Hello everyone, I have never owned a laptop before( PC user from the very start), I want a laptop for my IT career(coding stuff) but I have a really low budget and wanna buy just a second hand laptop that can run some lightweight Linux distro. The thing is that laptop prices are really high here in India, you can get a second hand laptop that has an i5 and 4gb ram for about rs.17000 (204 dollars), my aunt is in Canada and they are coming back to India next year so i can just ask them to bring me a laptop I went to ebay.com and found some really cheap options like “HP ELITE BOOK 840 G1” for just 30 dollars, now the question is that is it okay to buy a 30-60 dollar laptop from eBay and will they allow it while passing through the airport ???
Passing through the airport should be no problem at all. As somebody who’s done a similar thing before, I can tell you that your aunt probably won’t run into problems. My bigger question is about the laptop you are looking at that is $30. It’s rare that laptops go for so cheap here, even used ones. I would advise you to investigate the seller to make sure they are trustworthy to avoid being scammed or sold a broken computer.
I dont know any Indian laws, but i cant see why it should be a problem as many people travel with their laptop as do i. But keep in mind that the keyboard layout might be different.
You should be fine, though that price for a laptop sounds scammy. I’d expect you to pay about $60-70 for an i5 with 4 GB of RAM.
Also, get yourself a cheap SSD if the laptop didn’t originally have one. Not sure if that’s going to be cheaper in Canada or India.
I don’t know much about these laptop prices, but i’ve seen some youtubers trying out 30 35 dollar laptops, but considering that it can be a scam I will consider buying a 50 60 dollar laptop instead
Maybe you’ll get lucky, just look at the specs and never go off platform.
Bringing a used laptop will not be an issue. I have asked my friends to buy a new mobile phone and brought it to India with 0 customs tax. But check if they are okay to carry 1kg as she may plan to carry full luggage limit.
But, spend a little more and buy a better one. $30 is what 3% of the air ticket price?
HP ELITE BOOK 840 G1
I don’t know where these are coming from, I suspect schools, but my business got a dozen or so to resell and they were all working fine. Just check the seller’s reviews first.
Are you currently running Windows non home edition?
If so you can enable HyperV and Windows Subsystems for Linux to get Linux running on your system without needing another PC.
