I would say try and find one with an SSD and if not just replace the existing hdd with ssd as 1st thing you do out of the box. Daughter wont need a tb of space and the speed increase a 128gb/256gb ssd can give is amazing in a laptop. Cloning the OS etc is simple too.
I put a 256gb ssd into my GFs laptop and it went from a 1min 20 second boot up to ~ 24 seconds. Thats a last gen I5 too.
How do you clone the OS?
I don't really understand what you mean. I just bought a laptop but I want to mirror every thing onto my ssd. So I have my laptop (with hard drive inside it) and also the ssd in it's box.. how can I literally clone it? Will I need any additional wires or anything to clone it?Basically take out original hdd plug into PC, run Marcium reflect on it to create an image of it. Plug SDD into PC and then run Marcium reflect to put image from original onto SSD.
Plug SSD into laptop and everything will be as it was with HHD just much faster.
Other programs are available but Ive used Marcium Reflect a few times and the free version is ace.
So assuming your laptop only has 1 hard drive bay you will needI don't really understand what you mean. I just bought a laptop but I want to mirror every thing onto my ssd. So I have my laptop (with hard drive inside it) and also the ssd in it's box.. how can I literally clone it? Will I need any additional wires or anything to clone it?