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...and I know nothing about them.
As a Mac user I could probably advise on second-hand Macbooks, but these modern fangled PCs baffle the bejesus out of me.
She wants something to browse online and create powerpoints. It has to be reasonably nippy and have physical storage (so no Chromebooks). She is looking up to £500.
Any suggestions on what she should be looking at?
It's really worth aiming for the following spec, which is just about achievable nowadays for £500:
* SSD storage
* 8GB memory
* Windows 10 (it's excellent)
* Touchscreen (it's not a gimmick, it'll come in really handy for certain things)
* IPS screen (much nicer to look at)
* 1920 x 1080 resolution (text looks much better)
PC World are doing the following for £550 and it looks excellent. I have something very similar purchased a year ago for about £850, so this is very good value:
My eldest got one recently - Lenovo Yoga.
£300 and tbh its brilliant!
Convertible, touchscreen, 1tb hybrid, etc
Currys PC World had it on offer.
2nd the Lenovo option.
That Lenovo Yoga looks good ...
It's really worth aiming for the following spec
1) You don't need a spec remotely close to that for web browsing and a bit of Powerpoint. You could tick the boxes of the OP's requirements by spending a hundred quid at Cash Converters.
2) It's really worth searching back though STW, we've had a "what laptop for nothing particularly special" thread pretty much weekly since Jesus was in short pants.
3) That HP does look smart, TBF.
Lenovo yoga works OK for folks at work. Every windows PC I've worked with over the past few years has been mediocre at best.
The new MS surfaces are pretty good having said that though.
If it were me and my SO or children were asking for a Windows PC I'd just say 'buy what you want, it's yours to maintain'. I just can't be bothered with the pain and suffering anymore.
I have a yoga for work. It's not the quickest, but it's light, ergonomics are good and so far it's seems pretty robust.
If it were me and my SO or children were asking for a Windows PC I'd just say 'buy what you want, it's yours to maintain'. I just can't be bothered with the pain and suffering anymore.
I've just spat out my tea. 😀
Thanks all for advice. Will check out other thread and point OH at the HP and Yoga (although since destroying the last Lenova she's less than sold on them).
As cougar mentioned.. The spec is pretty irrelevant for the intended usage, any 300/500 laptop is capable.. I would look out for something with an SSD drive through as that will make a nice difference in general snappy feel compared to a regular magnetic disk drive.. so I'd look at ergonomics and robustness /build quality.
Windows laptops aren't a problem any more.
If you can't trust them not to install crap on it, just don't give them admin rights.
Surface pro - amazing
I've just been given a replacement by MS which I don't need, it's a pro 3, i5 128gb with Win 10. Up for sale if interested
Just putting this back together if anyone is looking for a second hand laptop - I am sure it will be fine once it is running again 😆
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Is that a Dell Studio?
Dell Precision M6600 - the graphics card died on it b4 xmas. They are pretty expensive so I bought an NOS one from China for £92 on ebay and had to take virtually everything apart to replace it.
Working now though.
I replaced it with an M6800 :
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