Small, inexpensive Laptop/Tablet for Home Use

ChrisLevo on 30/05/2017 - 15:50

My wife's HP250 is slowing, and she rather likes the speed of my tower with its SSD.

Budget is $400.

11.6" screen is OK, and it would be nice to have an SSD instead of relying on ROM.

Mainly used for email and browsing (Thunderbird and Google), and not a lot more.

Choice is not much help here, as pricing is so dynamic that what they say (RRP) rarely resembles the real world.

Happy to wait for EOFY sales, if anyone has a heads-up on one coming up.

Computing

Comments

    • ChrisLevo on 30/05/2017 - 17:30

      Thanks,

      The "As New" Inspiron 11 3000 Series Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor N3710 (2M Cache, up to 2.56 GHz)at $330 looks like it's what she needs, but do you know what "As New' means?

      • scotty on 30/05/2017 - 18:31

        Or wait for the next eBay 20% off tech sale, where new Inspiron 11 regularly comes down to below $320.

        • ChrisLevo on 30/05/2017 - 18:52

          Thanks lots.

          Is there some way that I can set an alert for this?

          Love your work!

        • scrimshaw on 30/05/2017 - 20:07

          @ChrisLevo:

          The HP 250 can range from dual core Celeron to a Pentium quad core and some use Core i3.

          Looking at your comment history, I think you have a fairly entry level model, but you can still get more performance out of it with a SSD upgrade. CPU performance though is pretty lacking by today's standards.

          The Dell Inspiron 11 is a logical purchase as it does have an SSD preinstalled already, saving you the hassle of upgrading yourself

      • elusive on 30/05/2017 - 23:36

        "as new" typically means it was configured and built but the order was cancelled.

  • altomic on 30/05/2017 - 16:12

    why not:
    update the HDD —> SDD
    and change ram to 8Gb

  • Richardc on 30/05/2017 - 16:17

    replace the HDD with ssd?

  • raytriplej on 30/05/2017 - 16:23
    +1

    In Price range with (small) SSD drive. Interesting review by one reviewer suggesting "an empty M.2 SATA slot"
    to allow for expansion.

    https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lenovo-ide…

  • HoneyComb on 30/05/2017 - 20:03

    check specials on jbhifi and officeworks.

    i bought a brand new, 15.6 inch dell from jbhifi for $390 a couple years back during a sale.

    8 GB ram, the specs of the laptop was better than others in the $400-500 price range at the time as well.

  • [Deactivated] on 30/05/2017 - 20:18

    Chromebook.

  • froggym on 30/05/2017 - 20:51

    Don't trust anything with a Celeron processor (and windows), they aren't even good for the most basic use. I got a basic model lenovo yoga and it would take a minute or two to be functional after waking up and if you closed it on something even vaguely processor heavy it would often crash when opened again. I certainly recommend a Chromebook if it does what you need it for but unfortunately they only sell very old models here in Aus and all marked up ridiculously.

    • Wonderfool on 02/06/2017 - 13:23

      They're OK, just don't use Chrome lol.

  • ChrisLevo on 01/06/2017 - 13:43

    Thanks for all of the advice.

    We need it now, so I grabbed the 10% CBIGBANG eBay code to get it for $359 delivered.

    That's the 4GB RAM 120GB SSD version.

    Thanks, all.

    • scrimshaw on 01/06/2017 - 18:46

      There's a 15% code tonight :) 10 till midnight

      cancel and re-order?

    • scotty on 02/06/2017 - 09:20

      Actually Dell is part of CRACKA20 campaign that's 20% off eBay items :)

      • ChrisLevo on 02/06/2017 - 10:35

        Thanks for the advice, all of which is appreciated.

        I went to have a look, and found that the offer is 20% off $499, taking it down to $399.29.

        I paid $399 less 10% for $359.10, for exactly the same model.

        Sneaky…………

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