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I have one "what mundane item?" thread on the front page so why not go for broke? Hell yeah, now we're living.
Oldest daughter has 12th birthday fast approaching and wants a laptop. Not a gamer, will have Office family so 1tb of cloud storage sorted. It will only really be for homework and Web browsing, YouTube crap etc. Would like to keep it to £200 if possible, refurb fine, any recommendations for a reputable seller with a bit of warranty and a pointer to a reliable, half decent machine at a good price would be splendid, ta. Promise to post something about 1k brakes or 10k wheels or 50k stems next.
Perhaps a little over budget, but lenovo t450 is always well regarded, I picked up an ssd (I think 256gB) with 8gB ram for about 250. I went through ebay, there were a few refurb sellers with good reviews and feedback.
For some reason I get a daily email from some deals bloke and this was in there;
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F323780985385
£108 with deal20 code. Hopefully an appropriate adult will be along soon to advise whether it’s worth the money or not.
1) this question gets asked like weekly, search the forum.
2) it would be near-impossible in 2020 to buy a laptop that couldn't run a web browser.
3) Lenovo for build quality, Dell factory outlet for 'refurb' bargains.
@bluearsedfly - ta, funnily enough was looking at that one and got rejected by daughter as she wants something closer to new condition as it's a birthday present and all. Fair enough, I suppose
@riklegge, cheers will take a look
1) cheer up, it might never happen. Also, who's weekly and why is he being asked such similar questions? Proper conundrum. Or do you mean Weeksy? Just been to BPW with his boy I think, you'd be better off asking him about that instead.
2) I know but thanks.
3) that's helpful, thanks.
4) https://www.bargainhardware.co.uk/
got rejected by daughter as she wants something closer to new condition
5) this would have been useful to know in the OP
6) she's 12 and it's a present, manage her expectations. (-:
I didn't know that until I suggested it. Kids, eh?
Ta
If a Chromebook works that is what I'd recommend.
Never going back.
What's the main advantages for you Al? I don't know much (anything) about the difference other than a chromebook uses Google OS. Assume you can run Office on a Chromebook? Yes I will Google it.....
Chromebook.
Standard issue to kids at high school in Stirling.
The only thing Thump can't do on his is maffs.
This one looks alright I think?
A wee bit over budget but I can vouch for them. I bought one for my sons christmas, it arrived and looked like new so I bought a second one for myself and again it arrived in great condition. Way more computer than she will need but should last a while and it’s very upgradable too.
+1 andy4d
Looks like a great spec and machine. Might get one myself...
Anything with an SSD and 8GB RAM for Windows will be more than enough to last through school.
I also have a Lenovo albeit a home model, ran like a bag of nails until I fitted the above, perfect now. Also ditched the Lenovo bloatware with a fresh Windows install.
Plenty 7250s on Dell Refurb e.g. https://www.dellrefurbished.co.uk/laptops/dell-latitude-12-7000-series-e7250-58147.html
Also 7240 (4th gen instead of 5th gen CPU) for a few quid less. 8GB / 128GB SSD. Any of them should upgrade to Win 10 using the inbuilt license. Do the clean install from USB method.
7240/7250 are light and compact. There are bigger models if portability is less important.