Looking for the best thin and lightweight laptop out there.

[Redpalmtree]

A friend of mine is looking for a new laptop. I'm not very educated on the laptop market, except for gaming laptops. 

 

She is going to use it mainly for storage and music playback. She'd love for it to be as thin and light as possible and have a lot of storage (we could always buy a small external I guess).

 

I personally would love if it didn't ship with a lot of bloatware or bloatware at all, are there brands who excel at this?

 

Anyone have pointers for me?

 

 

[vorticalbox]

A friend of mine is looking for a new laptop. I'm not very educated on the laptop market, except for gaming laptops. 

 

She is going to use it mainly for storage and music playback. She'd love for it to be as thin and light as possible and have a lot of storage (we could always buy a small external I guess).

 

I personally would love if it didn't ship with a lot of bloatware or bloatware at all, are there brands who excel at this?

 

Anyone have pointers for me?

Chromebook and a low profile USB/external for storage? 

 

my acer c720 (im using now) is 2.76 Lb

[Suffokation]

The best, lightweight, thin portable laptop for $900 is the macbook air.

 

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^ MacBook Air, really the thinnest and lightest Laptop out there

[Redpalmtree]

The best, lightweight, thin portable laptop for $900 is the macbook air.

 

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She explicity requested: No Apple.

 

And while I agree with her, there is another reason while I wouldn't go for it: 900 is a bit too much for a laptop that will be used for this kind of things.

[Redpalmtree]

Chromebook and a low profile USB/external for storage? 

 

my acer c720 (im using now) is 2.76 Lb

I'll present her the option of going for a chromebook with added external storage.

 

I'm considering installing linux on it, so she won't haul in viruses through adds and whatnot.

[vorticalbox]

I'll present her the option of going for a chromebook with added external storage.

 

I'm considering installing linux on it, so she won't haul in viruses through adds and whatnot.

she wouldn't on chromeOS, runs a linux kernel. 

 

i had ubuntu installed for a while went back to chromeOS just less messing

[Redpalmtree]

she wouldn't on chromeOS, runs a linux kernel. 

 

i had ubuntu installed for a while went back to chromeOS just less messing

I see. That's great information, thanks

 

Are there any compatibility 'issues' I have to know about? Chrome-OS is largely unknown for me

[vorticalbox]

I see. That's great information, thanks

 

Are there any compatibility 'issues' I have to know about? Chrome-OS is largely unknown for me

basically anything that works in a chrome browser will work in chrome os. you can use the desktop apps, extensions and so on from the chrome store.

 

Most file types can be played locally, the only downside i have with chromeos right now is the lake of native streaming over a network. I have a nas with all my movies on the only way i can get it to work is to open the web UI and just hit download. which then starts it playing in the browser. not much of an issue but would still be nice to have the option.

 

Google is also pushing for android apps to run on chromeOS a few already do, that will bring a whole look of awesome apps to this platform.

 

I stream all my music from google music, all my college work done in google drive and the programming/rendering i do on my PC but you could use remote desktop and still do it (sort of ) on the chromebook.

 

just as a note google music lets you upload 20,000 sounds for free. it's a really good service. 

 

If you want to get a feel of chromeOS, open chrome in windows 8 mode and do everything in there.

[DigitalHermit]

An ultrabook (following the latest ultrabook spec) maybe?

[Redpalmtree]

An ultrabook (following the latest ultrabook spec) maybe?

There is a 700 dollar price difference between an average chromebook and one of the cheapest ultrabooks. I don't think the way it will be used will justify this massive gap, do you think?

[DigitalHermit]

There is a 700 dollar price difference between an average chromebook and one of the cheapest ultrabooks. I don't think the way it will be used will justify this massive gap, do you think?

 

hmm... you could try going for used MacBook Airs but you already said no apples...

 

What about an android tablet with OTG capabilites or an MS Surface?

 

There are also the 11-13" netbooks/ultraportables like the HP Stream 11 and expand the storage using high capacity SD cards...

[Redpalmtree]

hmm... you could try going for used MacBook Airs but you already said no apples...

 

What about an android tablet with OTG capabilites or an MS Surface?

 

There are also the 11-13" netbooks/ultraportables like the HP Stream 11 and expand the storage using high capacity SD cards...

I checked out your options. The HP stream 11 looks a lot like the chromebooks, except it has the storage-hungry windows. The surface has some cool features, but obviously it has windows. 

 

I think the chromebook is the way to go in this case, thanks for the advice

[Ceatra]

The HP stream 11 looks a lot like the chromebooks, except it has the storage-hungry windows. The surface has some cool features, but obviously it has windows. 

 

 

NO HP

 

they suck, just draw your Laptop on a piece of paper and there you go