Small laptop
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Mine's an HP Pavilion with a 15 inch screen, so it can hardly be classed as small. However, it has a 256 GB solid state hard drive which is blisteringly fast if you spend time on the internet. Waiting time for pages to load is virtually non-existent, as is the time to boot up when you turn the machine on. I can't recommend solid state drives too highly. Apart from that, get lots of RAM, say 6Mb, and an i5 processor. That way, you don't waste your life staring at a blank screen waiting for things to happen.
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Adam4868
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We've a laptop and Kindle fire ( tablet ? ) at home.She was wanting something smaller if you know what I mean ? Looked briefly at a Chromebook,I haven't a clue.
+1 for tablet much better idea and a good one will out live any notebook. If she going to be using it out the home then good battery life is must. Have to say for simple to use and long battery life i'd be looking at an iPad for me do what you want and much more. Used one for years never missed i've done many an assignment on mine great too for reading course materials too. Plenty of 2rd hand ones if you want keep cost down.
Ivo
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- Maastricht
At the moment there are hardly any decently sized netbooks on the market. Only with small SSD disks (128GB or less). As soon as there are photo's or films involved, that would be too small.
That's why I just orderd a refurbished older netbook with a lavish 1TB HD as upgrade.
That's why I just orderd a refurbished older netbook with a lavish 1TB HD as upgrade.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Personal choice but we love our IPads.
Use them every day and still going strong at 5 years old.
Don’t use the laptop now.
Use them every day and still going strong at 5 years old.
Don’t use the laptop now.
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Try looking at a small Asus convertible, all solid state, and the screen is a touch screen.
Cn be had in Chromebook or Windows flavours. Ridiculously thin and light.
Cn be had in Chromebook or Windows flavours. Ridiculously thin and light.
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Adam4868
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https://www.argos.co.uk/product/915...MIsfHciLLb4AIVRSSGCh3CRABiEAQYDCABEgIIRfD_BwE
Is this any good for instance ?
Is this any good for instance ?
DCBassman
Guru
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- The lumpy far South West
That's the sort of thing. If not using the wifi on the train, turn of to prolong battery.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
If it's going to be used primarily for entering data (as you seem to be suggesting) a laptop will beat a tablet every day of the week. It's what they're designed for
You can use a tablet for data entry of course, but it's a compromise and isn't as efficient at this as a laptop
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Adam4868
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Thanks so you think that's ok ? She has her phone for WiFi/internet.Just for her college/dissertation work.Ive not a clue what I'm looking for,but it's down to me !
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
https://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptop-buying-guide-766-commercial.html
This is a good starting point in choosing a laptop. It at least takes you through the specification points you should be considering
This is a good starting point in choosing a laptop. It at least takes you through the specification points you should be considering
