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Mother in law needs a new computer to replace an oldish desktop. She wants a laptop for space reasons...and has asked ,e because I once worked as part of a wider ICT team as a Relationship Manager (so clearly I’m an expert 🤪)
I use a Lenovo at work and mentioned I was happy with it, she likes the look of this one.
Will be used for browsing and low level website maintenance/e-commence
Anything else she should consider.
Chromebook?
About £200 and spot on for what you want.
There was a thread yesterday.
I use an Acer from Argos.
£1k laptop for a bit of surfing? A touch overkill. Also worth looking elsewhere than Argos as you will likely get a better machine for the same money of equivalent for less.
If she's happy to learn a new system which is very easy a Chromebook sounds perfect. Unless she relies on specific software that is.
£1k laptop is fine so long as they like it. Buy the best if money is not an issue.
Many years ago I had a Dell laptop that cost about £2k for work and that laptop lasted me almost 10 to 12 years.
Now I just have a laptop that is a balance between performance and specs.
A thousand quid will buy 5 chromebooks with an update lifespan covering 25-30 years.
Buy a decent chromebook for a few hundred quid and use the spare cash on a Google drive sub and the whole thing will be copied into the cloud so if it fails she can just log into a fresh chromebook and it will be just like the old one.
I personally wouldn't worry about buying from Argos as their returns are good and they're probably close by.
If she does need windows for a particular bit of software this is £500 and still overkill from the sounds of things: https://www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4026594
12 core i7 for surfing the web 😂
Stick to something about £500 if wanting a laptop and not a chromebook. Massive overkill that just won't be used, and will potentially have a much shorter battery run time - that may be more important.
an ipad is actually the correct answer.
move the MIL onto on one about 6 years ago and she's never looked back.
👍an ipad is actually the correct answer.
having said that the latest iPad Pro with the keyboard is [I]significantly[/I] more than a grand!!
+1 for iPad and keyboard of some description. Logitech make a fantastic case with a keyboard + trackpad combination that's about 1/5 of the price of the Apple one. Obviously don't buy direct from Logitech, but frequently on sale for about 40% off.
iPad is surprisingly mouse-friendly. Only thing that doesn't work well are route plotting apps because Safari doesn't translate mouse clicks to touch events properly.
My aged on parents on Ipad = no mithering.
Aged mother in law on Windows laptop = constant mithering and our fears of her online banking being hacked.
with an actual mouse? 🤔 Never actually tried one! Surely no real point, the Pencil is so good (especially apparently since they introduced “hover”, although my iPad is too old to support that 😭)Only thing that doesn’t work well are route plotting apps because Safari doesn’t translate mouse clicks to touch events properly.
another vote for a chromebook
if a fullfeature laptop is a must, have a look at Tier1 for their as-new refurbs
12 core i7 for surfing the web
Depending on the recipients age then faster is better. Some older people can get "antsy" if they have to wait for anything in a "time is pressing" manner.