Budget/basic laptop needed

[SarcasticElder]

I am looking for help in finding a basic/budget laptop for my 16 year old daughter for Christmas. She will mostly be using it for school work, watching youtube, maybe chat( possibly video chat) with friends, that kind of thing. Real basic stuff. would like it to have a 1080p screen , have 1tb of storage and.... not sure, I know very little about laptops. 

Any help/info would be great.

Thanks everyone.  

[LukeSavenije]

well, I'll give you a idea to look for

look for a refurbished 3rd/4th/5th gen i3/i5

get a mx500 or 860 evo ssd

give it to her.

 

or buy a chromebook

[Fasauceome]

There are some Asus transformer laptops that are refurbs off amazon, I got the mini which is a steal at like $200 as a 2 in 1, but they have some beefier models for the $350 price range that would be loads better.

[genexis_x]

3 hours ago, SarcasticElder said:

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Location? Budget? Any preference on weight, display size and battery life?

[SarcasticElder]

3 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Location? Budget? Any preference on weight, display size and battery life?

Ontario Canada, not really, 15 inch or bigger i guess, aaannnnnnnd no idea how battery  life works, but guess i can say that it would be a feature i wouldn't be willing to spend extra on, especially at the expense of internal parts (like a stronger cpu or more memory for example) 

[SarcasticElder]

whoops forgot budget. between $400 and $600 ideally

[SarcasticElder]

oh, and while I know its out dated a optical drive would be a nice bonus (but not a deal breaker if missing)