Laptop for 10yo

Egon

Egon

Egon

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Hey everyone,

My little girl has been saving her pennies for years, we cracked open her money box to the tune of £76 the recently... we were all pleasantly surprised.

Anyway, she's after a laptop to help with schoolwork and after a few donations from generous grandparents and a bit more saving we've agreed to let her have one.

So, here's my thoughts on specs:

* Needs to be the right size for her, about 13" I think would do
* Storage isn't going to be an issue at this age, so I was thinking 32GB SSD
* She's mentioned touch screen, but to me that's very low priority
* She'll need basic office software - word, ppt etc.
* Needs to be light and portable, not big and bulky
* Budget around £200

I was thinking about the Acer Aspire ES1-331 (this is the 11" model, but the same specs) but then I noticed the Asus Eeebooks that OcUK have in.

Anyone had any experience with these. Or had to buy within that budget for a similar age range?

Any advice welcome :)
 
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How about a chromebook?

Use google's own docs, sheets & slides for office equiv software all of which auto backup online.. they don't suffer from the malware/virus problems that windows machines do.. and you can set up a supervised user account for her so you can control the websites she has access to.

Cheaper ones can be bought as older/refurb models often from the argos/currys ebay shops.
 
I know the ins and out's of chromebooks, I use them a lot myself. I thought about them, but for her first computer I want something she's familiar with... And so does the missus!
 
HP Stream 11? or shop around for an HP Elitebook or Dell i5 3rd Gen are mostly under £200.
 
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I have an 11" Asus netbook which I bought second hand for £30. Dual core Atom, 2GB of RAM, 20GB embedded SSD.

It is fine for general browsing and desktop publishing, using Elementary Linux.

No need to go spending £200!
 
CEUOTC said:
HP Stream 11? or shop around for an HP Elitebook or Dell i5 3rd Gen are mostly under £200.
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Not keen on the HP streams after having seen them in the flesh today. The favourite at the minute is the Asus Eeebooks (X205TA).

Richdog said:
10 year olds need their own dedicated laptop for school work now? :eek:
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Oh, she could live without it, but she often asks to use either the wife's or mine for many a different thing.

Acme said:
I have an 11" Asus netbook which I bought second hand for £30. Dual core Atom, 2GB of RAM, 20GB embedded SSD.

It is fine for general browsing and desktop publishing, using Elementary Linux.

No need to go spending £200!
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Hadn't really considered 2nd hand. Will need to have a look around. I've found the X205TA which seems to be the same (or similar) spec as you are mentioning for £160 devlivered.
 
I posted a thread about this type of thing, ended up going for the Lenovo IdeaPad 100S, can currently be had for £150 and from the little i've played with it seems pretty good for the money.
 
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