looking to buy a laptop for qubesos thats under 600$ the HP EliteBook 840 G5 looks like it meets the specs to me but id like a better opinion or does anyone know of a better laptop that meets the price point
cpu: i5-7300U
intel HD graphics 620
16gb ddr4 ram
and 250gb ssd
That computer would meet the system requirements for Qubes OS, based on what you said System requirements | Qubes OS . You can also check the hardware compatibility list to find computers that other people have found to work Hardware compatibility list (HCL) | Qubes OS . The EliteBook 840 isn’t listed, but the 820 is and looks like it works fine. Also, don’t forget to check if the processor has VT-d as this is a practical requirement for Qubes OS Intel® Product Specifications , which the i5-7300U does. Over all, that computer should be able to run Qubes OS.
A couple of points that I left out earlier:
You can check out the community-recommended hardware Community-recommended computers for unofficially recommended hardware that multiple people have found to work well.
Also, don’t forget to submit a hardware compatibility list report if you find a computer that works with Qubes OS. It’s easy to do as you can just run ‘qubes-hcl-report’ in dom0 and copy the .yml file to an AppVM with ‘qvm-copy-to-vm [destination VM] [Qubes-HCL-model.yml]’ and attach it to a new topic in the HCL Reports section of the forum. It will help anyone else looking to know how well that computer works with Qubes OS.