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Apr 29th, 2018 10:42 pm
Yea I was going to say, the recommendations for your grandma here are, lol. Like no one took the time to read the initial post. It's for [OP]'s grandma who is using a 10+ year old desktop. No doubt she is on XP or Windows 7. She doesn't need an SSD its a total waste of money, a regular HDD is good enough, and she doesn't need to learn how to use a new O/S like Linux.crystallight wrote: ↑ Thanks. I don't think an SSD will be of much benefit to her. It doesn't necessarily need to be blazing fast. When you say "HD will be a drag", do you mean that this i3 won't be good enough to play HD videos smoothly?
And I think a 14 inch screen would be too small for her unfortunately.
Apr 29th, 2018 10:50 pm
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Apr 30th, 2018 12:55 am
Just make sure you fresh install Windows 10 to remove all the Dell junk.crystallight wrote: ↑ I've been looking for a laptop for my grandma. She's using an old desktop that's easily 10+ years old. Here are her needs:
- General internet browsing
- Emails
- Skyping
- Watching videos. Not really movies but more so videos from family (grandchildren, vacations, bdays, etc). I mention this because she doesn't need some super awesome screen to watch movies, but I suppose a good screen is still better than a bad one.
I want this laptop to last a long time for her so I'd like to get an i3 or better (or at least not a celeron). I've checked out several websites and it seems this is the best deal. http://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-lap ... ftsb_s143e
For $430 you get:
- Dell Inspiron 15 3000
- 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i3-6006U Processor (3MB Cache, 2.00 GHz)
- 4GB, 2400MHz, DDR4
- 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
- Intel® HD Graphics 520
- Windows 10 Home 64-bit English
- 15.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display
What do you RFDers think, is there a better deal out there?
I'm also wondering if this laptop has a webcam? I don't see anywhere on the website if it does or not. It's not a huge deal if it doesn't, as she already has one to use with her desktop. But it'd be much simpler if it already had one built in.
Apr 30th, 2018 7:43 am
Apr 30th, 2018 4:03 pm
A normal HDD is not useless except in a laptop when there is only 1 slot for a harddrive. If you're using regular SATA drives then it's either HDD or SSD. I replaced my 1 TB HDD with a 1 TB SSD. There's no comparison in speed. I press the power button and 5 seconds later Windows is loaded. I copy files to my SSD and it's so much faster. I put my HDD into an external case and I'll use it as storage.crystallight wrote: ↑ Why is a normal HDD useless? I know they're not as fast as an SSD but they worked for many decades and likely still more common than SSD's.
I also think 1TB is already pretty big in capacity. She probably won't even use a quarter of that lol.
Apr 30th, 2018 4:05 pm
Expectations change over time. By now Windows 10 pretty much assumes that everyone has an SSD for performance - not that it won't work with HDD, it's just going to be increasingly painfully slow. And cheap laptop 1 Tbyte drives are especially slow. It's just a technology whose time has passed in laptops. The only reason manufacturers offer them is to keep the entry level price low. It's like the base model car with steel wheels, manual transmission, no power brakes or steering, no radio etc. - yes it works, but it's understood that you wouldn't want it.crystallight wrote: ↑ Why is a normal HDD useless? I know they're not as fast as an SSD but they worked for many decades and likely still more common than SSD's.
I also think 1TB is already pretty big in capacity. She probably won't even use a quarter of that lol.
Apr 30th, 2018 4:43 pm
It means mining has no effect on the prices of laptops, unlike say desktops with gaming GPUscrystallight wrote: ↑ Not gonna lie, I have no idea what the bolded means lol. Care to explain?
Apr 30th, 2018 5:02 pm
Apr 30th, 2018 5:09 pm
$130 more for a real laptop with a real CPU seems like a lot better idea to me. However if on a tight budget it might be a good idea, depending on her use.
Apr 30th, 2018 5:18 pm
Yeah 13 years old is a lot different than 10 years old. No sense in updating a 13 GB XP box machine with 1 GB RAM.crystallight wrote: ↑ I'm not entirely sure about the desktop. It's probably around 12 or 13 years old. Windows XP. Not sure of the processor. RAM is probably 1GB.
I think it's easier just to replace the machine entirely lol.
Apr 30th, 2018 8:05 pm
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