I’m looking for something in the low hundreds range, mostly to do Visual Studio Code, pretty light html editing, general purpose stuff like Netflix and web browsing.
I’d kind of just like a decent tablet with a keyboard cover. The Pixel tablet might be an option, even if I have to go with something like this.
https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_tablet $280
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/k480-multi-device-wireless $35
I’d of course prefer to run Linux over Android if it works. Is there anything in a similar form factor and function for price in the Linux world?
I was about to suggest the same thing. You can pick up a pro 4 with a case and get a keyboard for well within that range.
I have one and it runs Mint just fine.
Replacing the battery is a pain though.
Any one EXCEPT the Surface Pro 4.
The 4 is notorious for having lousy heat management and a faulty power circuit. The screen image shakes if it gets too hot.
My own SP4 worked fine for years, but as it aged it started to succumb. I can’t use it for any real work anymore.
Don’t get anything lower than the 5 (from 2017).
Interesting. I got one from an auction and it seems to work okay. I’ll keep an eye out for that issue. I’m wondering if it is because of bad paste between the CPU and heat sink or just poor heat disposal.
From what I understand, the poor heat dispersal slowly fries the power management circuits.
If you don’t do anything to taxing with it, it may be fine for a while. Ever since I installed EndeavourOS on it, it’s been running cooler - much less system overhead than Windows. Still, I know one day it’s bound to fail. :(
Yeah, I’m running Mint and it seems okay. It will be to play videos for children, so not overly taxing either.