Board 8 > In need of help choosing a laptop

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So I've been without laptop for a few years now. My wife has wanted one for the longest time, and since she will soon start taking classes, I believe now is the perfect time to surprise her with one.

I don't know much about product specifications for electronics, I need help choosing a good one for a good price. I've been looking at this one, and I think it looks good:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGZ79N6/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_QQ30PQFVSGHST2CGTCGR

She will basically only use it to watch streaming services, browse social media, and a few class related assignments with Microsoft Office.

Is that one good? Thought and recommendations are highly appreciated.

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Forgot to mention in OP: her niece has a touchscreen laptop and she would definitely like hers to be like that too. Hence the one I linked to.

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If that's all she's doing I'd get an ipad or something

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That's a solid computer, it would definitely be able to handle the things you mentioned. If the use case is that simple though, a Chromebook could also be a good cheap alternative.

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Dragonair posted...

If that's all she's doing I'd get an ipad or something

Even though she would mostly use the laptop's touchscreen, she isn't really the tablet type.

BlackDra90n posted...

That's a solid computer, it would definitely be able to handle the things you mentioned. If the use case is that simple though, a Chromebook could also be a good cheap alternative.

Is there a good one you could recommend? @BlackDra90n

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I don't know any models but they're generally simpler devices so it's more about the misc functions they have rather than the hardware. Would be worth just taking a look and seeing if it's something that looks like it would be a good fit.

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I'm not a tech guy at all, but if you're just browsing the internet, streaming, and using office, it doesn't matter all that much. I would definitely recommend getting something with an SSD if possible, the difference is massive.

I just swapped the HDD in my 5 year old laptop to an SSD and it's like I have a brand new machine. I don't have a desktop so this is literally the fastest I've ever had a computer perform for me.

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davidponte posted...

I'm not a tech guy at all, but if you're just browsing the internet, streaming, and using office, it doesn't matter all that much. I would definitely recommend getting something with an SSD if possible, the difference is massive.

The one I posted says "256 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD", so I assume this is what you mean.

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NVMe drives are even faster than regular SSDs, so that one is already great.

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