My friend is a high school teacher looking for recommendations on an inexpensive laptop capable of using Audacity for creating podcasts. I welcome any brands or model suggestions or warnings. Thank you!
Inexpensive PC laptop for podcasts recommendations
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What's inexpensive in absolute numbers?
I think even a Chromebook might run Audacity decently.
Does your friend mind second hand? (Normally, you can get better hardware for less.)
Does your friend want Windows? (Meaning, Windows 10 is end of support next year, and some second hand hardware won't support Windows 11. These laptops are dropping their price dramatically.)
I think even a Chromebook might run Audacity decently.
Does your friend mind second hand? (Normally, you can get better hardware for less.)
Does your friend want Windows? (Meaning, Windows 10 is end of support next year, and some second hand hardware won't support Windows 11. These laptops are dropping their price dramatically.)
Unfortunately, Audacity doesn’t run on Chromebooks according my research. The school only supports Windows based machines. She was thinking in the 600-700 dollar range but I don’t know if that is even reasonable. She’s be looking at a go fund me or some other local fundraiser.
Thanks for helping.
Thanks for helping.
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Should be plenty fine. Deals change all the time but as an example I see this one right now for under $400.
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Yeah, cheap laptops are cheaper than 600-700. Sound shouldn't require a ton of horsepower, so you could get something new decent at that price. ThinkPads, HP (business line), Dell (business line) are the usual recommendations. Wirecutter tends to have good suggestions too.
(I think all new Chromebooks can run Linux applications now. So that'd be a way to run Audacity. But that would only make sense on much tighter budgets.)
(I think all new Chromebooks can run Linux applications now. So that'd be a way to run Audacity. But that would only make sense on much tighter budgets.)
Most of the bigger notebook manufacturers like HP have educational stores and special offers with significant rebates.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate it but you can tell because I’m risking my Senorius Lurkius status.