No.21998
>>21997Why not try second hand?
No.21999
>>21998I don't trust second hand sellers here
No.22000
>but given recent events with Israel, would it be worthwhile to consider getting a more expensive AMD mini PC instead
For BDS reasons? AMD is also in Israel.
No.22001
>>22000could one say AMD is less tied to Israel tho?
No.22003
>>22001Possibly? IDK the degree of involvement.
But the way OP is putting it, sounds like they're kind of on the fence and that could make a difference.
No.22004
all recommendation threads should only get "buy a used thinkpad" as replies
No.22005
>>22003I am OP
>>22004The used ones with the specs i want are out of my budget
No.22006
What about the new Raspberry Pi?
No.22008
>>22001AMD had a joint venture with China to build and licence CPUs for the Chinese market but the US trade wars put a stop to that shortly after.
No.22010
>>22008They've also been looking for alternatives to Taiwan's TSMC which has a monopoly general purpose microchips so they're less reliant on them so they seems less invested in the status quo.
No.22018
>>21997Definitely look for the cheapest offer you can find for your desired specs.
You might already know this, but cheap PCs and laptops are usually built from surplus parts. Replacements might be hard to get, but you shouldn't have any hardware problems under windows or linux.
No.22019
wait like 5 years until arm catches up with x86 in terms of marketshare on the NUC and laptop space, at which point china would already be competing toe-to-toe with qualcomm
No.22021
>>22005What is your budget? Start there.
No.22023
Intel has been on 14nm process for the.last 6 generations. Latest intel processor is slower than their previous generation. "e-cores" are a meme.
AMD Ryzen is the way to go. You can get a used ryzen 5 3600 for cheap.
No.22024
Also, will buying intel over AMD negatively impact Palestine?
No.22025
unironically buy second hand, I know you don't trust them, but you can always flash both bootloader and OS to stay on the safe side.Off lease thinkpads are to die for.
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