£250 i3 laptop sought

macman

50Twuncle wrote: »

Nothing is wrong with it ...
I agree - in fact, I have advised my Father to consider the second one (an extra £5 to have Win 10 pre-installed)
He only wants it for web browsing

In which case a Celeron would still do the job. Even the weediest processor will cope with running a web browser. Though I'd spend a bit more for an i3 myself.

50Twuncle

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Why not go for this Dell Inspiron 17-5749 It's just within budget and it should be 'as new'.

Intel Core i3 5005U 2.0GHz
Memory
8Gb
Hard Drive
1Tb
Video
Intel HD Graphics
Screen Size
17.3″

He might appreciate the bigger screen.

No OS with that one !,

50Twuncle

macman wrote: »

In which case a Celeron would still do the job. Even the weediest processor will cope with running a web browser. Though I'd spend a bit more for an i3 myself.

The boot up time will be faster with an i3 than a celeron .

londonTiger

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Depends what the laptop is used for. The current Celerons are not so badly crippled as the originals. That said I'd always pick one of the Core models processors these days unless there was some really good reason not to.

BTW The mini laptops are often more expensive than the 15inch ones.

13 inchers are indeed more expensive than 15 inches. Often the spec is the same the smaller and ususally thinner form factor means it requires much more careful design to ensure adequate cooling. the 15inchers have ample room to keep hot components away from each other.

grumpycrab

£250 good CPU (low stock @tesco) http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-e5-551-15-6-laptop-amd-a10-8gb-ram-1tb-black-249-99-tesco-direct-2389856

londonTiger

50Twuncle wrote: »

The boot up time will be faster with an i3 than a celeron .

celerons are desiged for economy and scale. They were meant for school and large businesses. Such as call centres who will be running just their proprietary OS. Celeron should be avoided, it's not designed for multi tasking and running youtube, spotify, having 20 tabs open, playing flash video etc.

NiftyDigits

50Twuncle wrote: »

No OS with that one !,

If I were you, I would just buy it Even if there was no OS installed(not likely to be the case) it an issue easily fixed at no extra cost. He gets a lot more laptop for his budget.

henm2

For an OS just Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon on it. Great easy system and it is free.
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=204

50Twuncle

henm2 wrote: »

For an OS just Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon on it. Great easy system and it is free.
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=204

My dad could not handle linux !!

NiftyDigits

I would be surprised if it arrived with no OS....

Here is a review: http://laptopmedia.com/review/dell-inspiron-17-5749-review-bulky-but-reliable-17-inch-multimedia-station/

Horse, water, drink.....