https://www.ebay.com/itm/305794676995
Was looking for a sub-$300 laptop with good construction and came across this. My heaviest workload is in video encoding so 8C/16T beats any mobile Intel 15W chip in this price range.
Has IR and fingerprint reader for Windows Hello. Should have a backlit keyboard. There's some conflicting information on the listing where one section says yes but another says no. I don't think any recent Elitebook 8xx series are missing backlit keyboards so I'm betting this one does. 1080p IPS screen.
Great port selection with 2x USB-A and 2x USB-C. One of the USB-C appears to be PD enabled for charging and supports Displayport. Not Thunderbolt since it's an Intel thing but close enough.
These off-lease business laptops are sturdier and more upgradable than the basic consumer grade laptops like the lower-end Pavilions, Zenbooks, Inspirons and IdeaPads. Also eBay certified listings give you a 1 year warranty.
BoA customers may have 3-5% off eBay coupon in their personalized deals so it might make it even sweeter.
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"This HP 845 is driving me crazy. The touch pad is skewed way to the left. I cannot contort my right arm far enough to the left to effectively use it. That means endless unwanted scrolling and the computer picking up right mouse clicks when I want left mouse clicks. An external wireless mouse helps but, my goodness, what were those HP engineers thinking?"
"This HP 845 is driving me crazy. The touch pad is skewed way to the left. I cannot contort my right arm far enough to the left to effectively use it. That means endless unwanted scrolling and the computer picking up right mouse clicks when I want left mouse clicks. An external wireless mouse helps but, my goodness, what were those HP engineers thinking?"
No idea why they do it this way.
This laptop does look like a good deal but the trackpad makes me shy away.
"This HP 845 is driving me crazy. The touch pad is skewed way to the left. I cannot contort my right arm far enough to the left to effectively use it. That means endless unwanted scrolling and the computer picking up right mouse clicks when I want left mouse clicks. An external wireless mouse helps but, my goodness, what were those HP engineers thinking?"
I also dealt with a left shifted touchpad for several years on a 15" Latitude with a numpad on the right. So I'm kind of used to it.
Guess fingerprint will be the hardest part on linux.
This means used for a number of years in corporate?
This means used for a number of years in corporate?
Good luck!
Jon
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Of course, for those shopping for OP laptops as HTPC setups I'd try to recommend something with a ray tracing supported NVIDIA graphics chip so that you could experiment with Super Resolution. A fun "for later" [youtube.com] item assuming my rates for residential power remain reasonable...
Good luck!
Jon
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Good luck!
Jon
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