Parents laptop

Mjrbuzz · September 3, 2025

Im looking for a laptop for my folks, they mostly do web browsing, store pictures, and my mom does some light editing with photoshop. It is basically a pc replacement and will likely always be plugged in. The biggest needs are a good large screen and be zippy for browsing. Im assuming extra ram for that and a decent cpu. Of course I would like it to be as budget friendly as possible. I never have messed with laptops so I dont follow what is good or not

whispous · September 3, 2025

Hello!

Lots and lots of options - what's your target budget? And which country would you like to purchase from?

GuiltySpark_ · September 3, 2025

6 minutes ago, Mjrbuzz said:

and will likely always be plugged in.

Is there a reason it needs to be a laptop?

7 minutes ago, Mjrbuzz said:

Of course I would like it to be as budget friendly as possible.

This won't work, we need numbers.

If you don't *need* a laptop and already have monitors, this would be my pick for my Mom. $550.

Mjrbuzz · September 3, 2025

10 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Is there a reason it needs to be a laptop?

This won't work, we need numbers.

If you don't *need* a laptop and already have monitors, this would be my pick for my Mom. $550.

I know it's silly I have tried to talk them into the mac mini already. My father is set on a laptop. Budget tops out at about 800 usd. Nice screen is the biggest player if I was to pick any one thing

Hideki Ryuga · September 4, 2025

20 hours ago, Mjrbuzz said:

I know it's silly I have tried to talk them into the mac mini already. My father is set on a laptop. Budget tops out at about 800 usd. Nice screen is the biggest player if I was to pick any one thing

Cool macbook air then. You can get a new m4 one for $800 with a good deal.

You can buy m1's for half of that which will probably still be a good experience.

Should be noted that keeping it plugged in all the time to 100% will ruin its battery life over time. MacOS has an adaptive mode on by default that will eventually learn it's plugged in all the time and likely reduce the max charge to preserve battery health automatically.