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I recently bought the E480 (20KNS0LE00) and would definitely vouch for it.

(converted INR to USD) The initial specs were ($730) - 4GB RAM - i5-8250U (8) @ 3.400GHz - 1 TB HDD

I decided to upgrade to 480GB SSD and 12GB RAM as it has two memory slots. The upgrade cost me $120

I am running arch linux on it and it's pretty smooth.

The only downsides are: Display is not FHD and the Keyboard is not backlit. (The models here in India do not seem to have them, but I really needed one as my current laptop was almost unusable.)

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