Light and cheap laptop for my mom?

[iamdarkyoshi]

So my mom is looking into getting a light laptop. Her existing probook is far too heavy (she has fibromyalgia) She doesn't need much processing power (current laptop is a dual core first gen i5) so probably a 4th gen pentium or i3 and 4GB or better RAM would be plenty. I'd like for it to use an msata or m.2 SSD for speed, 64GB would be more than enough space. I'm against laptops like the HP stream because they don't have removable storage.

 

As for weight, my chromebook c720 is about as much as she'd be able to comfortably carry around, and it weighs just under three pounds.

 

I'm thinking of perhaps something from Lenovo, thoughts? Used is perfectly acceptable. 

 

Don't suggest a macbook please. Keep the apple arguments somewhere else, I'm not teaching her how to use OSX.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

The first thing that came to mind was a used ThinkPad X1. I don't know if that's within budget.

 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

The first thing that came to mind was a used ThinkPad X1. I don't know if that's within budget.

 

 

used one on ebay 

[Guest lilbman]

12 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

So my mom is looking into getting a light laptop. Her existing probook is far too heavy (she has fibromyalgia) She doesn't need much processing power (current laptop is a dual core first gen i5) so probably a 4th gen pentium or i3 and 4GB or better RAM would be plenty. I'd like for it to use an msata or m.2 SSD for speed, 64GB would be more than enough space. I'm against laptops like the HP stream because they don't have removable storage.

 

As for weight, my chromebook c720 is about as much as she'd be able to comfortably carry around, and it weighs just under three pounds.

 

I'm thinking of perhaps something from Lenovo, thoughts? Used is perfectly acceptable. 

 

Don't suggest a macbook please. Keep the apple arguments somewhere else, I'm not teaching her how to use OSX.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/03/asus-lays-claim-to-the-worlds-lightest-14-inch-business-laptop/ If you can wait, I'd get this.

 

The XPS 13 weighs around 2.7 pounds.  The XPS 13 is what I used when I had to travel alot.  I couldn't even tell if it was in my bag.

[iamdarkyoshi]

The lenovo ideapad 100s looks pretty nice but the atom cpu and 2GB RAM worry me

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, Tim_F said:

The Toshiba Satellite C55 (any variant) is a good choice.  It's a little heavy, but it's cheap, and great for light workloads.

I deal with those at work, pretty heavy imo

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

How about an Acer Aspire E series laptop? I've worked with one before and they're surprisingly light for a non-ultrabook.

[K352]

Razer Blade Stealth, it has an ssd but I dont think its an m.2. The screen is great light and the whole thing is light, if a dual core i5-i7 will suit her needs then your in luck.

[iamdarkyoshi]

9 minutes ago, K352 said:

Razer Blade Stealth, it has an ssd but I dont think its an m.2. The screen is great light and the whole thing is light, if a dual core i5-i7 will suit her needs then your in luck.

unfortunately thats a bit too expensive

[K352]

5 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

unfortunately thats a bit too expensive

You didnt mention the budget. Get the skylake 1440p version, with an i5 and you will go a little under 900 usd

[iamdarkyoshi]

8 minutes ago, K352 said:

You didnt mention the budget. Get the skylake 1440p version, with an i5 and you will go a little under 900 usd

we're looking under 200usd