$300 Laptop

[Project_PC]

Looking for a $300(or cheaper) laptop. Just for doing taxes and searching the internet. Everything I've found so far is pretty bad. Would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance.

[Ansger]

chromebook. 

any chromebook in that pricerange with a decent review. I think they are basically just the same thing under 300 bucks.

or: a more expensive chromebook on the second hand market  

[Project_PC]

1 minute ago, Ansger said:

chromebook. 

any chromebook in that pricerange with a decent review. I think they are basically just the same thing under 300 bucks.

or: a more expensive chromebook on the second hand market  

Is chrome os any good?

[JaegerB]

Chromebook. Got my Lenovo N22 for 299 AUD, which is ~230 USD. Does everything I need, and everything you need. 11", so not huge, but really tough and a 12-20hr battery life.

Sure, it doesn't like having a million tabs open, but nor will any laptop at that price range.

[JaegerB]

Just now, Project_PC said:

Is chrome os any good?

For what you need, yes. You get a free 100GB storage on google cloud, and get to store everything on the cloud. It's lightweight, so it won't do everything Windows can, but for what you need it'll be great. Boots in seconds, too.

[Ansger]

1 minute ago, Project_PC said:

Is chrome os any good?

yeah, sure. They are not the most amazing machines but they start up blazingly fast, will do anything you throw at it browser and text editing related. Its ideal for people who just want to do stuff in their browser, watch a movie on youtube, send mails,... stuff like that. 

Just don't expect it to run games or edit videos or pictures

[Project_PC]

Seems like a lot of chromebooks have doa issues. Can anyone comment on this?

[genexis_x]

Refurbished/Used business laptops

[Ansger]

10 hours ago, Project_PC said:

Seems like a lot of chromebooks have doa issues. Can anyone comment on this?

I don't have experience with it, but isn't it fairly easy to send the unit back then? So basically you just run the risk of maybe having to add a week to you delivery time. Thats not so bad i think. 

[Gung Pow Chicken]

The best answer IMO is a Thinkpad T430 or T530 if you honestly care about having a 1080p display. The T430 has a max resolution of 1600x900 without doing a little modifications. They have 1080p mods available anywhere from $80 - $180, and IMO they are easy to install. If you are willing to invest down the line you could have the best machine for under $500 USD. They can be configured with either a 3840QM or 3940XM which are still very powerful CPU's, I personally run one of each and they handle everything I throw at them. Both machines can be configured with 16gb DDR3, and up to 3 storage drives. I've got 3 1tb SSD's in my T430, one is at SATA2 but I personally don't see a difference in performance when using a mSATA drive for the boot drive. I've done it both ways but prefer to have my boot drive on the mSATA for faster Storage drive transfers.  But most importantly they can be easily configured with the legendary XX20 series keyboard!! which brings by far the best typing experience on a laptop of this price range, if not any price range.

[amirbahalagharn]

hp 8560p & (ultrabook) hp 840 or folio / lenovo t430/t430s or w510 / dell n5010 / acer p243 

all with 3rd gen intel or 4th ones.