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Advice on Buying a new Laptop
GoodBottleOfWine
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At present have an old Acer desk top pc which has served me very well. I am considering replacing it with a laptop. My knowledge on what is a good buy is limited . My budget is around £350. I want a 15 inch screen (number 1 priority) minimum of 4kb, reasonable storage but not excessive and a decent battery life. Also i want it be on Windows 10 as that is what I used to using. Can anyone give me some ideas of what laptop would be good buy and as far as possible meet my requirements.
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I'd aim for 8GB and 240GB SSD otherwise you're just not going to get any longevity. Which, for £350, probably means refurbished? Would you try a refurb?GoodBottleOfWine said: minimum of 4kb, reasonable storage0 -
At your budget you need to think about if you would like modern tat or solidly built but old business class laptop.
Examples of modern tat that fit your specification:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Pavilion-15-cw1511-15-6-Laptop-AMD-Ryzen-3-256-GB-SSD-Blue-REFURBISHED/353118881160
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Pavilion-15-cw1511sa-Laptop-15-6-AMD-Ryzen-3-4-GB-RAM-128-GB-HDD-REFURBISHED/353102592070
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