Looking for laptop suggestions

[MoonFrost]

I know a fair amount when it comes to desktops, I build my own, most recently one with a custom loop. 

 

My mom has an old laptop that is painful to do anything on, she prefers laptop over desktop. 

 

I started looking to get her one for Xmas but in the end I gave up not knowing what I was doing or looking for. 

 

She does not game, mostly wants one to store photos and some web browsing/video viewing, she takes a lot of photos with her Canon rebel t6 camera and is constantly filling her SD card (so a laptop with SD reader would be preferred) . No fancy video or photo editing like photoshop needed. 

 

I was looking at reviews at many laptops and reviews didn't impress me. 

 

Budget, which I don't know is realistic for a quality laptop would be $600 or $700, I don't want to go over $1,000.

 

Any opinions? 

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, MoonFrost said:

My mom has an old laptop that is painful to do anything on

Replace the HDD with SSD, problem solved (maybe more ram too). Usually it's just clutter or a slow drive that causes this extreme aging, my mom uses a 2008 MacBook pro. Feels new because it has an SSD.

[MoonFrost]

7 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Replace the HDD with SSD, problem solved (maybe more ram too). Usually it's just clutter or a slow drive that causes this extreme aging, my mom uses a 2008 MacBook pro. Feels new because it has an SSD.

Her battery doesn't hold a charge, has to be plugged in to use it, and the clock is never right (im assuming it needs a cmos battery) 

 

Not sure if laptop batteries are universal, I'd think not. 

[genexis_x]

Location? Any preference on weight, battery life, display size and display quality (sRGB)?