(Solved) I would like a small laptop to use to log medical data (Weight, Blood Pressure, etc) as I gather it. I need it to be small like 10’. it can be low power because I will probably use it only CLI, no GUI, but I need it to be inexpensive. ARM-based is ok, as long as I can SSH into my desktop machine.
Asus L203MA
Old cellphone.
A Raspberry Pi with a touchscreen should be enough, I can’t think of a cheaper alternative
See if you can find a (used) GPD Win (Max).
Otherwise maybe a used (~2016) 12" MacBook.
Other than that maybe some DIY solutions.
It’ll be cheaper if the device can be a little bigger, plenty of dirt cheap used 13" laptops out there.
In this case, you should prioritize those laptops with an Intel network card. You don’t want to deal with strange driver issues if using SSH is important.