• We hope you have a fantastic holiday season to close out 2025! Thank you all so much for being part of the Tom's Guide community!

Are Either of These Decent For Digital Art?

Clerryst

Estimable
Apr 7, 2015
2
0
4,510
Solution
I don't know that a chromebook is what I would buy.

With a $200 budget, I have a suggestion:
Buy a thinkpad R61 15" laptop on ebay.
One with windows 7.
I bought one for $68, added $20 worth of ram and replaced the hard drive with a 120gb ssd for a total price of <$200.
The thinkpad has a very good keyboard and would look for that.
The integrated video was suitable for youtube playback.
I don't know that a chromebook is what I would buy.

With a $200 budget, I have a suggestion:
Buy a thinkpad R61 15" laptop on ebay.
One with windows 7.
I bought one for $68, added $20 worth of ram and replaced the hard drive with a 120gb ssd for a total price of <$200.
The thinkpad has a very good keyboard and would look for that.
The integrated video was suitable for youtube playback.
 
Solution



That's pretty perfect! Thank you so much :)