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Laptop/chromebook advice

Hi all,

I'm after a reasonably cheap laptop mainly for use for the kids, such as some internet browsing, utubing etc. Thus a chromebook potentially is ideal.

I was looking at something like the Dell Chromebook 3380 with a Intel Celeron C3855 processor. That said I was also looking at what that kind of price range (250-300) might get me in terms of refurb options. Basically the priority for me is reasonably quick web browsing, I would say.

Mycheaplaptop seem reasonable pricewise, offer a 1yr warranty and are literally round the corner from me so potentially ideal. Therefore I was comparing some of the business refurb models around the price range I was looking at, with intel core i5. We have a lenovo g580 which despite being dropped multiple times when our kids were young, refuses to die (albeit the screen is literally hanging off now) so I would be naturally drawn to a lenovo such as this as a potential option:

https://www.mycheaplaptop.co.uk/lenovo-t440-win10?search=lenovo&category_id=0&sort=p.price&order=ASC&page=3

What are peoples thoughts? The bonus of having a better machine (if indeed it would be much better despite the dated technology) for the same money does appeal, and is probably a little more flexible. I have a macbook air as well as our main decent laptop, so just as above for the kids and some browsing, mainly.

Thanks in advance

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