Good laptop for no more than £200

hubb

My mum just wants a decent laptop for basic internet banking, social media etc. She is willing to pay up to £200 with no preferences to make or disk capacity, just enough for the average use. A camera on it would be good too. Any deals with cashback would be a bonus too.

Thanks.

[Deleted User]

Sounds like she just needs a tablet.

that

for people, especially as we get older we may want a larger screen, but a larger screen come with additional weight, and obviously size. some may even want a touchscreen?

I's go for a secondhand one, but there are the ones that users sell and the ones that businesses sell. Something like a
thinkpad x220
DELL LATITUDE E6420
DELL LATITUDE E6520

If you are not too picky, and do not mind a few scratches and worry about screen size or weight, you should be able to pick something up for about £150, but it all depends what you are after

New ones?: This now expired deal £233 was not too bad https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-s340-14api-14-amd-ryzen-3-laptop-128-gb-ssd-grey-23310-at-currys-ebay-3359409

Cashback makes it sound like you want a new one, and for that you would want to visit one of the cashback sites, but you may get crud for a mediocre price with a cashback deal.

Speedster2

An iPad Mini, with the smallest amount of storage she can get away with. Touchscreen, 2 good cameras. I’m a Windows 10 laptop user and an Android phone diehard but for tablets you really can’t beat an iPad. None on the Apple Refurbished site right now, but they come up regularly. Should show up for about the £200 mark.


Apple Refurbished iPad:
https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/refurbished/ipad/ipad


I bought a refurbished HP laptop recently from Laptops Direct. They were good to deal with:
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/refurbished-laptops-under-200-pounds?tref=refurblaptop


Refurbished tablets too:
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/refurbished-tablet-pcs

hubb

Deleted_User wrote: »

Sounds like she just needs a tablet.

No, she wants a laptop.

hubb

Speedster2 wrote: »

An iPad Mini, with the smallest amount of storage she can get away with. Touchscreen, 2 good cameras. I’m a Windows 10 laptop user and an Android phone diehard but for tablets you really can’t beat an iPad. None on the Apple Refurbished site right now, but they come up regularly. Should show up for about the £200 mark.


Apple Refurbished iPad:
https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/refurbished/ipad/ipad


I bought a refurbished HP laptop recently from Laptops Direct. They were good to deal with:
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/refurbished-laptops-under-200-pounds?tref=refurblaptop


Refurbished tablets too:
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/refurbished-tablet-pcs

Thanks all, I will follow the links you sent. Much appreciated.

debitcardmayhem

that wrote: »

for people, especially as we get older we may want a larger screen, but a larger screen come with additional weight, and obviously size. some may even want a touchscreen?
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Sounds ageist to me , but I'll let that pass
However I agree that a refurbished lappy is a good idea, amazon have some "amazon renewed" lappys with warranty too.

that

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Sounds ageist to me , but I'll let that pass

I can't help as we get older many things and often including the waist line often go south. I wish I could say I was the exception, but I'm better than some but worse than many

debitcardmayhem

that wrote: »

I can't help as we get older many things and often including the waist line often go south. I wish I could say I was the exception, but I'm better than some but worse than many

I could say that "some" is not quantifiable but I relate to the many :rotfl:

EveryWhere

hubb wrote: »

Thanks all, I will follow the links you sent. Much appreciated.

To save you time, there is only one from those listings that comes close to meeting the minimum criteria; https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/refurbished-hp-pavilion-15-cw0980na-amd-a9-9425-4gb-128gb-radeon-r5-15.6-in-a1-4xz13ea/version.asp

Not that it is a recommendation.

hubb

EveryWhere wrote: »

To save you time, there is only one from those listings that comes close to meeting the minimum criteria; https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/refurbished-hp-pavilion-15-cw0980na-amd-a9-9425-4gb-128gb-radeon-r5-15.6-in-a1-4xz13ea/version.asp

Not that it is a recommendation.

Ok but refurbished ? I think she said nothing second hand, just new.