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Quoth · 04-21-2020, 07:42 AM

Buy empty USB stick and download. Then nothing wasted if the Live Linux doesn't run. That can then be used for install. I've also used an SD Card and a USB SD Card reader.
8 Gbyte is enough.

You also need a (free) program to write a downloaded ISO to a USB stick. Booting from the USB stick to test won't hurt anything, though an incorrect install would. You may need to edit several options on the boot setup scree / EFI etc for the existing laptop.

A mini-laptop has too small a screen for Win10. You want at least 1920x1080 on 14" and expect to pay close to €500 for one. Non-shiny is best, costs more. A 500G HDD is better value than cheap consumer 120 G SSD. A same spec mac is about x2 more than decent non-mac.

The headless "mini" PC boxes are bad value. Nice aspect of a laptop is the built in UPS, equivalent to spending nearly €200 for one for a screen and PC box.

04-21-2020, 07:42 AM	#18
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,384 Karma: 107076273 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Buy empty USB stick and download. Then nothing wasted if the Live Linux doesn't run. That can then be used for install. I've also used an SD Card and a USB SD Card reader. 8 Gbyte is enough. You also need a (free) program to write a downloaded ISO to a USB stick. Booting from the USB stick to test won't hurt anything, though an incorrect install would. You may need to edit several options on the boot setup scree / EFI etc for the existing laptop. A mini-laptop has too small a screen for Win10. You want at least 1920x1080 on 14" and expect to pay close to €500 for one. Non-shiny is best, costs more. A 500G HDD is better value than cheap consumer 120 G SSD. A same spec mac is about x2 more than decent non-mac. The headless "mini" PC boxes are bad value. Nice aspect of a laptop is the built in UPS, equivalent to spending nearly €200 for one for a screen and PC box. Last edited by Quoth; 04-21-2020 at 07:45 AM.