Laptop .

[PeteB]

4 minutes ago, spudulike said:

Just 

You can spend ££££ on perfomance you will never use...bit like giving the 84 year old mother in law an Aston DB9!!!

I'd give my MIL an Aston! But only knowing that she would give it me back and use her Yaris!

 

I got a Lenovo thing that doubles as a big tablet. Open, fold it open and further and the screen is touch!

[openspaceman]

6 minutes ago, spudulike said:

Just saying as it is....how much processing power do you need for surfing, playing Youtube, spread sheets and the odd letter? Not much......a decent quad core chip, lots of RAM and a SSD disk......am I right??

 

I know it is a gift, no idea what the recent CPUs are but the more cores are better (Quad a minimum), RAM...more the better and an SSD disk, not sure the manufacturers will do anything but now!

 

You can spend ££££ on perfomance you will never use...bit like giving the 84 year old mother in law an Aston DB9!!!

I couldn'y agree more for my personal use and stick Linux Mint 20 on it to cut the constant updates from Microsoft but a young girl would prefer the £2500k Macbook pro.

[eggsarascal]

8 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I couldn'y agree more for my personal use and stick Linux Mint 20 on it to cut the constant updates from Microsoft but a young girl would prefer the £2500k Macbook pro.

K'nell is that what they cost?

[openspaceman]

2 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

K'nell is that what they cost?

Yes for top of the range I'm told. I have only recently bought refurbished laptops as gifts for £200 because I'm tight.

[topchippyles]

The one i use seriously is the bollocks £600 ish.My Beth is doing A levels in college and uses the same one.

[eggsarascal]

15 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Yes for top of the range I'm told. I have only recently bought refurbished laptops as gifts for £200 because I'm tight.

My gast is flabbered, I've just looked at prices. New IPhone about a grand! At that money I'll be tight with you.

[Rich Rule]

Look on the apple refurb store.

 

You can get decent MacBooks, cheaper but with Apple warranties and the usual.

 

Certified Refurbished Products - Apple (UK)

WWW.APPLE.COM

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We test and certify all Apple refurbished products and include a one-year warranty.

 

Or enquire about the student discounts?  They used to do something along those lines.

[Rich Rule]

I guess this is kind off billie big bollox.

 

Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Pro 2.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with Retina display - Silver - Apple (UK)

WWW.APPLE.COM

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Originally released May 2020Backlit Magic Keyboard including 4 arrow keys in an inverted “T” arrangementTouch...

 

 

I paid about 14 hundred for my MacBook pro in 2014.  Still going strong now.  More expensive initially but I have had 2 Macs in the last 17 years.  Thats pretty good going.

[doobin]

The MacBook Air will do all she needs, tick the ‘cool’ factor and hold it’s money well. I use one on the odd occasion I need a laptop on a job. 

[Ben Pinnick]

+1 for Macbook air. Work brilliantly, last ages (Ive had one do 8 years hard graft when I used to travel the world a lot) small enough to slip into a bag for carrying about, but with a great keyboard/track pad for actual work. Typing this on one right now. 

Its worth noting as well the Macbook air is the nicest to type on (of the apple range that is), so if you want to get her something for doing actual work on, its definitely the choice. Its going to rinse you for £1300 min probably, but its worth it long term. Just be sure to get the (current) 2020+ model not some discounted pre-2020 version. The 2020 on one fixed all the stuff they ruined on the 2019 version.

Edited December 17, 2021 by Ben Pinnick