[Technology] Windows laptops

happypig

Staring at the rude boys

May 23, 2009

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Eastbourne

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‘Er indoors wants a new laptop to replace her chromebook. Reasons being she wants :
1. manage her music on it using iTunes (she uses an ipod mostly but iPhone sometimes)
2. manage/edit her photos (nothing as complex as photoshop, just trimming/resizing etc)
3. better display

I’ve not used Windows since W7, being a macbook and linux user, and I’d have to “administer” it for her.

Budget is up to £400.

Any recommendations or suggestions ?

 

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SAC

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May 21, 2014

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• May 9, 2024

• #2

Give her your old Macbook and treat yourself to a new one.

 

Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch

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Oct 27, 2003

21,162

The arse end of Hangleton

• May 9, 2024

• #3

Can't comment on the iTunes stuff but for that budget you could get a decent ASUS.

 

happypig

Staring at the rude boys

May 23, 2009

7,981

Eastbourne

• May 9, 2024

• Thread starter
• #4

SAC said:

Give her your old Macbook and treat yourself to a new one.

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That was my first thought but I don’t have the extra £1200

 

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker

Feb 20, 2017

23,698

Sussex by the Sea

• May 9, 2024

• #5

SAC said:

Give her your old Macbook and treat yourself to a new one.

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On a budget of £400?

Also, for that list of tasks a rip-off Apple is overkill.
Any new laptop should be fine, i5 upwards.

 

Boroseagull

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Aug 23, 2003

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Alhaurin de la Torre

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Check out www.ijtdirect.co.uk

 

Titanic

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Jul 5, 2003

39,174

West Sussex

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Boroseagull said:

Check out www.ijtdirect.co.uk

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Why? All they seem to be offering is dodgy ink cartridges.

 

Boroseagull

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Aug 23, 2003

2,076

Alhaurin de la Torre

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Titanic said:

Why? All they seem to be offering is dodgy ink cartridges.

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Guess you haven't looked at their catalogue then. Plenty of tablets, laptops etc

 

mikeyjh

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Dec 17, 2008

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Llanymawddwy

• May 9, 2024

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Go refurbished, all day long - I've got powerful Dell laptops/dekstops that I used for data processing running servers for various little hobbies all for under £400 and way more umph than you need....

https://www.backmarket.co.uk/en-gb/l/dell-laptop/a846bf73-1125-4adc-88af-5db6cf707369

 

B-right-on

Living the dream

Apr 23, 2015

6,231

Shoreham Beaaaach

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Westdene Seagull said:

Can't comment on the iTunes stuff but for that budget you could get a decent ASUS.

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Daughter has an ASUS laptop for her school and now college stuff. She plays a lot of games on it and it's been pretty good without issues for the last couple of years.