Any Other Recommendations?

[Clear17Mud]

I want to buy this L200HA-EDU3 because its light, fan-less and should have all my minimum specs. 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KR1BYCY/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=

I can buy one for $230, but I want to see what people think. 

I currently have a Acer Aspire R R5-471T-51UN It has a i5-6200U, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM and a 14" 1080p IPS touch screen. I want to get something smaller and more portable, because this laptop weighs 4 pounds and I don't need this much power to play minecraft, watch youtube and I do homework. I also hate 2 in 1s because the power button is on the side, and I have turned this laptop off about 20 times by scooting it forward on a desk and clicking the power button...

I have looked at the DELL laptop that linus reviewed a while ago, and the only reason I don't like it is because the power button is on the side still. Its also really thick I was at walmart and looked at it... Do any of you know of any other 11.6 ich laptops that are good.

I would be fine buying a weird brand from China or some Asian company that doesn't care about copy rights. The only thing that I would want to improve is the screen or 8gb of memory but 4gb is the maximum for the Atom x5-Z8350.

Also how much do you think I should sell my current laptop for.

[TheGlenlivet]

Give the L200 a good try out before you buy.  The Atom processors are WAY slower than the i5 you have now.  What about a Celeron (Little better) refurb?

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_36_6?rnid=2421885011&keywords=laptop&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A13896617011%2Cn%3A565108%2Ck%3Alaptop%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2444556011|1264444011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817224011&qid=1506553912&low-price=&high-price=300

[Clear17Mud]

35 minutes ago, kk027 said:

An Atom won't play Minecraft. The compute stick  (Atom) got low FPS while at N64 render distance. 

I've watched a video on the compute stick and only has 2gb of ram. That's the bottle neck because windows uses about 1.8gb. The fps tests of minecraft with 4gb and this processor give 50-70fps at settings I'm comfortable playing at. 10 render distance everything low. which i have it set to 14 render distance and the same settings anyways on my current laptop with about 90 fps, but have it limited to 60 fps so the cpu fan isn't going full bore.

I do my research I'm just looking for other options.

[ErrystioT]

If you don't mind Open-box (still labelled as new), I found this off eBay for $199 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-TravelMate-B117-M-C9GH-11-6-N3160-4GB-128-GB-SSD-NX-VCGAA-015-W10P-/122700957803?hash=item1c918c086b:g:lUAAAOSwyLFZuFBL) Acer TravelMate B117 with 4GB soldered RAM, Intel Celeron N3160 (better than Atom x5), 128GB SATA SSD (yes, an actual M.2 2280 and not the slow eMMC) and 11.6" with 1366x768 resolution. I'd say it's not a bad deal at all considering you're also getting Windows 10 Pro pre-installed.

[Clear17Mud]

1 hour ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Give the L200 a good try out before you buy.  The Atom processors are WAY slower than the i5 you have now.  What about a Celeron (Little better) refurb?

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_36_6?rnid=2421885011&keywords=laptop&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A13896617011%2Cn%3A565108%2Ck%3Alaptop%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A2444556011|1264444011%2Cp_n_feature_five_browse-bin%3A7817224011&qid=1506553912&low-price=&high-price=300

I've heard that any laptop pentium or celeron with the N#### naming is a Atom with 2 cores that's clocked higher, but also use more power. so they are just atoms anyways.Also from what I've seen the newest Atoms are only about 2/3 the performance of my i5-6200U.

[Clear17Mud]

4 minutes ago, ErrystioT said:

If you don't mind Open-box (still labelled as new), I found this off eBay for $199 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-TravelMate-B117-M-C9GH-11-6-N3160-4GB-128-GB-SSD-NX-VCGAA-015-W10P-/122700957803?hash=item1c918c086b:g:lUAAAOSwyLFZuFBL) Acer TravelMate B117 with 4GB soldered RAM, Intel Celeron N3160 (better than Atom x5), 128GB SATA SSD (yes, an actual M.2 2280 and not the slow eMMC) and 11.6" with 1366x768 resolution. I'd say it's not a bad deal at all considering you're also getting Windows 10 Pro pre-installed.

Yes thank you I'll look into it, and yes a celeron N3160 is better then the atom x5-z8350 , but only in clock speeds. They are the same architecture and iGPU. But yes 400MHz is a big jump.

[genexis_x]

For this budget, get a used business laptop like Thinkpads

[Clear17Mud]

23 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

For this budget, get a used business laptop like Thinkpads

I didn't say i had a budget. I had a list of specs... my budget is $400

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Clear17Mud said:

I didn't say i had a budget. I had a list of specs... my budget is $400

You say you don't have a budget but then say your budget is $400...

[Clear17Mud]

1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

You say you don't have a budget but then say your budget is $400...

yes in my original post "I didn't say I has a budget" I only had specs and then i decided to clarify my budget...