I have a decent amount of knowledge about building Gaming PCs and the hardware that goes with them but when it comes to budget laptops and mobile cpus.... no idea lol I have never actually put my hands on a budget laptop in several years. Trying to find my wife a replacement. She is on a cheap 6-7 year old Chromebook right now. She does NOT want another Chromebook. Unfortunately with everything going on in the world right now I can't exactly run up to Best Buy and play around with the laptops they have in store. I have been trying to look at comparisons between the Ryzen 3/5 and the Intel Core i3/i5 online but coming up with mixed opinions in articles. I would love to stay under $500usd. SSD storage and expandable memory is a must. She only surfs the internet (multiple tabs open usually), email, and basic office. Sometimes will stream video. Any help I can get would be great. Memorial day weekend is here and trying to find the best deal/value with Memorial Day sales going on. Let me know what you guys suggest! Thank you!
... I know there is lots of budget friendly laptops out there so if you could give me your opinions on which CPU to go (Ryzen or Intel) with that would be helpful as well. Thanks again!