Super Budget Basic Laptop

[VanessaCrow]

Hello,

 

Thank you for helping me with this.  My laptop is on its way out and I need to select a new one.  I am a pharmacy student and I only need this laptop to run Microsoft Word, view Moodle and download files for classes, use G-mail and G-calendar and G-docs, and look up drug information on the internet (1-2 tabs). I can get away with 32-128gb of hard drive, 2-4gb of ram, minimal processing.  It MUST run windows --- no chromebooks.  I am looking to spend less than $250.  

 

My peers spend over $1000 on their laptops, but instead of getting a $800-$900 ultrabook I would rather buy a simple $250 laptop and save the money for my desktop upgrade.  I will also take this laptop on rotation, so I don't want to worry if it breaks in a busy environment.

 

For economic laptops, Im looking at lenovo 110s, or the lenovo 110 since it has a large keyboard and I have large hands.  For more sexy laptops I have thought of the razor blade stealth, acer VX 15, and dell inspiron 15, but i really would rather but that towards an upgrade.

 

So basically, will this work? lenovo ideapad 110, 15.6", intel celeron, 4gb ram, 500gb hdd, windows 10, office, for $232. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FJFMQAC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1NVOASJK71MUN

[Electronics Wizardy]

How about a used dell e6420. You van put a quad core in it and it's built much better than these cheap laptops. 

[VanessaCrow]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I've never installed aftermarket parts in a laptop before.  how much would hte quad core cost?

[Pendragon]

Or a t430 or a t420 with a quad core too. 

 

These quads are pretty cheap these days so around 50 I think? 

[VanessaCrow]

I'm looking at this one.  This is a great suggestion.  I like how it is 14.1 inches.  It also has a 128gb SSD, that is impressive (right now, after 4 years, my laptop only uses 84gb).  The i5@2.5ghz and 4gb ram is exactly what I have in this laptop, and it has worked fine so far. Looks solid for $230.  Is this one good? :https://www.amazon.com/Latitude-E6420-Notebook-DVD-Writer-Bluetooth/dp/B007PN2L3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1491505006&sr=1-1&keywords=e6420

[Electronics Wizardy]

37 minutes ago, VanessaCrow said:

I'm looking at this one.  This is a great suggestion.  I like how it is 14.1 inches.  It also has a 128gb SSD, that is impressive (right now, after 4 years, my laptop only uses 84gb).  The i5@2.5ghz and 4gb ram is exactly what I have in this laptop, and it has worked fine so far. Looks solid for $230.  Is this one good? :https://www.amazon.com/Latitude-E6420-Notebook-DVD-Writer-Bluetooth/dp/B007PN2L3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1491505006&sr=1-1&keywords=e6420

That one looks good and the price looks fine too.