Hello everyone,
Looking to get a new laptop for my mother for Christmas. Admittedly I don't know too much about budgeting PC stuff as I usually just buy the most expensive stuff for myself when I can lol.
However this time there is a budget. Here are the questions from the pinned thread.
1. What is your budget?
$500 or less is preferred, slightly above that is fine.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
screen size? 17in is desired but 15.6 is okay if no viable options at all.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1080p would be nice, nothing above it is really needed.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
I don't think so? She doesn't have a desktop currently and doesn't bring her current laptop anywhere.
5. How much battery life do you need?
The standard battery life is fine, as it stands she doesn't use her current (dying one) too much, and as I said she doesn't use it outside the house so it can be charged when needed during use. So nothing crazy like "two days battery life or your money back!" kind of things are needed.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
No, she does not play any games on it, she mostly plays stuff like Candy Crush on her phone.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Web Browsing, daily home tasks, minor photo editing (No detailed design work but the occasional Photoshop may be used), youtube browsing. You get the idea I hope.
No rendering, no high-end gaming, just everyday tasks + a little more.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
I don't think anything massive like 1TB is needed, but more than 200~GB or more is preferred. She does have an external hard drive.
An SSD would probably be best for transfer speeds and such.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Amazon
Best Buy
Walmart
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
As long as possible, she doesn't use it a lot, but she doesn't tend to upgrade often either. It's usually just when the current one dies and she has to upgrade to a new one.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
No Bluray is needed, a standard DVD Rom will probably work, but if it does have a Bluray it's not the end of the world either.
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
No huge preference here. I think she's like to stay away from ACER because of past experience with one she had a long time ago (Battery issues).
I personally am unsure of Toshiba due to my experience with a laptop from them (HDD issue).
Something that's known for good storage and battery health works I guess.
I'd like to direct this question towards the responder if possible if you could explain to me why the brand was chosen.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I know nothing of Chromebooks, so if you have one of those as an option if you could give a little run-down as to why and any limitations we'd run into.
Looking to get a new laptop for my mother for Christmas. Admittedly I don't know too much about budgeting PC stuff as I usually just buy the most expensive stuff for myself when I can lol.
However this time there is a budget. Here are the questions from the pinned thread.
1. What is your budget?
$500 or less is preferred, slightly above that is fine.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
screen size? 17in is desired but 15.6 is okay if no viable options at all.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
1080p would be nice, nothing above it is really needed.
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
I don't think so? She doesn't have a desktop currently and doesn't bring her current laptop anywhere.
5. How much battery life do you need?
The standard battery life is fine, as it stands she doesn't use her current (dying one) too much, and as I said she doesn't use it outside the house so it can be charged when needed during use. So nothing crazy like "two days battery life or your money back!" kind of things are needed.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
No, she does not play any games on it, she mostly plays stuff like Candy Crush on her phone.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Web Browsing, daily home tasks, minor photo editing (No detailed design work but the occasional Photoshop may be used), youtube browsing. You get the idea I hope.
No rendering, no high-end gaming, just everyday tasks + a little more.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
I don't think anything massive like 1TB is needed, but more than 200~GB or more is preferred. She does have an external hard drive.
An SSD would probably be best for transfer speeds and such.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Amazon
Best Buy
Walmart
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
As long as possible, she doesn't use it a lot, but she doesn't tend to upgrade often either. It's usually just when the current one dies and she has to upgrade to a new one.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
No Bluray is needed, a standard DVD Rom will probably work, but if it does have a Bluray it's not the end of the world either.
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
No huge preference here. I think she's like to stay away from ACER because of past experience with one she had a long time ago (Battery issues).
I personally am unsure of Toshiba due to my experience with a laptop from them (HDD issue).
Something that's known for good storage and battery health works I guess.
I'd like to direct this question towards the responder if possible if you could explain to me why the brand was chosen.
13. What country do you live in?
USA
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I know nothing of Chromebooks, so if you have one of those as an option if you could give a little run-down as to why and any limitations we'd run into.