Computer dead looking for replacement

[Johnny-Boi]

My $850 lenovo 720 just turned to shit the other day, and i need to get something cheap for school, all i really need is chrome, a usb a port, and the smallest price i can get away with without having sub 4gb of ram so that chrome tabs don't take a lifetime and a half to load

[Vishera]

What about repairing it?

It would be a waste of money,and won't help the E-waste situation if you just throw it away.

[Boomwebsearch]

10 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

My $850 lenovo 720 just turned to shit the other day, and i need to get something cheap for school, all i really need is chrome, a usb a port, and the smallest price i can get away with without having sub 4gb of ram so that chrome tabs don't take a lifetime and a half to load

 

 If you don't need the ability to run executable files/programs, then you may want to consider a chromebook:

 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-Chromebook-11-6-Celeron-N2840-4-GB-RAM-16-GB-SSD-English-Refurbished/44363066

 

2 minutes ago, Vishera said:

What about repairing it?

It would be a waste of money,and won't help the E-waste situation if you just throw it away.

It depends on how it is damaged and the associated cost or repair, in many cases the laptop is damaged to the extent where repairs would cost more than a new one and not be a cost-effective option.

[Vishera]

Just now, Boomwebsearch said:

It depends on how it is damaged and the associated cost or repair, in many cases the laptop is damaged to the extent where repairs would cost more than a new one and not be a cost-effective option.

People should learn how to fix their stuff themselves...

[Boomwebsearch]

20 minutes ago, Vishera said:

People should learn how to fix their stuff themselves...

 

It's not only about the knowledge to do the necessary repairs (there are plenty of online resources for that), the more important factors are the cost of the parts needing to be replaced and the cost of equipment that is going to be needed for the repairs.

[Johnny-Boi]

33 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

It depends on how it is damaged and the associated cost or repair, in many cases the laptop is damaged to the extent where repairs would cost more than a new one and not be a cost-effective option.

the wifi card is really messed up, the touch screen is cracked all over, and broke  off i  some parts, leaving computer parts visible (those ones are likely damaged as well), there's a bunch of viruses on it, and is very slow in general. it's also gone through 2.5 years of daily usage. plus i don't know how to repair it

[Vishera]

27 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

the wifi card is really messed up, the touch screen is cracked all over,

Easily replaceable

27 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

there's a bunch of viruses on it,

Just wipe the drive

27 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

and is very slow in general.

Well,that is a genuine reason to upgrade,but if you go for something cheap chances are it will be slow as well...

[Boomwebsearch]

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Easily replaceable

 

Wi-FI cards on laptops are usually soldered onto the motherboard itself, and unless you have a soldering iron, solder, and a new laptop WI-FI card, then it will need for the entire motherboard to be replaced.

 

37 minutes ago, Johnny-Boi said:

there's a bunch of viruses on it, and is very slow in general

The viruses are likely eating up system resources and causing the system to be slow, does it have an SSD (upgrading to an SSD from an HDD makes older systems especially far more responsive)?

 

12 minutes ago, Vishera said:

if you go for something cheap chances are it will be slow as well...

Unfortunately, I am going to have to agree on this one, budget laptops often have very slow Intel Celeron or even Atom CPUs that aren't going to be that fast. 

 

If you can spend the extra and don't need to go with the absolute cheapest you can get, then I would recommend this Asus Vivobook which is currently on sale at $329.99 USD with 8GB of RAM, a decent Ryzen 3 3200U, and 128GB SSD:

 

https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/9304611/ASUS-VivoBook-15-F512DA-DB34-Laptop/

 

 

[Vishera]

47 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

Wi-FI cards on laptops are usually soldered onto the motherboard itself, and unless you have a soldering iron, solder, and a new laptop WI-FI card, then it will need for the entire motherboard to be replaced.

A lot of laptops have M.2 Wi-Fi cards.

 

47 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

If you can spend the extra and don't need to go with the absolute cheapest you can get, then I would recommend this Asus Vivobook which is currently on sale at $329.99 USD with 8GB of RAM, a decent Ryzen 3 3200U, and 128GB SSD

Nice choice