Laptop - Student

bwana said:
Got my kid a Dell Inspiron for high school last year - one year warranty, mediocre build quality, piece of crap.

We're selling it to put the money towards a macbook air.
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You can't buy an Inspiron and expect Macbook quality. You can get them for as low as R14K, and it will obviously show in the build quality. If you want something to compete with a Macbook, you buy the XPS range, which hands down looked more modern than the MacBooks until the Max came out. Now I would say they are on par looks wise. Just never expect a windows laptop to have a trackpad that matches the macbooks, but I think the touch screen makes up for it, especially if you buy something in the 2 in 1 form factor.
 
Moby Grape said:
All of which you could test before walking out the shop... or perhaps view an online review movie. It sounds to me like you are peeved that a R15k laptop isn't as good as a R25k laptop.

Apple didn't come out with any in most student's budget. The OP explicitly said they don't want Apple. Maybe time to stop derailing here.
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That, is accurate. :thumbsup:
 
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backstreetboy said:
No need to go secondhand... Just pay R500 more.

Product Page | Nucleus Tech

www.nucleustech.co.za www.nucleustech.co.za
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Personally I can't recommend an Intel notebook without a dedicated GPU. Maybe if it had one of the later AMD apu's. I also can't recommend a notebook with only 8GB of ram. So include in the price adding another 8GB ram. Also check how much of the 3 year dell warranty is still available on these demo's, but that is how I bought my Notebook via Carbonite.
 
RedViking said:
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Personally I can't recommend an Intel notebook without a dedicated GPU. Maybe if it had one of the later AMD apu's. I also can't recommend a notebook with only 8GB of ram. So include in the price adding another 8GB ram. Also check how much of the 3 year dell warranty is still available on these demo's, but that is how I bought my Notebook via Carbonite.
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It's stated as new but, hey, people don't read anymore so it's understandable.
 
backstreetboy said:
It's stated as new but, hey, people don't read anymore so it's understandable.
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I said check. If you spend so much money. Do your homework. Won't hurt.
 
you can get a used thinkpad. Some of the older models have high upgradability potential. I run a thinkpad T420 with an SSD+1TB HDD. It if fast and does everything I need it for. The only downside is it get warm quick. All this cost me R1900.
 
Moby Grape said:
Why not? Unless you need a dedicated GPU, why would you recommend it? 1) it's not doing design work 2) it needs to open a decent sized power point or spreadsheet. All they need is 8Gb RAM and an Intel i5.
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From personal experience, and even for basic things like my mom's notebook. Can't recommend it and would strong advise against it for a Windows machine. OP will also realise over time his needs might change and better to future proof if the option is there.
 
Moby Grape said:
How about this for value?

Product Page | Nucleus Tech

www.nucleustech.co.za www.nucleustech.co.za

10th Gen Dell Latitude 5410 Quad Core i5/256GB/8GB Ultrabook, 3 year on-site Dell Warranty. R13 500,00​

Yes, it's a demo unit, but it's every bit as good as brand new. I'm posting from one I got from Nucleustech and have never been happier with the value for money I get from Jesse.
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I have no problem with demo's, also check on Carbonite for Rafique.

Rafique

carbonite.co.za carbonite.co.za
 
RedViking said:
Personally I can't recommend an Intel notebook without a dedicated GPU. Maybe if it had one of the later AMD apu's. I also can't recommend a notebook with only 8GB of ram. So include in the price adding another 8GB ram. Also check how much of the 3 year dell warranty is still available on these demo's, but that is how I bought my Notebook via Carbonite.
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Even for general office / student type work?
My wife's i7 1065G7 15W version handles windows just fine, even Photoshop and some older games. It has better GPU performance than a desktop 550Ti, which is a very old entry level card, but it is still something.

I also think 8GB is less of an issue if you have a good NVMe SSD, but I still like multitasking a lot, so I like 16GB.
 
Barbarian Conan said:
Even for general office / student type work?
My wife's i7 1065G7 15W version handles windows just fine, even Photoshop and some older games. It has better GPU performance than a desktop 550Ti, which is a very old entry level card, but it is still something.

I also think 8GB is less of an issue if you have a good NVMe SSD, but I still like multitasking a lot, so I like 16GB.
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Your wife probably has a built in GPU.
 
Moby Grape said:
I have bought from Rafique too. Top seller.
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This looks nice.

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