PLEASE direct me to a decent, cheap & almost good'ish performance laptop ?

alykhalil1

Hi All,

I am not very computer literate. I am looking for a budget laptop but decent performance. My budget is not much at all, say £90-£110.

Please kindly suggest.

Sincerely,
AK

cerebus

You would be better off going for a second hand/refurbished for that price, you will not get a decent spec new laptop anywhere near your budget especially at today's prices 

Check cex,gumtree,preloved,eBay,  amazon etc 

Anything with a 4th gen intel processor or better, 8gb ram and a ssd hard drive will be more than good enough for general day to day use 

victor2

That's a bargain basement budget and won't get a new laptop. You might get more help if you specify what you need to do with it.

For example, would a cheap tablet do what you need.

Alderbank

A chromebook might be fine for you.

Currys and Argos have several new models at £139.

If your budget is really tight, several retailers are selling this Acer 11.6 inch Chromebook refurbished (often as good as new) for about £85
https://www.google.com/search?q=chromebook&rlz=1C1VDKB_enGB1030GB1030&oq=chromebo&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIGCAIQRRhAMhAIAxAAGIMBGLEDGIAEGIoFMg0IBBAAGIMBGLEDGIAEMgoIBRAAGLEDGIAEMgcIBhAAGIAEMgYIBxBFGDyoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1&oshopproduct=gid:11707348299908141250,mid:576462473193312352,oid:1007918581940138918,iid:1618446783234331144,rds:UENfMTE3MDczNDgyOTk5MDgxNDEyNTB8UFJPRF9QQ18xMTcwNzM0ODI5OTkwODE0MTI1MA%3D%3D,pvt:hg,pvo:3&oshop=apv&pvs=0

alykhalil1

nO....no...I AM SORRY, MY APOLOGIES, I DID NOT MENTION 2ND HAND/REFURBISHED OR BRAND NEW. i AM MOOTE THA POSITIVE YOU ANNOT GET A BRAND NEW WITH THAT BUDGET BUT I JUST NEED GOOD SPECS. 

Oh OH..sorry for the caps lock.

what are decent general day to day work for a laptop ??
- 8GB+ RAM
- 200GB ROM (built in memory)

what more ???

many thanks

Rgds
AK

Bonhomie

Make an offer on something like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395012385291

alykhalil1 said:

Hi All,

I am not very computer literate. I am looking for a budget laptop but decent performance. My budget is not much at all, say £90-£110.

Please kindly suggest.

Sincerely,
AK

Bonhomie

Otherwise; there are a lot of decent if pre Intel 8th Gen laptops within budget.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355249879886

Relatively easy to upgrade if and when



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ididgetwhereiamtoday

Up your budget to £200 ish and you will get a cracking laptop from CEX or Amazon renewed. I think you will struggle at £100. 

Bonhomie

ididgetwhereiamtoday said:

Up your budget to £200 ish and you will get a cracking laptop from CEX or Amazon renewed. I think you will struggle at £100. 

Don't be silly The budget is £90 to £110.

cerebus

I did tell you what to look for in a laptop......

Ex office laptops like lenovo x240 and above are good machines in plentiful supply and can be picked up for £50-£100 if you shop around and don't rush 

victor2

You have been here before OP...
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80081311/#Comment_80081311