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[J_Maloney]

Hay guys! My girlfriend's laptop is on its last legs and I was wondering if you all could help in fining a lightweight laptop with a long battery life and not too bad specs!

Thanks in advanced    

[genexis_x]

Max budget? Any other special requirements?

 

Could you provide some links of online stores in your country?

[J_Maloney]

2 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Max budget? Any other special requirements?

 

Could you provide some links of online stores in your country?

Around £350 to 500 would be perfect! 

She doesnt need anything too fancy because its mainly going to be used for Word and blogging but she does like to watch Films and TV shows

 

[grimreeper132]

9 minutes ago, J_Maloney said:

Around £350 to 500 would be perfect! 

She doesnt need anything too fancy because its mainly going to be used for Word and blogging but she does like to watch Films and TV shows

 

get a laptop off ebay maybe, as you can get a somewhat decent 3/4th gen i7 (dual core) laptop in that range with about 8GB or get the i3 version and upgrade it to an i7 quad core (several laptops about that range were socketed) (will cost about £450-500) and same with RAM. Brand new wise, you might get an i5 and 8/16GB of RAM it will have better single threaded performance, but worse multithreaded

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, J_Maloney said:

£350 to 500

I would suggest getting a used Thinkpad, Latitude or Elitebook with M/QM CPU. Add a new battery, maybe add more RAM/SSD and you're good to go.

 

However, if you prefer new, there are good options but less CPU performance:

Asus Zenbook UX310UA with 6100U

Asus Zenbook UX305FA with m5

Asus Zenbook UX305CA with m3

Acer Swift 3 with 7100U

Acer Spin 5 13.3 with 6006U

Acer Swift 1 with N4200

Lenovo Ideapad 120S 14 with N4200

Chuwi stuffs

 

If you can spend more, go for Acer Aspire 5 with 8250U.

[InertiaSelling]

22 hours ago, ZM Fong said:

Acer Swift 1 with N4200

It's a nice machine, basically a ux305 with a weaker CPU that's still able to run windows smoothly for less than 400($/€/£). I had my little brother buy it. But I think its battery life is not so great compared to that of its rival from asus, the e403na (which has a TN panel instead of an IPS one and a plastic/metal hybrid build instead of an aluminium chassis). @J_Maloney If you can spend closer to £500 than to £350, go with one of the better options on @ZM Fong's list, you'll avoid the drawbacks of both of these budget options.