New laptop needed - Help a Non-Techie out?

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Hi, 

My daughters Dell E7440 (4gb memory, i5 processor) has broken - We've taken it to be repaired and have been told its going to cost too much to repair and we need to replace. 

I was hoping you could suggest a laptop for her.... 

She uses it for: 


School work - She uses her Hotmail account for Word/Excel etc 
General browsing - YouTube, Pinterest, Google Searches 

Can you suggest a laptop for a replacement?

Currys have suggested an Acer Aspire at £500 

neilmcl

Did they suggest what was wrong with the laptop, Dell latitudes are pretty much bomb proof.

J_B

I was following you till you dropped the word Currys into the equation.

Was it they who told you it was 'beyond economic repair'?

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

"potentially needs a new mainboard & Battery plus repair cost" 

I did a google search and did the "remove battery, drain power, put it back together and try turning it on" but there's no life to it. My daughter said it "just died" when she was watching something 

CoastingHatbox

If it did the job, buy another second hand one from eBay. And then you have a set of spares for it.
Look for a reputable seller.

I've got one in bits; sadly the main board died. I will get a replacement and re-assemble at some point. Otherwise, I would offer you the spares.

Cisco001

Do you mean this one from currys?

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-aspire-5-a514-54-14-laptop-intel-core-i5-256-gb-ssd-silver-10216767-pdt.html

It looks OK to me.

This one with Ryzen 5 4500u @ £470 worth considering
https://www.box.co.uk/30031049-Medion-Akoya-E14303-AMD-Ryzen-5-8GB-RAM-_3552562.html

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

No, they suggested this one: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-aspire-3-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-1-tb-hdd-red-10203753-pdt.html 

I'm not sure she needs "all" of that though....

debitcardmayhem

I suggest she looks elsewhere, eg Dell. That has a HDD , Dell has an i5 with nvme ssd 499, 549 with 8GB

J_B

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel said:

No, they suggested this one: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-aspire-3-15-6-laptop-intel-core-i5-1-tb-hdd-red-10203753-pdt.html

Luckily, it's out of stock!

Do NOT buy one with an HDD, insist on an SSD

Neil49

You could check out the Dell Outlet site for returns and refurbished laptops. There can be some decent deals if you are lucky. 

OnlyTheBestWillDo

Neil49 said:

You could check out the Dell Outlet site for returns and refurbished laptops. There can be some decent deals if you are lucky. 

Not a bad idea; They currently have usable laptops from £270.