Second hand laptop

Terry98

What about this one on Hotukdeals?
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/refurbished-dell-latitude-e7240-ultrabook-180-blackmoreit-ebay-3032109

arciere

AndyPix wrote: »

Where did i say i recommended buying that ? That was an extreme example of a very cheap ex business machine to counter the plastic rubbish you referred to that was over budget.

Yeah, that's about it, you don't get plastic.

AndyPix wrote: »

Those old dells are bullet proof and has a clock speed twice that of the other.
Every single component in that old dell will be hands down better than a brand new laptop within the OP's budget.

It doesn't matter clock speed. In that case we should go for a Pentium 4 3.6Ghz. Remember those? Put one in your desktop computer and you can turn off the heating in your house.

There's not even one component in that computer that is faster.
CPU is slower than N4200.
RAM is much slower than today's RAM (it's DDR2!).
HDD is even worse.
Storage is SATA2 (you can't even get the SSD speeds there, why even bother upgrading).
It's got VGA port, not even HDMI.
It's Windows 7, not even 8. And you can't upgrade to 10 for free anymore.

But yes, it's not plastic.

debitcardmayhem

Ignore this one

wilson1973

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,




do you want update with what you've decided, or wait until the 'disagreement' is over?




Have you found a lappy that you like?

Not yet,it started a lively debate though

wilson1973

that wrote: »

Wilson1973, if you dont mind slower start up times, not a person that drops or knocks over laptops,
then these could be what you are after, but you could upgrade to ssd drive too

£99 and one year warranty https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cheap-Fast-Lenovo-ThinkPad-Office-Laptop-T420-Core-i5-8GB-Ram-1TB-HDD-Windows-10/123238250895?hash=item1cb192798f%3Am%3AmDKMkCqcXSbMYDhPRDvOANA&var=423643698922

£129 with a year warranty https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cheap-Fast-Lenovo-ThinkPad-Office-Laptop-T430-Core-i5-8GB-Ram-1TB-HDD-Windows-10/123326912361?hash=item1cb6db5769%3Am%3AmDKMkCqcXSbMYDhPRDvOANA&var=423725332560

£175 with a year warranty https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-EliteBook-840-G1-Intel-i5-i7-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-256-SSD-Windows-7-10-Laptop/153029792252?hash=item23a14951fc%3Am%3AmPOJJlD29tfAiK9B3JYdPGw&var=452847068322

Thanks I will have a look at those

wilson1973

AndyPix wrote: »

Well made - well regarded and within budget


https://www.cheaplaptopcompany.co.uk/refurbished-dell-e6400-latitude-win7?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3sbG083J3QIVr7_tCh1p7QaaEAYYAiABEgI2y_D_BwE


If it was me I would plump for the 4GB "upgrade" and spend £25 squid on an SSD


Still well within budget


That setup will be worlds apart from anything with a N processor, crap screen plasticky bottom end consumer crap

Thanks for that

EveryWhere

arciere wrote: »

Yet someone has clearly suggested buying a 10-year old laptop with much slower performance? How technical of a reply was that?

Anyway, it's the OP choice.
You can get this brand new for that money, or you can get that one refurbished, similar specs, for YYY less.
I wouldn't buy the refurbished one, but I understand that people can give different value to the fact that something is new or refurbished. Works the same with other things I guess.

Yes, someone did and I suggested that it was a bit too old.

But lest you forget, the OP asked about second hand. So there is no question about valuing new over refurb.
As to your suggestion, I would not buy a laptop of that specification. Not at the 'refurb' price of £144, nor the 'new' price of £260.

The CPU seems restrictive and a slow HDD will only make matters worse.
The best advice is to buy something with a decent specification, within budget. The ASUS Vivobook is not it, IMO, at any price.

arciere

EveryWhere wrote: »

Yes, someone did and I suggested that it was a bit too old.

But lest you forget, the OP asked about second hand. So there is no question about valuing new over refurb.
As to your suggestion, I would not buy a laptop of that specification. Not at the 'refurb' price of £144, nor the 'new' price of £260.

The CPU seems restrictive and a slow HDD will only make matters worse.
The best advice is to buy something with a decent specification, within budget. The ASUS Vivobook is not it, IMO, at any price.

Well, it's not that it was old, it's that it was much slower in any aspect. And there is no technical reason why someone shuld recommend that. Unless, of course, your main concern is plastic vs aluminium. *That* advice was much worse than mine.
Anyway, I get your point about the specs, still don't think it makes much difference for browsing, but I get what you are saying.

EveryWhere

that wrote: »

Wilson1973, if you dont mind slower start up times, not a person that drops or knocks over laptops,
then these could be what you are after, but you could upgrade to ssd drive too

£99 and one year warranty https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cheap-Fast-Lenovo-ThinkPad-Office-Laptop-T420-Core-i5-8GB-Ram-1TB-HDD-Windows-10/123238250895?hash=item1cb192798f%3Am%3AmDKMkCqcXSbMYDhPRDvOANA&var=423643698922

£129 with a year warranty https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cheap-Fast-Lenovo-ThinkPad-Office-Laptop-T430-Core-i5-8GB-Ram-1TB-HDD-Windows-10/123326912361?hash=item1cb6db5769%3Am%3AmDKMkCqcXSbMYDhPRDvOANA&var=423725332560

£175 with a year warranty https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-EliteBook-840-G1-Intel-i5-i7-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-256-SSD-Windows-7-10-Laptop/153029792252?hash=item23a14951fc%3Am%3AmPOJJlD29tfAiK9B3JYdPGw&var=452847068322

The first one shows at £129.99. None have the SSD option available for some reason. Though easy enough for the OP to fit themselves.

that

EveryWhere wrote: »

The first one shows at £129.99. None have the SSD option available for some reason. Though easy enough for the OP to fit themselves.

the first one was 160Gb for £99. Someone bought it, you have to be quick for deals

The OP never specified ssd, just an option that could be fitted.

Think Novatech did a daily special which has expired that offered 120GB ssd for under £20 - prices are coming down.