Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... 08:37 - Oct 1 with 2138 views | BanksterDebtSlave | ....so lightweight (as carrying it all day) and 13 inch screen or thereabouts. Cheers! | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:38 - Oct 1 with 1771 views | DanTheMan | Any particular price range? | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:49 - Oct 1 with 1740 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:38 - Oct 1 by DanTheMan | Any particular price range? |
Her that knows best says up to £600 new or secondhand! | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:50 - Oct 1 with 1745 views | Ely_Blue | Pick up a reasonably cheap 2nd hand MacBook Pro or air from Facebook marketplace, anything 2015 onwards should be perfect and will be so much better than any modern windows based laptop | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:53 - Oct 1 with 1731 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:50 - Oct 1 by Ely_Blue | Pick up a reasonably cheap 2nd hand MacBook Pro or air from Facebook marketplace, anything 2015 onwards should be perfect and will be so much better than any modern windows based laptop |
Thanks. She says there are 2 polarised camps on this but at the moment she is leaning towards agreeing with you. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:56 - Oct 1 with 1725 views | SaleAway | Any particular apps that need to run, or just basic office type things? Worth considering a chromebook? They are getting better and better, and really good value to be had. Acer Spin series are good... Smaller, I have a Lenovo Duet, which I use when travelling, and its brilliant. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 09:08 - Oct 1 with 1696 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:56 - Oct 1 by SaleAway | Any particular apps that need to run, or just basic office type things? Worth considering a chromebook? They are getting better and better, and really good value to be had. Acer Spin series are good... Smaller, I have a Lenovo Duet, which I use when travelling, and its brilliant. |
Pretty basic.....essays and research. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 10:06 - Oct 1 with 1650 views | GeoffSentence |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:56 - Oct 1 by SaleAway | Any particular apps that need to run, or just basic office type things? Worth considering a chromebook? They are getting better and better, and really good value to be had. Acer Spin series are good... Smaller, I have a Lenovo Duet, which I use when travelling, and its brilliant. |
I second the chromebook. Love it. Cheap, simple, reliable. It's a bendy thing as well so can use it like a tablet when needed. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 10:11 - Oct 1 with 1632 views | DanTheMan |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 10:06 - Oct 1 by GeoffSentence | I second the chromebook. Love it. Cheap, simple, reliable. It's a bendy thing as well so can use it like a tablet when needed. |
This does sound like the way to go, especially if MS Office isn't needed. They are cheap and light. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 13:18 - Oct 1 with 1554 views | Illinoisblue |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 10:06 - Oct 1 by GeoffSentence | I second the chromebook. Love it. Cheap, simple, reliable. It's a bendy thing as well so can use it like a tablet when needed. |
Hard to argue with a Chromebook. Got an HP one for $99. Hook it up to a good sized monitor and you’re all set. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 13:44 - Oct 1 with 1526 views | BanksterDebtSlave | So now she wants to know which chromebook? | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 13:50 - Oct 1 with 1516 views | Lesta_Tractor | Given a HP Elitebook 830 when I started my new job a couple of weeks ago, seems pretty good. You can get a refurbished one for £450 from laptops direct. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 13:52 - Oct 1 with 1509 views | GeoffSentence |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 13:44 - Oct 1 by BanksterDebtSlave | So now she wants to know which chromebook? |
I only have experience of the one I am currently have which is a Lenovo 300E, I think that model is no longer made though. I would add that the battery life on it is excellent too. Bear in mind that chromebooks are all centred around access to google drive and you dont get much internal storage, so you do you need a networkfor your documents. That might be an issue access is needed to them when offline. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 14:08 - Oct 1 with 1484 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 13:52 - Oct 1 by GeoffSentence | I only have experience of the one I am currently have which is a Lenovo 300E, I think that model is no longer made though. I would add that the battery life on it is excellent too. Bear in mind that chromebooks are all centred around access to google drive and you dont get much internal storage, so you do you need a networkfor your documents. That might be an issue access is needed to them when offline. |
Thanks, this is all gobbledegook to me but I am sure it will make sense to the shopper one! | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 14:26 - Oct 1 with 1446 views | Ely_Blue |
Runs a version of the dreaded windows and it’s bloated software though doesn’t it? | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 15:20 - Oct 1 with 1408 views | DanTheMan |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 14:26 - Oct 1 by Ely_Blue | Runs a version of the dreaded windows and it’s bloated software though doesn’t it? |
You're being ridiculous. I use Windows for software development every day and it's fine. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 15:35 - Oct 1 with 1387 views | chicoazul | My daughter has a cloud book and it’s very good. Does everything she needs it to do. | |
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Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 16:33 - Oct 1 with 1331 views | stopmoaning |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 14:26 - Oct 1 by Ely_Blue | Runs a version of the dreaded windows and it’s bloated software though doesn’t it? |
It runs Windows, which is still the best PC based OS for most uses. If it’s for 6th form, unless the school uses g suite, a chrome book isn’t a great idea! | | | |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 18:14 - Oct 1 with 1267 views | ZXBlue |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 08:50 - Oct 1 by Ely_Blue | Pick up a reasonably cheap 2nd hand MacBook Pro or air from Facebook marketplace, anything 2015 onwards should be perfect and will be so much better than any modern windows based laptop |
Why on earth would you pay good money for a logo? | | | |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 18:46 - Oct 1 with 1246 views | gordon | May be worth thinking about subjects as well - if it's e.g. English Lit, History and French, then get something cheap - if there's potentially statistics, design, maps etc. involved then maybe worth making sure you get 8gb+ RAM and a decent processor - just to future proof yourself against a request for an upgrade in a year or two. | | | |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 20:01 - Oct 1 with 1219 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 09:08 - Oct 1 by BanksterDebtSlave | Pretty basic.....essays and research. |
If that is all that it is needed for then a Chromebook at just over £200 new is absolutely fine. A 10 year old third hand refurbished laptop for 40 quid from Ebay could probably manage essays and research, to be honest. | | | |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 20:03 - Oct 1 with 1215 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 18:14 - Oct 1 by ZXBlue | Why on earth would you pay good money for a logo? |
And the white box! You forgot the gorgeous white box! | | | |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 21:08 - Oct 1 with 1188 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
Laptop advice (new or second hand) for sixth form..... on 18:14 - Oct 1 by ZXBlue | Why on earth would you pay good money for a logo? |
Is the argument I just lost with her that knows best! The latest 8 month old Macbook air 8 months warranty £650 in Ipswich somewhere. | |
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