Help buying a budget laptop

Discussion in 'Which Laptop should I buy?' started by GPag, Mar 13, 2020.

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    GPag

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    My sister has asked me to help her find a laptop on a tight budget, not more than or as close to $550 as she can get. It is for home use, light Word and Excel work, she will need to do some one on one video conferencing with it. I've always used HP laptops and have been very satisfied with them but my budget has been a lot higher. I am looking at an HP Pavilion 15t laptop for $556 with the following configuration. Any opinion on this system? Any recomendations for other possible laptops?
    Thanks
    • Warm Gold
    • Windows 10 Home 64
    • Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 (1.3 GHz, up to 3.9 GHz, 8 MB cache, 4 cores)+Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
    • 16 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2x8GB)
    • 15.6" diagonal HD SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1366 x 768)
    • 256 GB Intel® SSD + 16 GB Intel® Optane™ memory
    • Office Software Trial
    • Security Software Trial
    • 3-cell, 41 Wh Lithium-ion prismatic Battery
    • No DVD or CD Drive
    • Full-size island-style keyboard(Luminous Gold)
    • HP Wide Vision HD Camera with Dual digital microphone (Warm Gold)
    • Intel® 802.11b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 5 Combo(MU-MIMO supported)
     
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    michadoh

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    I think this is a good specs for the price but I would like to know whats the purpose of this laptop?
     
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    karthikeyan

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    it's really good. I'm also a hp user which is really best all the time
     
    karthikeyan, Jan 3, 2021
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    andrewflintoff

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    Acer Aspire 5. The best overall laptop under $500 you can buy.
    Acer Aspire E 15.
    HP Stream 11.
    Lenovo Chromebook Duet.
    HP Chromebook x2.
    Acer Swift 1.
    HP Chromebook 15.
    Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5
     
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    Shweta Singh

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    Things that one should keep in mind while buying a new laptop-

    • Choose a laptop within a range of Rs 50,000.

    • Processor should have your needed and required specifications.

    • RAM Memory.

    • Take care of hard drive too.

    • Buy a good antivirus software.
     
    Shweta Singh, Apr 12, 2022
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    looks good for the price. Lots of ram and good storage, maybe good for light productivity aswell, but I think you should wait for more replies on this thread before purchasing it, I'm not sure if Ice Lake CPUs are better than the AMD competitors at the time and you could get a better AMD option.
     
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    jahan

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    levno k7
     
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    You can goto amazon and can find budget laptop under your budget.
    I have checked these laptop are good for use.
    1. Best budget laptop 2023.
    2. Asus E410.
    3. Honor MagicBook 14 (2021)
    4. Acer Chromebook Spin 713.
    5. Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2.
    6. Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5.
    7. HP Pavilion 14 (2021)
    8. Acer Chromebook 515
     
    raufahmad, Mar 15, 2023
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