Why spend money on a craptop, though? If we knew your needs (including size/weight requirements) we could offer more recommendations. You can either buy an SSD and pop it in there or buy RAM.. RAM may be a little cheaper. If they're ultrabooks, then it gets to be problematic since they are hard to open access. I bought my fiance a refurb T430, popped in an SSD and extra 4GB of RAM, and installed Linux (even though she's a non-techie, she took to it very easily). That thing's a beast with an i7, 12GB of RAM, 500GB SSD. Gave me a bit of bitching about Linux in the beginning, so I splurged $12 on a grey market Win 10 Pro licence, put that in and had her begging to put Linux back within a few hours lol
Why spend money on a craptop, though? If we knew your needs (including size/weight requirements) we could offer more recommendations. You can either buy an SSD and pop it in there or buy RAM.. RAM may be a little cheaper. If they're ultrabooks, then it gets to be problematic since they are hard to open access. I bought my fiance a refurb T430, popped in an SSD and extra 4GB of RAM, and installed Linux (even though she's a non-techie, she took to it very easily). That thing's a beast with an i7, 12GB of RAM, 500GB SSD. Gave me a bit of bitching about Linux in the beginning, so I splurged $12 on a grey market Win 10 Pro licence, put that in and had her begging to put Linux back within a few hours lol
It's something for the wife to use at home. Email, internet is the main use, that's why I'm looking at something cheap...
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. -Malcolm X
If Fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of Liberalism. -Ronald Reagan
If it's just for light browsing, either of the 2 listed laptops will do the trick.. Now, if she has the habit of opening a fuckton of tabs, then you wanna get the one with more RAM.
Any ssd is light years ahead of a regular HD. They are cheaper now. They used to be not good with repetitious writing /erasing.
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. -Malcolm X
If Fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of Liberalism. -Ronald Reagan
500 is a good figure... Samsung and Intel are your safest bets. I'd just snag a sale on an Intel. Those are absolutely bulletproof. I had some issues with Samsung drives that required a hack to make them work, but never with an Intel. Even the Samsungs are ok once the hack is implemented. Been using one for 7 years, still chugging along.