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- Jan 25, 2005
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- Denver, CO
My wife starts grad school next week and she's looking for a laptop to use as her school laptop for the next couple years. I haven't bought a new laptop in a few years and the market has gotten a little weird so I am looking for advice.
She does not get excited about technology at all, this will truly be a web, office, email machine. The things I think she will notice will be quality keyboard/palm deflection, not a horrendous screen, battery life, portability, and for performance as long as it doesn't fall down on youtube HD it will probably be enough. Looking at max $500 she'd be much happier spending less. I think a 13" 14" would be ideal, I have a 15.4" 7lbs work laptop and I hate it.
My problem is the convertable/chromebook market has really saturated the smaller laptop market. I know she could care less if it has touch screen and wouldn't pay for it. I think a Baytrail would probably be enough horsepower but it's hard for me to get over the "I'm buying a Celeron?" feel in my gut. Any suggestions?
I am looing at a Lenovo Z40 with i3-4030U, GeForce GT820M, 14" FHD for $500. It's far more power than she needs and I'd prefer intel HD over the Gefore for better battery, but that's a slamming deal that ends today. But I also feel I just spec'd out a laptop for myself more than for her....so can anyone come up with another suggestion?
She does not get excited about technology at all, this will truly be a web, office, email machine. The things I think she will notice will be quality keyboard/palm deflection, not a horrendous screen, battery life, portability, and for performance as long as it doesn't fall down on youtube HD it will probably be enough. Looking at max $500 she'd be much happier spending less. I think a 13" 14" would be ideal, I have a 15.4" 7lbs work laptop and I hate it.
My problem is the convertable/chromebook market has really saturated the smaller laptop market. I know she could care less if it has touch screen and wouldn't pay for it. I think a Baytrail would probably be enough horsepower but it's hard for me to get over the "I'm buying a Celeron?" feel in my gut. Any suggestions?
I am looing at a Lenovo Z40 with i3-4030U, GeForce GT820M, 14" FHD for $500. It's far more power than she needs and I'd prefer intel HD over the Gefore for better battery, but that's a slamming deal that ends today. But I also feel I just spec'd out a laptop for myself more than for her....so can anyone come up with another suggestion?