I’m wanting to finally get a new laptop, preferably not above £500. Suggestions?

Your options are: wait for Amazon prime day (you just missed this one), Chromebook, or get an older Windows laptop and then blow that away for Linux.

@irene - I wouldn’t sink that low.

@norman70688 - Shut up, Norman.

Thinkpad x230/t430

Does it have to be new? What would you use it for?

I recently got a used (ex-some-company) Dell Latitude E7450 with 12G RAM, 256G SSD, FHD screen, runs nice enough, for €225 after trading in my old shytebucket Dell Vostro 3500 that was all but falling apart…