream is feeling clumsy

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    shroomish on 13/03/2023 - 10:42

    i dont quite get your comments. so your saying good screen, no second screen and difficult os?

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      payless69 on 13/03/2023 - 11:38

      gone back to an i5, old but drives 2 vert monitors and quiet enough!