Mom school laptop 600$

[guimauve522]

Hey guys my mom is going to college after having working for a long time and she's doing it online because she can't just stop working so she need a laptop to do her class. She asked me to find her a laptop that'll be good for the 5 years it'll take to do all the class and she told me she had a 600$ budget for it so i'd like to know what I should look for with this budget in Canada for a laptop that'll be used to write documents do power points and basic things like that, School things if you prefer it like that  

 

Don't forget i'm in Canada so price are a bit different so yeah thanks  

[Samppa221]

write documents do power points and basic things like that, School things if you prefer it like that

 

Chromebook?

[Kyuubixchidori]

any I5 laptop. dont overspend, she can get away with spending way less

[theereal]

Hey guys my mom is going to college after having working for a long time and she's doing it online because she can't just stop working so she need a laptop to do her class. She asked me to find her a laptop that'll be good for the 5 years it'll take to do all the class and she told me she had a 600$ budget for it so i'd like to know what I should look for with this budget in Canada for a laptop that'll be used to write documents do power points and basic things like that, School things if you prefer it like that

 

Don't forget i'm in Canada so price are a bit different so yeah thanks

500CAD or 500USD?

[guimauve522]

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any I5 laptop. dont overspend, she can get away with spending way less

Are you sure that a I5 will be enough to be fast for the entire 5 years because she doesn't want to have to buy another one. Thanks

 

500CAD or 500USD?

I said 600$ and obviously since we're from Canada CAD$

[arronleeds]

i hope your mum does her homework, if not ban her from the internet

[guimauve522]

i hope your mum does her homework, if not ban her from the internet

I hope she does too ^^ here in Canada quebec school suposed to be super cheap (2000$ a year for college) but because she does it online it's 700$ by class so yeah I think she won't waste her money by not doing her homework

[arronleeds]

I hope she does too ^^ here in Canada quebec school suposed to be super cheap (2000$ a year for college) but because she does it online it's 700$ by class so yeah I think she won't waste her money by not doing her homework

in the uk depending on what you want to do, parents sometimes have to spend ridic amounts to do courses. 

[Philosobyte]

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Are you sure that a I5 will be enough to be fast for the entire 5 years because she doesn't want to have to buy another one. Thanks

 

I said 600$ and obviously since we're from Canada CAD$

I have an i3-4000m, and I'm confident it'll last me for another five years of word processing/programming/YouTube watching/online classes. Performance requirements for these simple tasks won't change much, and even then, a mobile i5 will have a lot of headroom. 

 

Replacing the HDD with an SSD would be nice, though, if you can afford it. It's a huge speed increase for simple tasks. 

[guimauve522]

I have an i3-4000m, and I'm confident it'll last me for another five years of word processing/programming/YouTube watching/online classes. Performance requirements for these simple tasks won't change much, and even then, a mobile i5 will have a lot of headroom. 

 

Replacing the HDD with an SSD would be nice, though, if you can afford it. It's a huge speed increase for simple tasks. 

I have built my own PC but don't know a lot about laptop so can you easily replace the HDD with a SSD or is it complicated or not a normal things to do?? Because normally you can't really change the hardware in a laptop easily since it's compact. So I'll look for an i3-i5 and see what I can buy for the money we have thanks 

[Philosobyte]

I have built my own PC but don't know a lot about laptop so can you easily replace the HDD with a SSD or is it complicated or not a normal things to do?? Because normally you can't really change the hardware in a laptop easily since it's compact. So I'll look for an i3-i5 and see what I can buy for the money we have thanks 

A lot of laptops allow for easy replacement of the HDD with an SDD, but thinner ones (ultrabooks) might not give you a hatch to access it. You'll have to check whether the specific model you want to buy allows upgrading. 

[guimauve522]

A lot of laptops allow for easy replacement of the HDD with an SDD, but thinner ones (ultrabooks) might not give you a hatch to access it. You'll have to check whether the specific model you want to buy allows upgrading. 

ok nice thanks you guys I know what to look for now have a nice day everyone thanks for the help