Good Laptop for School under $500

[EsElle]

My aunt is going back to school and I want to get her a solid laptop for under $500. She will not be gaming or anything like that. It will be for school and she has MS so the ergonomics of the keyboard and trackpad are pretty important. I have a Surface Laptop, but she doesn't like the lack of ports (understandable). I am leaning towards the Acer Aspire  E15 or the Lenovo IdeaPad 330S.

[Evolution.]

Are you willing to go used or nah?

[LogicWeasel]

Some decent Dells to compare to the two laptops on your short list:

 

https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000A-07799

https://www.newegg.com/white-dell-inspiron-everyday-value/p/1TS-000A-03WD5?Item=9SIAA0S8J29976

[GeoHandle]

I don't know any in particular, but have you considered something with a touch screen (don't know if this would be on a laptop within the budget) or using an on screen keyboard? Maybe voice recognition might be helpful too? And if the trackpad is hard to use maybe use a seperate mouse, or a mouse with an alternate design like a vertical mouse or a trackball mouse? If she has trouble typing you could try filter keys/slow keys. Hope this helped!

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, EsElle said:

under $500

Are you buying in US? No preferences on weight and battery life? Can up budget to $550?

[EsElle]

Sorry I didnt get the reply notifications. I ended up going with Acer Aspire 5 for $324 USD and got her and ergo wireless mouse. She started classes a week ago and loves the setup. She had bought a Chromebook not knowing that she couldn't install office 365 (which she gets thru her school). So we returned it and everything is all good. The only thing we had to do was change it from windows S mode to windows 10 home, which was free.

 

Thanks everyone!