miwo
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Post by miwo on May 12, 2020 17:33:26 GMT
Looking for a cheap laptop for a school/office use. In the $200-$750 range.
Give me your reccomendations.
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Post by fionn on May 12, 2020 17:35:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 17:36:35 GMT
For some reason my experience with HP hasn't been the best laptop-wise.. always black screens |
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Post by neroblackcat on May 12, 2020 17:40:15 GMT
For some reason my experience with HP hasn't been the best laptop-wise.. always black screens Both my dad and I have had an hp laptop for at least a few years now and they've been great. Definitely better than other laptops but they can overheat but I don't usually use it on my lap (despite the name lol). In our experience, that is. |
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Post by Polaris Seltzeris on May 12, 2020 18:03:35 GMT
I don't recommend most laptop manufacturers honestly, and that includes HP and Acer. I suggest just buying a low-end Dell because that's what's going to be the most suitable for school/office for the price.
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Post by Wild1145 on May 12, 2020 18:09:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 18:11:00 GMT
Latitudes are common for business and educational reasons |
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Post by elmon on May 12, 2020 18:27:27 GMT
Watch me get hella hate for this, but I used to use a chromebook for my school work, if you get one with a little more on board memory and dual boot it with linux it's perfectly good and can have some convenience features like a touch screen
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Post by Super on May 12, 2020 18:41:36 GMT
I can say from experience that Dell makes really good laptops. Samsung and ASUS will also do the job.
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Post by ron on May 12, 2020 18:45:10 GMT
Watch me get hella hate for this, but I used to use a chromebook for my school work, if you get one with a little more on board memory and dual boot it with linux it's perfectly good and can have some convenience features like a touch screen my schools chrome book runs faster than my potato laptop |
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Post by Telesphoreo on May 12, 2020 18:48:16 GMT
I bought a used 2014 MacBook Pro for around $750 (fully loaded). It was in great condition, only thing I'd recommend is opening it up and cleaning out the dust and applying new thermal paste. It's been working flawlessly for me as a replacement for my 2012 MacBook Pro. When I get a bit more time, I'll replace the battery and screen (since the screen has a ton of scratches, but you can only see it up close). I know a lot of people recommend the 2015 Retina as the best used Apple laptop, but I personally hate the Force Touch trackpad, so I opted for the 2014 one.
If you're looking for a PC, I fixed up a used ThinkPad E550 with an SSD and new battery (much cheaper than Mac hahaha). It performs extremely fast on Windows 10 (already has an i5 and 8GB of RAM, but RAM could be upgraded). It is a bit heavy, but very good.
As for a Chromebook, I personally have a HP 13 G1. It's extremely light, and has a very good keyboard *cough* Apple *cough*. Build quality isn't going to be amazing, but mine has definitely held up over time well, and it can if you take care of it.
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