I have a refurbushed x230 (12.5'' screen) with a i5 3320M processor, 8 GB ram and an 250 GB SSD. I bought it before a year for around 200 euros. This is the best laptop I've ever owned. It can compete speed-wise with most laptops in the 700-800 euro range and although it has been abused by my 3yo and 1 yo kids (they steps on it, throw it around etc) it doesn't even have a scratch.
It runs Windows 10 and I can easily develop on it using python (big django projects), elixir/phoenix, even java and clojure using VSCode. I think that with some patience it could even be used with Jetbrains editors (Intellij Idea, Android Studio etc). What's even more astonishing is that I can get like 2 hours of medium usage from its 8 yo battery!
What else could anybody want?
After my experience with that laptop I am now in the look for a good deal on a refurbished T4xx (14'' screen).
It runs Windows 10 and I can easily develop on it using python (big django projects), elixir/phoenix, even java and clojure using VSCode. I think that with some patience it could even be used with Jetbrains editors (Intellij Idea, Android Studio etc). What's even more astonishing is that I can get like 2 hours of medium usage from its 8 yo battery!
What else could anybody want?
After my experience with that laptop I am now in the look for a good deal on a refurbished T4xx (14'' screen).