Laptop advice please

[Aravose]

Some advice would be very welcome... I mainly use a PC but I need something basic for travelling, suitable for MS Office programs. I'm thinking of one of these 2 options.

Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R7Q7 AMD Ryzen 5 | 512GB SSD | Windows 11

The highly versatile Acer Aspire 5 empower your workflow and finish projects quickly with a powerful AMD Ryzen 5 processor, and plenty of high-speed storage WiFi and memory. The narrow-bezel 15.6

www.computermania.co.za

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[Brawler]

Both look fine spec-wise for what you need. I'd go for the Acer with the longer warranty.

 

[longboy]

Get it from Evetech for much cheaper. You might get unlucky though... you always can send it back to the manufacturer in that case.

 

[Corelli]

Some advice would be very welcome... I mainly use a PC but I need something basic for travelling, suitable for MS Office programs. I'm thinking of one of these 2 options.

Acer Aspire 5 A515-45-R7Q7 AMD Ryzen 5 | 512GB SSD | Windows 11

The highly versatile Acer Aspire 5 empower your workflow and finish projects quickly with a powerful AMD Ryzen 5 processor, and plenty of high-speed storage WiFi and memory. The narrow-bezel 15.6

www.computermania.co.za

Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store

South Africa's leading online store. Fast, reliable delivery to your door. Many ways to pay. Shop anything you can imagine: TVs, laptops, cellphones, kitchen appliances, toys, books, beauty & more. Shop the mobile app anytime, anywhere.

www.takealot.com

Acer batteries suck

I would get an older HP Elitebook ie Gen6

They work great. A Zbook 15 G3 (not the U) if you can find one too. Heavy but they are workstations so 2x hdds, 4x ram slots.

 

[lexor]

Rather buy a Laptop from Carb.

I've bought about 8 x laptops for family and friends via Carb through the years. Zero issues.

Got real good deals on new/demo/1 year old laptops - new price R20 000 to R25 000 - bought from Carb for between R8000 - R10 000.

What works for me :

- Seller must have a high positive feedback score
- I buy Dell (with warranty ) only
- face to face works best - but I bought at least 4 x that had to be shipped.

Last one I bought was in Nov 22.
Got a brand new Dell Latitude 3520 i5 11th Gen for R9000 - warranty till 2025 .