cheap laptop or good

[hornetstinger]

I was thinking if getting a £650 laptop (Acer aspire 8gb ram 512gb SSD Ryzen 7 ips screen)

However thinking about it it will only be used for internet browsing, copy files across LAN/to usb hd, managing music in foobar, P2P,email) and setting up universal remote, maybe room EQ etc

So I was thinking would something like LENOVO IdeaPad Slim 1i 11.6" Laptop - Intel® Celeron™, 64 GB eMMC, Grey
For about £200 be ok?

I would use a USB hd for P2P
I know W10 enterprise uses about 25gb as just installed that in a budget hp machine fitted old 64gb hp celeron dual core which once loaded is not too bad in speed.

 

[hornetstinger]

Another option is chapewst ideapad but it only has 128gb SSD.

I know windows uses about 30gb, on the other machine plenty of space on a 64gb SSD However that is a desktop simple to upgrade to 256gb if needed.

If laptop SSD is fixed and unremovable then might not be good idea to get 128gb SSD .


Also issue of ram, if it's soldered in and no space slots.

 

[hornetstinger]

That ideapad shouldn't be sold as a Windows device tbh and I wouldn't give it to my 9 year old to use.

Spend a bit more, get a proper quad core or more CPU, M.2 SSD and if possible 2.5" SATA bay.

For £650, the Acer seems decent value tbh

I've seen hp 17". IPS screen, optical bay, SSD and HDD, 16gb ram.

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