It doesn't run Windows 10 very well, with only 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage (neither of which are user-upgradeable), but is actually a surprisingly nice with a light Linux distro.
Holy cow, I never knew that was a thing! Do you have one? I need a cheap laptop/tablet/something that runs well enough for PDFs with ~200 pages (for pen-and-paper RPGs) and that's about my only use case. My poor little lenovo T60 from 2007 is just not up to the task, even after I took Windows off and put on Mint.
You should be able to find similar hardware in Chromebooks as well... though not sure about PDF usage, they've been great for my parents/grandparents. Many of them you can load a full linux distro on.
That seems to be "out of stock" or "discontinued" from Microsoft, or $189 at Acer.
What PC World calls a "budget laptop" is from at $178 to $450.[1] There are lots of low-end tablets below $50, but add a keyboard and the price takes a big jump.
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Acer-Asp...
It doesn't run Windows 10 very well, with only 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage (neither of which are user-upgradeable), but is actually a surprisingly nice with a light Linux distro.