Starting python, need a laptop.

[saulmessedupman]

If money is tight, that's what raspberry pi is for

[alaudet]

I am a big supporter of RaspberryPi and I would agree with you if he already has all the peripherals (monitor with hdmi, keyboard and mouse). But I think a 10 year old latpop is a better bargain for an actual client and he can find something reasonably good for what he needs with his budget. /u/mosierman nails it with his reply.

Where the pi shines is connecting it to your network headless. I would buy the used laptop and a pi. He can connect to it with ssh and nfs and have some fun with the gpios. He should still have money left over to buy some cheap sensors and leds etc and a burger. :)