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Toot

Written by Allie on 2025-01-04 at 06:36

Edit: Thank you to everyone who shared this.

Someone has responded to me with an excellent offer that solves this problem.

——

Before I go giving money to strangers on Facebook, I have a problem.

I found out on the evening of December 19th that we have to have a laptop for our 12yo when he starts school at the end of January. School office was closed on December 20th.

Fortunately, they've gone from insisting on shitty Windows laptops, to a "BYOD" model, where they prefer Macs (!) since our last child attended.

It looks like I can pick up something basic & new with Windows 11 ("no S or X versions!"), for around $600-$700, or a used Macbook Air M1 for around $600 on Fb marketplace.

(I can't afford to buy the damn thing, but that's neither here nor there right now).

I would prefer he have a Macbook (because he's less likely to use it for gaming, and I'm less likely to lose sleep over maintaining it), but as I said at the top, before I go giving money to strangers, would anyone I know in #Melbourne have an M1 (or higher) that's in good nick, that they'd be willing to part with?

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Written by Allie on 2025-01-04 at 08:34

Spec list attached. They're also very specific about what not to use.

No:

• iPads

• Linux

• Android

• Chromebooks

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Written by Allie on 2025-01-07 at 05:17

A huge thanks to @futzle for coming in with the save in an incredible way. $child is happy, I can can finally relax on this front.

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Written by sortius on 2025-01-04 at 06:42

@grissallia ugh, don't remind me of that coming need. Both the kids have gaming desktops, so I'm not keen to have to spend so much on laptops for them. Hopefully I can get some government funding to at least get something for school

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Written by Olivier Mehani on 2025-01-04 at 08:02

@grissallia could you get away with a chromebook? Modulo having a Google account, which could very well (and sanely) be a non-starter, HP has pretty decent machines for ~$300.

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Written by Allie on 2025-01-04 at 08:02

@shtrom nope. Chromebooks are specifically excluded.

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-04 at 08:41

@grissallia their spyware doesn’t work on those

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Written by Allie on 2025-01-04 at 08:48

@jpm He'll be taking my device to school, so their spyware won't work on it either, once I get it home.

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Written by Joel Michael on 2025-01-04 at 08:55

@grissallia not allowed on wifi unless spyware is running

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Written by Bluntelk on 2025-01-04 at 11:14

@jpm @grissallia ... So running a windows VM on a MacBook to keep em confused?

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Written by vertikar on 2025-01-04 at 23:29

@jpm

what spyware do they install?

@grissallia

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Written by Kaito on 2025-01-04 at 20:32

@grissallia imagine walking into school with an 11 foot display 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Written by Allie on 2025-01-04 at 20:52

@kai LOL, I’d missed that.

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Written by Morten Juhl-Johansen on 2025-01-04 at 08:56

@grissallia Specs are funny. Running Windows 11 on a Celeron sounds painful...

But not a lot of gaming going on there.

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Written by Bart Veldhuizen 🚀 on 2025-01-04 at 08:56

@grissallia Ugh. I'm so thankful the school of my kids does not require laptops. IF they need one, they're provided one in class. Good luck with the search.

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Written by Citizen ❎️❎️ on 2025-01-04 at 12:34

@grissallia have a look at the Aldi catalogue, there is a lenovo in there that appears to meet spec for $299

(It's win 11 home s mode but Microsoft don't charge to turn s mode off)

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Written by viq on 2025-01-04 at 13:00

@grissallia I think @hacks4pancakes may know someone who knows someone?

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