Laptops for learning

[weelzSA]

So we are donating two laptops to a school in Malawi to teach the girls there that have no form of education. They need 10 laptops so we have said we will donate two. I have been looking and have found these two - I am pretty sure they will do the job just fine (basic word etc).

Which is the better one:

ASUS

Lenovo



As mentioned, they will only be used for basic PC work and word documents.

If you know of a better deal also please let me know.

Thanks.

 

[$m@Rt@$$]

The Lenovo has a slightly better processor. It's just one up in the range.

 

[weelzSA]

The Lenovo has a slightly better processor. It's just one up in the range.

Yeah I thought as much. Everything else looks identical. Think I will go for the Lenovo then.

 

[Esquire]

The Lenovo has a slightly better processor. It's just one up in the range.

FYI

our cape Town branch has the stk# 80G001TASA @R3099.00 excl vat today , they have plenty in stock
http://www.esquire-shop.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=3680960

 

[weelzSA]

FYI

our cape Town branch has the stk# 80G001TASA @R3099.00 excl vat today , they have plenty in stock
http://www.esquire-shop.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=3680960

Is that price only for today?

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

Why not donate 5 raspberry PIs' instead?

 

[weelzSA]

Why not donate 5 raspberry PIs' instead?

They do not have proper class rooms where they can have dedicated "PC's" setup all the time and need to be able to move them around to different areas so everyone can use them.

We will then need to buy monitors, keyboard and mouse etc. Laptops make way more sense for this situation.

 

[Esquire]

Is that price only for today?

going on special tonight at that price , with the extra you were going to spend elsewhere you can buy some nice notebooks bags which are also going on special tonight

EDIT I just saw now that you said there were going to Malawi , it gets really hot there in summer so get some notebook cooling pads as well ( also going on special tonight)

 

[Exaelea]

Go read up on Bing edition windows and how the drives are partitioned...

Long story short, if the machine doesnt have a ssd or eMMC drive, dont bother as it will be horribly slow to use it with a mechanical drive.

 

[Esquire]

we get asked the same question all the time about Windows 8.1 with Bing

here is the answers to that question
http://www.howtogeek.com/195934/what-exactly-is-windows-8.1-with-bing-do-i-have-to-use-bing/

 

[Exaelea]

http://www.howtogeek.com/196416/wimboot-explained-how-windows-can-now-fit-on-a-tiny-16-gb-drive/

Would be the better article for people to read. Pretty hard to tell if wimboot is used on a bing laptop/notebook with a mechanical drive from the specsheet, as some manufacturers dont really care that they are slowing down the pc. I know there are Acer/Dell/Lenovo units with this horrible setup.

 

[Esquire]

going on special tonight at that price , with the extra you were going to spend elsewhere you can buy some nice notebooks bags which are also going on special tonight

EDIT I just saw now that you said there were going to Malawi , it gets really hot there in summer so get some notebook cooling pads as well ( also going on special tonight)

Here is the specials on the notebooks

http://www.esquire.co.za/specials/2015_08_04Main.html

 

[weelzSA]

Here is the specials on the notebooks

http://www.esquire.co.za/specials/2015_08_04Main.html

Great thanks.

 

[philaniH]

Here is the specials on the notebooks

http://www.esquire.co.za/specials/2015_08_04Main.html

How many in DBN? (Lenovo)

 

[weelzSA]

Here is the specials on the notebooks

http://www.esquire.co.za/specials/2015_08_04Main.html

Order placed thanks.

Ended up ordering 3X Notebooks and 3X cooling pads.

 

[Esquire]

How many in DBN? (Lenovo)

Durban branch has a few in stock but can send as many as you want , we have currently 2061units in Midrand branch as at 10:50am