Laptop question

tazwhoever

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3114168

I wish to buy the above laptop for my daughter, I have discovered Windows 10 S is very limited, only Microsoft store apps can be installed.

Is the anyway I could install Windows Home 32/64 bit, so I can have other apps. I would prefer chrome browser and other apps like PDF, etc. I would like this to be free of possible, otherwise I buy a copy from eBay or Amazon.

Is it easy to do?

Thanks

EveryWhere

tazwhoever wrote: »

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3114168

I wish to buy the above laptop for my daughter, I have discovered Windows 10 S is very limited, only Microsoft store apps can be installed.

Is the anyway I could install Windows Home 32/64 bit, so I can have other apps. I would prefer chrome browser and other apps like PDF, etc. I would like this to be free of possible, otherwise I buy a copy from eBay or Amazon.

Is it easy to do?

Thanks

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3028094/windows-10-s-mode-can-be-switched-off-for-free-confirms-microsoft
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4456067/windows-10-switch-out-of-s-mode

DoaM

I'd never heard of S Mode ... but from your links it seems that it's been around for 2+ years.

tazwhoever

EveryWhere wrote: »

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3028094/windows-10-s-mode-can-be-switched-off-for-free-confirms-microsoft
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4456067/windows-10-switch-out-of-s-mode

Thanks, which Windows 10 Home or Pro shall I go for (32 or 64)?

Plus which MS Office shall I go for Office Home 365 or Office 2019 or one below?

Thanks again,

I hope the link you have provided still work?

that

tazwhoever wrote: »

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3114168

I wish to buy the above laptop for my daughter, I have discovered Windows 10 S is very limited, only Microsoft store apps can be installed.

Is the anyway I could install Windows Home 32/64 bit, so I can have other apps. I would prefer chrome browser and other apps like PDF, etc. I would like this to be free of possible, otherwise I buy a copy from eBay or Amazon.

Is it easy to do?

Thanks

If your daughter is about 12, or not computer literate, the laptop my suite her needs. Dont buy the laptop.

A second hand laptop that has a i5-3210M that came out in 2012 is faster than the cpu in that lenovo, and that i5-3210M is old, but still works well, but most would prefer newer version 8. the screen resolution is too poor, you cant even watch a Full HD film on it without it having to scale the picture. 120GB is the smallest you can now get, for surfing it is fine, but throw on a few applications and updates, it may get full quickly. For face book and surfing it should be fine, but is described as "entry-level laptop"

The best deals are second hand deals. Nothing wrong with them most of the time. Nothing goes wrong with a new laptops, most of the time too. If she is inexperienced, purchase a used one with a year warranty

The good thing about this laptop is that it is light weight, under 2kg

Chino

tazwhoever wrote: »

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3114168

I wish to buy the above laptop for my daughter

Your daughter will presumably be using it to edit documents (as you talk about wanting to install Microsoft Office on it) yet it has the following appalling screen resolution:

Display features:

...
...
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels.

Don't you love your daughter?

Cisco001

Have you consider used thinkpad?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-X260-12-5-Laptop-i5-6300U-2-4Ghz-256GB-SSD-8GB-Windows-10/174108440231?hash=item2889abf6a7%3Ag%3AlfUAAOSwkxtdyTVh&LH_BIN=1

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T460-14-Laptop-i5-6300U-2-4Ghz-8GB-180SSD-Webcam-Window-10/202826031760?hash=item2f395fa290%3Ag%3AdUMAAOSw8OtdyVit&LH_BIN=1

tazwhoever

Daughter started her GCSEs this year and hopefully go to do A levels. I read the reviews on Argos website and they look positive. Some have bought it for university.

I need to pick it up today or tomorrow. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

couriervanman

Well first off avoid most of the tat in Argos......overpriced cheap rubbish

Cisco001

couriervanman wrote: »

Well first off avoid most of the tat in Argos......overpriced cheap rubbish

Agree.

Get used business laptop if budget under £200

If you want laptop few years without upgrade, I recommend need spend spending 400 like this one
https://ao.com/product/6bl30eaabubun-hp-laptop-silver-70265-251.aspx

And if it meant to take to uni in future, 15.6 is too large to carry around

silvercar

Cisco001 wrote: »

Agree.

Get used business laptop if budget under £200

If you want laptop few years without upgrade, I recommend need spend spending 400 like this one
https://ao.com/product/6bl30eaabubun-hp-laptop-silver-70265-251.aspx

And if it meant to take to uni in future, 15.6 is too large to carry around

Interesting you say that, my son said the same when I asked him about this https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1997648, said 14" was a better size.