What should she get?
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I’m guessing she’s trying to get only brand new for that price and not willing to consider refurbished?
For that price, a chromebook would be a good way to go. Walmart had a good deal on a Acer 315 chromebook. It is $200.00 or bit less on Friday.
Walmart had a pretty nice Asus Vivobook that $370.00 with cpu i3-N chip.
A 3rd option is Dell Refurbished.com has business computer returned after a lease. A nice Latitude would be $350.00.
You are better off with buying Android tablet than Chromebook. Same deal but cheaper and with touchscreen
don’t get anything brand new, its gonna be complete garbage. Get a used laptop off of ebay, something like a Lenovo ThinkPad or HP EliteBook would be great.
HP elitebooks in my opinion are pieces of shit… I have had 2 and both of them had MOBO problems straight from factory
Current ones are much better, to be honest.
I live by them. At least when looking at cheap and capable machines. I must be really lucky with them I have more than 10 of them. All 2015/2016 models.
My 2012 elitebook was still going strong until this year I suddenly couldn’t connect to internet even after following every troubleshooting step available.
For $150 I’d buy the same exact one again today if I still needed it
used/refurb thinkpad t460. bought one for 150ish over a year ago and i absolutely love it
get an older thinkpad i still use a 2013 thinkpad daily it does help to install linux because its a little slow on windows
Cheap think pad, install Linux, get a Ethernet cable, and spend the rest on Xbox cloud/ultimate so he can game.
Can’t agree more 🙌
How old is he? What does he need it for?
In addition to these two questions, is he rough on his stuff or careful with his stuff? Some laptops are sturdier than others, to put it mildly.
$279, there’s a lot of good black friday deals now.
Good for light loads, but it will be e waste in a few years
You can get a Dell 12 gen I3 with 8 GB Ram and SSD for around 250 https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/laptops/intel/spd/inspiron-15-3520-laptop/nn3520gmxph
Don’t bother with shit like this, used business will be miles better
If just gaming, get a console(xbox series s, ps5, etc), you won’t find a laptop at that price capable of providing a good gaming experience. If not for gaming, it really doesnt matter, they all about the same with that budget, buying used may get some additional performance. Just look at the specs and compare.
Here’s something from Walmart for $249. It’s a HP i3- 1215u CPU 8GB RAM upgradable to 64GB? I would verify this. 16GB will be plenty. Windows 11 Home 256GB NVMe SSD . You can upgrade this one day if you want.
You can check Amazon for with similar specs.
Used refurbished Lenovo thinkpad t490 or t480 with 16gb ram, SSD, i5 or i7 version
Refurbished Dell Latitude, Thinkpad T480-490 or HP Elitebooks with as i5 CPU should be fine. The newer CPU that fits your budget the better.
In this price range buying new laptops is just wasting money.
Maybe a Chromebook if your brother is just gonna do school/office work.
A refurbished laptop would be a good idea too, ThinkPads are often durable and you can get great deals if you buy them used or refurbished.