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Laptop or something else?
chem_j
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Hi,
My mum has asked for a laptop for Christmas to listen to Spotify on. Apart from that, all she would be doing is checking email and a bit of web surfing. I'm thinking a laptop might be overkill and maybe a netbook would be sufficient. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
My mum has asked for a laptop for Christmas to listen to Spotify on. Apart from that, all she would be doing is checking email and a bit of web surfing. I'm thinking a laptop might be overkill and maybe a netbook would be sufficient. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
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She asked for a laptop, but you want to get her a Netbook? Cheapskate.
This MSI Wind U135 is not terrible @ (£154) and makes it easy to upgrade the RAM to 2GB.0 -
Would she have trouble seeing/typing on the smaller keys, and that's why she's asked for a laptop? I know my mum would struggle.0
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If the main requirement is spotify, listen to a few in the shops, bigger laptops have room for better speakers, but the sound can vary significantly from model to model!!
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Hello,
If you'd only need it for Spotify and checking e-mails, then i'd go for a netbook or a tablet PC. Although some tablet PC's dont support Spotify at the moment. A cheap netbook would be ideal. If sound quality is important, then make sure the netbook has a headphone input jack and get a set of good speakers to go with it. It would still work out cheaper than a Laptop.
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ipod touch and speaker dock ? much more portable and better sound !0
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