I was asked by a friend (who wants a shop bought laptop) for one good enough to see their child through 3 years of school. Basic requirement, email, internet, youtube, and school work. Came across this which seems to be OK for the job at a sensible price... but I'm sure you'll tell me if it's not! I'd have preferred an SSD but it pushes the price up a fair way and given that kids tend to use iPad/iPhone unless they have to then just getting a 15.6 inch machine with a decent life expectancy seems OK.
Windows 10
Intel® Core™ i3-6006U Processor
RAM: 4 GB / Storage: 1 TB HDD
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Ruffuz
4 Jul 17#1
Full HD, unfortunately as prices went crazy this is good deal now imo.
They can always upgrade ram ssd further down the line.
tonyspoons
4 Jul 17#2
I thought this was a bit meh, but then I spotted that it was FHD and rapidly changed my mind. Shame the processor is a bit so-so for 2017, but should be able to upgrade the RAM/HDD from what I can tell from a quick search.
Head added.
urban_junk
4 Jul 17#3
Shame they want 'shop bought'. They could have waited for primeday (monday) on amazon (norm 10% off laptops), they put around 5 different laptops on offer and sold around 15k. Any laptop nowadays will do what you require. An i3 is a good pick - top end of the budget spec. if you can, get one with 8gb of ram in it. Dont worry about ssd, it just abolishes loading files in large file transfers and powerful programs. i think laptops atm are over priced, I've been waiting weeks for a decent price to come along
carl01869 to urban_junk
4 Jul 17#21
Don't worry about ssd! A crappy amd a6 with ssd would be 3x faster than this for 95% of tasks.. If you don't need the space go ssd every time (make sure its a 128gb or better not these dodge 32/64gb things) and 98% of people don't need more than 120gb drives
eglons
4 Jul 17#4
OK for a 13 year old for 3 years to do school work on though?
Ruffuz to eglons
4 Jul 171#6
yep
urban_junk to eglons
4 Jul 17#25
yes ok but try for an 8gb version, windows will use 4gb happily its self
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They can always upgrade ram ssd further down the line.
Head added.
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