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Looking for a laptop

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  • Oct 9th, 2018 1:52 pm
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Feb 12, 2009
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North York

Looking for a laptop

Good Thanksgiving everyone.

My brother in-law is looking for a new laptop.

He really only uses it for surfing the web, you tube and the office products.

He was thinking of a MB but quickly realized that spending $1.5k on a browsing machine isn’t worth it.

Budget is up to $500.

I thought maybe a chrombook would be good but not sure how it runs with .exe files.

He isn’t looking for a tablet.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thank you all in advance
Last edited by simce9 on Oct 7th, 2018 2:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Oct 4, 2018
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With that budget and his needs a Chromebook is pretty much the only option unless used or refurb laptops are an option.
Newbie
Sep 6, 2018
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I think you have to use cloud storage for most everything on a chrome book, which wouldn't be my preference. It sounds like a basic low end laptop from Dell or other PC manufacturer might be the answer. $500 sounds about right and there should be some options.
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Refurb Dells are well within the budget you want to spend.

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