Help pls. What laptop to buy my son!

Omollmeg

Good afternoon,

Just would like some sound advice on what laptop to buy
my son?
He's 11 approaching secondary school so all homework will
Be done on it, he also likes gaming(minecraft), YouTube etc
And he's a Samsung nut and thinks it's the only product to buy!!
He has other Samsung products.
Any help would be great as I'm really bamboozled by all the choice out there.
Thankyou in advance. 🙈😩😊

motorguy

Omollmeg wrote: »

Good afternoon,

Just would like some sound advice on what laptop to buy
my son?
He's 11 approaching secondary school so all homework will
Be done on it, he also likes gaming(minecraft), YouTube etc
And he's a Samsung nut and thinks it's the only product to buy!!
He has other Samsung products.
Any help would be great as I'm really bamboozled by all the choice out there.
Thankyou in advance. 🙈😩😊

Whats your budget?

Omollmeg

£600 tops. Can I get something that's decent
and will last?
Thankyou

motorguy

Omollmeg wrote: »

£600 tops. Can I get something that's decent
and will last?
Thankyou

Sounds like a decent budget.

I'd be aiming for a minimum of :-

• i5 processor
• 256GB SSD drive
• 8GB RAM

Will have a root around and see what i can find, but that should be your starting point.

motorguy

14 inch Lenovo

https://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-ip320s-14ikb-14-laptop-grey-10169399-pdt.html

I've the i7 variant of this laptop - an HP Envy, but the i5 is in budget. Very slick - very Apple like to look at and very slim. Superb screen too...

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-envy-13-i5-7200u-8gb-256gb-ssd-qhd-3200-x-1800-touchscreen-62499-argos-ebay-2878047

If you want slick consumer goods with a wow factor thats probably the one.

were

My laptop is a samsung and is about 6 years old. A few years ago it got voted one of the most reliable models. Would I by another.... No!

Samsung sell the laptop to a specific version of o/s, windows 8 in my case, and you do not get any updated drivers for 8 at the time, no bios updates and the bios functions are restricted. I also get fan errors and limited processor speed on windows 10 due to the bios.

Also not being a popular make, spares are expensive and hard to get.

My choice would be a business lenovo, toshiba, or dell, in that order as they often support their products past the sales date.

With the latest cpu fiasco, current cpu designs may become outdated quicker and current ones perform slower due to software solutions.

debitcardmayhem

Omollmeg wrote: »

Good afternoon,

Just would like some sound advice on what laptop to buy
my son?
He's 11 approaching secondary school so all homework will
Be done on it, he also likes gaming(minecraft), YouTube etc
And he's a Samsung nut and thinks it's the only product to buy!!
He has other Samsung products.
Any help would be great as I'm really bamboozled by all the choice out there.
Thankyou in advance. ������

Likes games, does homework, reliable , 600 budget buy him a desktop, upgradeable, more punch for your cash , easier to repair, can be accessed via teamviewer on tablet/phone when he's having his dinner with the family He will be amazed

AlwaysHere

were wrote: »

My laptop is a samsung and is about 6 years old. A few years ago it got voted one of the most reliable models. Would I by another.... No!

Samsung sell the laptop to a specific version of o/s, windows 8 in my case, and you do not get any updated drivers for 8 at the time, no bios updates and the bios functions are restricted. I also get fan errors and limited processor speed on windows 10 due to the bios.

Also not being a popular make, spares are expensive and hard to get.

My choice would be a business lenovo, toshiba, or dell, in that order as they often support their products past the sales date.

With the latest cpu fiasco, current cpu designs may become outdated quicker and current ones perform slower due to software solutions.

What's the model number?

were

AlwaysHere wrote: »

What's the model number?

thanks AlwaysHere, think you and AP did look into it some months ago. It did get one bios update from around win 7 to 8 time which has been applied, and the laptop does still work well. Googgling around others have the same issue with this model.

NP350E7C is the model

Omollmeg

Brilliant thanks ��

AlwaysHere

were wrote: »

thanks AlwaysHere, think you and AP did look into it some months ago. It did get one bios update from around win 7 to 8 time which has been applied, and the laptop does still work well. Googgling around others have the same issue with this model.

NP350E7C is the model

I am unable to find any posts that indicate a problem with that device and Windows 10. Do you have any links?.