Is this laptop worthwhile buying?

sophiejames

Is this worthwhile buying??
http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/2569439/searchTerm/Acer+I+5+e+571.htm
It's mainly for daughter's school work, browsing and light office work.
Any advice gratefully received, thank you.

I_have_spoken

For £310, yes it probably is for the planned us. It's last years model, which is why most online retailers are out of stock now. Your first task will be the free upgrade to Windows 10.

Reviews on Amazon are mostly good - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-E5-571-15-6-inch-Notebook/dp/B00LBY4SKW

NiftyDigits

It's really nothing special.

sophiejames

NiftyDigits wrote: »

It's really nothing special.

Not looking for something special, just for something half decent that works reasonably fast

Mark_Sanders

If you are looking for an humble laptop, this is great
Only check if there is Office pre-installed!

grumpycrab

Office won't be preinstalled. Could use Office Starter 2010 (Word, Excel) for free (works with W10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN1116j96W4

sophiejames

grumpycrab wrote: »

Office won't be preinstalled. Could use Office Starter 2010 (Word, Excel) for free (works with W10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN1116j96W4

Thanks for that, much appreciated. Hopefully it's easy enough to do for someone like me.
Would you recommend buying McAffee? As you can tell I'm not tech savvy at all

grumpycrab

sophiejames wrote: »

Thanks for that, much appreciated. Hopefully it's easy enough to do for someone like me.

It's a little fidly but follow the instructions and it should be ok. If you don't have to have Windows Office there are various freebie non-MS alternatives. e.g. LibreOffice

sophiejames wrote: »

Would you recommend buying McAffee?

Not worth buying for school work in my opinion. I'd suggest Avast FREE Edition. Again a bit fidly but register it and put it in "games/silent" mode and it won't bother you for 1 year.

esuhl

grumpycrab wrote: »

Not worth buying for school work in my opinion. I'd suggest Avast FREE Edition.

I'd go with Avast too. It's been able to remove things other anti-viruses left behind.

https://www.avast.com/en-gb/index

It's probably worth installing the free version of MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware too. The free version only does manual scans, so won't stop you getting infected in the first. But it's one of the best malware-removers around, so it's worth installing just in case you need it later on!

https://www.malwarebytes.org/

I_have_spoken

Do your own research, but after upgrading to Windows 10 you'll have the included WIndows Defender, Malicious Software Removal Tool and SmartScreen for dodgy web-sites; these may be good enough for you.

Also, I'd suggest Office 365 on subscription, included is unlimited online storage for your files with OneDrive

Pincher

Check out this one:

http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-g50-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-1tb-15-6-/p1947932?navAction=jump

Three year Guarantee included instead of one.
In fact Argos wants £94.99 for a 2 Year Breakdown Plan.

8GB instead of 4GB RAM

Corei5 runs at 2.2GHz, 2.7GHz Turbo, instead of 1.7GHz.

£349.95 instead of £309.99

Lots of three year Guarantee laptops from John Lewis.