#batty:post

If you guys are sleeping on ShopGoodwill for laptops or electronics you gotta get on itttt

I use a ridiculous huge gaming laptop for school I got off ShopGoodwill years ago for $170, but it's way too unwieldy to take anywhere to do schoolwork. (when i got it, I had to order a charger, replace the battery, and put in a 1tb ssd)

I would love to work at the library once in a while, so I just snagged a 11.6 Zenbook off ShopGoodwill for literally $17, $31.83 after shipping. Bad battery, no charger, but the laptop was tested and works fine, comes with linux.

I ordered a new battery and charger, about $40, and I already have a boot drive for Windows to install when it gets here. Will it be crusty and have some dead pixels? Probably. Will I scrub it up and put tons of dumb stickers on it? Absolutely. You can get a great basic laptop for less than $100, and they regularly have cheap Thinkpads that are donated from companies.