Asus F45A Laptop / Notebook 1.8GHz, 2GB Ram, 320GB HDD, Windows 8 please let me know Thanks
Asus F45A - looking at this laptop to for a student just wondering if is good to buy
bsk on 28/01/2014 - 10:33
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The specs are very basic indeed, but it would do the job as long as the student wasn't also intending to use it for games (other than very simple ones). It's an older model and shouldn't cost more than around $350 new, if you can find old stock somewhere.
What's your budget? Maybe users can find you a better deal
Its rubbish. A modern tablet would be as fast. When was the last time you saw a laptop with a 1.8GHz CPU for sale? 2006? Its an Intel Celeron B830 1.8GHz CPU. Old tech, obsolete. You really want something better OP.
They were selling them as refurbs from Gray's. That's probably the only place you would find them. If the OP would just let us know some more I'm sure the brains trust could point him in the right direction.
Strange then that the Celeron B830 wasn't introduced until the 3rd quarter of 2012! (http://ark.intel.com/products/71141/Intel-Celeron-Processor-…). Old-school Celerons had a bad name sure, but this one's a twin core, 64-bit chip - nothing fancy, but most likely adequate for a student's needs.
Take a look at
http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/notebook.pdfand the Centrecom back to school catalogue
http://www.centrecom.com.au/onlinecatalogue/jan-14-bts-catal…You might also want to consider getting a Surface Pro ($677), as it is very lightweight and would be quite suitable for university use. The downside however is that the battery only lasts 5 hours but the charger itself is very compact and lightweight.
On the lower end of the spectrum you have the Acer W510 ($499, cashback???), Samsung Xe500 @ $399, or a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 14 ($499, free delivery direct from Lenovo)
Plus factoring in postage to woop woop, depending on where you buy it from.
The answer is, it depends.
What do they want to do with it? It's sporting a Celeron processor, which is pretty low end.
2 GB of RAM is pretty low end these days. I would be recommending 4 GB for better performance.
320 GB hard drive should be OK. 14" screen should be fine too.
I haven't looked at battery specs either so will the machine be on a desk at home or taken to school, where a shorter battery life than a school day could be a concern, especially if it is a refurb and the battery life has already shortened.
It is a compromise machine, but it may not be depending on the need of the student and the price.