What should she get?
You should definitely get a Chromebook because a $300 dollar Windows laptop would be more of an insult than anything else.
refurbished/used thinkpads are the way to go. try thinkpads from somewhere around 5-10 yrs ago. ask ur brother what he wants from a laptop. if he want older tech there’s definitely great options
why refurbished/used thinkpads? they’re rugged. many thinkpads from 10+ yrs ago still look brand-new and function perfectly fine, whereas laptops from dell, hp, etc. would be falling apart (literally), or already have
here’s where u can find a list of every thinkpad model and the specs of most of them
try looking on ebay
T480 is easily the best choice in this price range.
For that price, a chromebook would be a good way to go. Walmart had a good deal on a Acer 315 chromebook. It is $200.00 or bit less on Friday.
Walmart had a pretty nice Asus Vivobook that $370.00 with cpu i3-N chip.
A 3rd option is Dell Refurbished.com has business computer returned after a lease. A nice Latitude would be $350.00.
You are better off with buying Android tablet than Chromebook. Same deal but cheaper and with touchscreen
I’m guessing she’s trying to get only brand new for that price and not willing to consider refurbished?
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don’t get anything brand new, its gonna be complete garbage. Get a used laptop off of ebay, something like a Lenovo ThinkPad or HP EliteBook would be great.
HP elitebooks in my opinion are pieces of shit… I have had 2 and both of them had MOBO problems straight from factory
I live by them. At least when looking at cheap and capable machines. I must be really lucky with them I have more than 10 of them. All 2015/2016 models.
My 2012 elitebook was still going strong until this year I suddenly couldn’t connect to internet even after following every troubleshooting step available.
For $150 I’d buy the same exact one again today if I still needed it
Current ones are much better, to be honest.
used/refurb thinkpad t460. bought one for 150ish over a year ago and i absolutely love it
get an older thinkpad i still use a 2013 thinkpad daily it does help to install linux because its a little slow on windows
Cheap think pad, install Linux, get a Ethernet cable, and spend the rest on Xbox cloud/ultimate so he can game.
Can’t agree more 🙌
How old is he? What does he need it for?
In addition to these two questions, is he rough on his stuff or careful with his stuff? Some laptops are sturdier than others, to put it mildly.
You can get a Dell 12 gen I3 with 8 GB Ram and SSD for around 250 https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/laptops/intel/spd/inspiron-15-3520-laptop/nn3520gmxph
Don’t bother with shit like this, used business will be miles better
$279, there’s a lot of good black friday deals now.
Good for light loads, but it will be e waste in a few years
If just gaming, get a console(xbox series s, ps5, etc), you won’t find a laptop at that price capable of providing a good gaming experience. If not for gaming, it really doesnt matter, they all about the same with that budget, buying used may get some additional performance. Just look at the specs and compare.
Here’s something from Walmart for $249. It’s a HP i3- 1215u CPU 8GB RAM upgradable to 64GB? I would verify this. 16GB will be plenty. Windows 11 Home 256GB NVMe SSD . You can upgrade this one day if you want.
You can check Amazon for with similar specs.