Re: Buying a cheap laptop only for hardware wallet (bitbox02)
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (1)
I think it makes sense. I recommend using a separate PC or laptop to interact with crypto and hardware wallets. Which one to use (new, used or refurbished) is up to you based on your budget and preferences (and level of paranoia 
).
I would like to recommend that you pay attention to nettops (like the picture below), which will allow you to have a very small PC (easy to store and transport), but powerful enough for working with hardware wallets. Which you can connect to any TV and use as a monitor.
The only thing is that I would immediately install Linux instead of Windows 11.
I would advise against purchasing no name computers to use Cryptocurrencies on. Even the branded ones are really shitty when it comes to bloatware and spyware, it would not be a surprise if these no brand computers had some chip that relays information to a strange Chinese server.).I would like to recommend that you pay attention to nettops (like the picture below), which will allow you to have a very small PC (easy to store and transport), but powerful enough for working with hardware wallets. Which you can connect to any TV and use as a monitor.
The only thing is that I would immediately install Linux instead of Windows 11.
Maybe the ONLY way I would use one is if I planned to turn it into an airgapped computer. But even then, I rather pick a known name than Chinese crap.