Celeron N4000 with 4gb RAM

[Dan_276]

Would a laptop (Acer Swift 1) with these specs and a 64gb SSD be useable? I know the performance wouldn't blow the world away; I'm just wondering if a laptop with these specs would perform reasonably well or just be a stuttery mess. I would use it mainly for watching YouTube/iPlayer, writing documents and editing reasonably media-heavy PowerPoints.

Would it be up to it, or should I go for the more expensive Swift 1 version with the Pentium N5000? My budget is pretty tight. Or should I go for the older Swift 1 version with a Pentium N4200?

 

[popatim]

The 64Gb of non-upgradable storage would and is a deal breaker for me. There's 20Gb free when you get it. That pretty much limits any media rich content you had planned

 

[Scottray]

Per your use case, I think you would be better off with an Intel i3 laptop. This Lenovo https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Performance-i3-7100U-Processor-Bluetooth/dp/B07F24TT75/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1537648562&sr=8-3&keywords=i3+laptop+under+400&dpID=41VylnmAuNL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch would better suite your needs and is roughly in the same price range.

 

[jaguarskx]

A quick Google search reveals that the Acer Swift 1 with the Pentium Silver N5000 CPU sells for about $370.

For $380 you can buy the following Acer laptop with a dual core i3-8130u CPU, 1TB HDD and 6GB of RAM. It also has a DVD drive (pretty rare these days) and an okay 1080p screen.

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-i3-8130U-Memory-E5-576-392H/dp/B079TGL2BZ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1537904576&sr=8-3&keywords=i3-8130u+laptop


You can upgrade the RAM and replace the HDD with a SSD in the future.