Drop your recommendations for the following

  • Pens (ballpoint, gel, fountain)
  • metal ruler
  • water bottle
  • backpack
  • pe bag (duffel or drawstring)
  • Scissors
  • Keyboard and mouse
  • Laptop
  • lunch box
  • wallet
  • lever arch folders
  • sharpener
  • power bank

Thanks

  • Forester@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Laptop

    Get a few years old Thinkpad aim for 16gb ram. 500gb ssd i5 or i7 models. and install bazzite or Ubuntu on it. Those also run win 10/11 without issues but will have more life if run on Linux avoiding all the windows bloat.

    • Salvagepunk@slrpnk.netBannedEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      I bought an old cheap Thinkpad 8GB RAM 256GB SSD on ebay.

      Changed out the battery and put Linux Mint on it. Total costs, including new battery was around $130. I love this thing! Now it’s my everyday driver.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    I’ve heard good things about Fjallraven bags, but not sure about the school applicability.

    Scissors, I’m a fan of the Fiskars kids scissors. Small and still pretty good performance.

    Avoid the laptop; they’re just no good for learning. But if it’s absolutely required the MacBook Neo has performance for most student applications. No computer is BIFL.

    • skarn@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Indeed, laptops and even more so power banks, strike me as some of the least BIFL products in existence. Only Smartphones and wireless a earbuds might be worse.

      If the child is amenable, a used thinkpad with Linux will keep running smoothly basically forever, take a beating, and be serviceable.

      And get them in all kind of arguments over office formats.