UK Pounds- New laptop for parents

[SNorman]

So today I got asked by my parents to find them a new laptop. They complain that their current 2009 one is too old.

What I'm looking for is

• under £300,
• intel core i3
• SSD (doesnt need to have lots of space)
• Windows 10 (can upgrade from 8 if needed)
• 4GB+ RAM

They use the laptop once or twice a week for word processing, emails, internet stuff you can't do on an iPad and mainly iTunes

 

Any recommendations?

[NinjaJc01]

2 minutes ago, Snorman01 said:

So today I got asked by my parents to find them a new laptop. They complain that their current 2009 one is too old.

What I'm looking for is

• under £400,
• intel core i3/i5
• SSD (doesnt need to have lots of space)
• Windows 10 (can upgrade from 8 if needed)
• 4GB+ RAM

They use the laptop once or twice a week for word processing, emails, internet stuff you can't do on an iPad and mainly iTunes

 

Any recommendations?

Why SSD? And you only need an i3 with 4GB RAM for that sort of stuff.

[SNorman]

1 minute ago, NinjaJc01 said:

Why SSD? And you only need an i3 with 4GB RAM for that sort of stuff.

They requested fast boot and load times

[KearneyMC]

3 minutes ago, Snorman01 said:

So today I got asked by my parents to find them a new laptop. They complain that their current 2009 one is too old.

What I'm looking for is

• under £400,
• intel core i3/i5
• SSD (doesnt need to have lots of space)
• Windows 10 (can upgrade from 8 if needed)
• 4GB+ RAM

They use the laptop once or twice a week for word processing, emails, internet stuff you can't do on an iPad and mainly iTunes

 

Any recommendations?

So a four hundred pound laptop to send emails. righttttt..

[SNorman]

1 minute ago, KearneyMC said:

So a four hundred pound laptop to send emails. righttttt..

That's the budget! I'm looking for any suggestions under 300 would be preferable

[scobie56]

Chrome book?? if they only need word and to check emails then this option would be good

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-chromebook-13-black-10138558-pdt.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwh428BRCnvcyI-5nqjY4BEiQAijebwrfsn7o38Vc-PDrQgmz0I6vWFRxXDbg6OkPZXz1q9FwaAn2K8P8HAQ&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!75233807299!!!g!137950211060!&device=c&istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=qxitqpppm&istBid=tztx&PLA=1&ef_id=V4Pq@AAAAfG095Yk:20160711185257:s

 

[NinjaJc01]

3 minutes ago, Snorman01 said:

They requested fast boot and load times

HDDs are good enough. My 2009 Core 2 Duo laptop boots faster into 10 from an HDD than my windows 7 which is on an SSD.

[SNorman]

1 minute ago, scobie56 said:

Chrome book?? if they only need word and to check emails then this option would be good

Would like windows ideally

[DarkEnergy]

If they're just doing very basic stuff, try to get a used business class laptop like a thinkpad, latitude, or an elitebook. They are the easiest to customize and very cheap. 

[Tieox]

Here are a few options.

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-acer-aspire-e5-551-amd-a10-7300-quad-core-19ghz-cpu-radeon-r6-gpu-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-wifiplus

 

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https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-asus-x555la-xx1792t-laptop-intel-core-i3-4005u-17ghz-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-windows-10-home

 

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https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-acer-travelmate-17ghz-core-i3-4005u-4gb-ddr3-ram-500gb-hdd-intel-hd-graphics-dvdrw-usb-30-window

 

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Hope this helps a bit.  Getting an SSD in that budget is going to be a stretch, and you will have to give up other areas of the specs.

[NinjaJc01]

3 minutes ago, DarkEnergy said:

If they're just doing very basic stuff, try to get a used business class laptop like a thinkpad, latitude, or an elitebook. They are the easiest to customize and very cheap. 

This, just reinstall the OS onto an SSD.

[SNorman]

Any on amazon? I'm looking for like a HP/Asus no hassal

[Tieox]

1 minute ago, Snorman01 said:

Any on amazon? I'm looking for like a HP/Asus no hassal

You won't get trouble with Scan, I have used them for over 10years, and NEVER had an issue.  I just had them send a new PSU to my door, and a courier to collect, and had perfect dialogue with them on every step of the way, even down to booking the courier in the afternoon to collect the old PSU unit.

[SNorman]

3 minutes ago, Kierax said:

Here are a few options.

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-acer-aspire-e5-551-amd-a10-7300-quad-core-19ghz-cpu-radeon-r6-gpu-8gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-wifiplus

 

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https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-asus-x555la-xx1792t-laptop-intel-core-i3-4005u-17ghz-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-dvdrw-windows-10-home

 

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https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-acer-travelmate-17ghz-core-i3-4005u-4gb-ddr3-ram-500gb-hdd-intel-hd-graphics-dvdrw-usb-30-window

 

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Hope this helps a bit.  Getting an SSD in that budget is going to be a stretch, and you will have to give up other areas of the specs.

Thanks! First one is to overkill.

I could really do with the SSD

[Tieox]

Ok

 

http://www.tesco.com/direct/hp-250-g4-156-inch-laptop-core-i3-windows-10-4gb-ram-128gb-ssd-black/334-5280.prd?skuId=334-5280&pageLevel=sku&sc_cmp=ppc_sh-_-sh-_-tesco-_-334-5280&gclid=Cj0KEQjwh428BRCnvcyI-5nqjY4BEiQAijebwgJc2HReJzplEHb_K32fq2lQmHh8riC_PVh0jdklDEkaAiYZ8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

i3, has a SSD and located at a Supermarket

[SNorman]

3 minutes ago, Kierax said:

Ok

 

http://www.tesco.com/direct/hp-250-g4-156-inch-laptop-core-i3-windows-10-4gb-ram-128gb-ssd-black/334-5280.prd?skuId=334-5280&pageLevel=sku&sc_cmp=ppc_sh-_-sh-_-tesco-_-334-5280&gclid=Cj0KEQjwh428BRCnvcyI-5nqjY4BEiQAijebwgJc2HReJzplEHb_K32fq2lQmHh8riC_PVh0jdklDEkaAiYZ8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

i3, has a SSD and located at a Supermarket

Very good! Exactly what I was looking for

[SNorman]

@Kierax thank you so much I've been looking for a notebook like that for myself as well, now we can get two of them