Best budget laptop for school

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Hi,
Need to buy a laptop asap for my 16 year old son for studying for Higher exams. Nothing fancy - NO gaming etc. Internet, MS Teams, email, Word. Obvious budget pressures due to the cost of living. New or refurb fine.
Any advice?
Thanks
Need to buy a laptop asap for my 16 year old son for studying for Higher exams. Nothing fancy - NO gaming etc. Internet, MS Teams, email, Word. Obvious budget pressures due to the cost of living. New or refurb fine.
Any advice?
Thanks
Skint: (adjective) The tendency to turn off the grill when turning the bacon.
Think skint - it makes things simpler
Think skint - it makes things simpler
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Think skint - it makes things simpler
HP Laptop 14-eg0001na 4G LTE with 20GB of EE data, 14 inch, Snapdragon 7c, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC, Windows 11 - Silver £149.99 @ Amazon | hotukdeals
Think skint - it makes things simpler
Ebay currently have a 10% sale running, I'm looking at this one for my son but need to do some more research (how upgradeable it is) before purchasing.
Yes, it's significantly over your budget (£449 with discount applied) but will provide good service for a number of years.
ASUS VivoBook 14 Laptop Core i5-1135G7 16GB RAM 512GB SSD 14" FHD IPS Win11 Home 4711081503019 | eBay
Also I've never upgraded a laptop in my life. Use it for a few years then get a new one. Shelling out £450 straight after Christmas is not really an option unless anything cheaper would be actually useless.
Think skint - it makes things simpler
https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptop-computers-2-in-1-pcs/inspiron-15/spd/inspiron-15-3515-laptop/cn31503sc
Not sure how long the sale is on for.
With web based Office 365 and cloud computing the school advise this is more than adequate.