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I am looking at a laptop for a student. She's studying social sciences, so word processing, browsing, and a bit of light PowerPoint. something with a decent screen for reading would also help.

Budget is limited, so I'm wondering about new Celerons. Given a bit of RAM and an SSD, my guess is that they should be up to the job.

This is way out of my comfort zone. Last time I was a student, I was running Monte Carlo Simulations on a PVM cluster.
 
He was looking at a Celeron and people suggest a macbook and stuff from flashgear that usually starts at 14k+

A 14-15" HD/FHD screen, Celeron 4020 or better with 8gb ram and a 250gb nvme ssd is around 5.5-7k new depending on brand is more than enough for word processing/browsing. If more is needed then obviously a better cpu would be needed at a higher cost. A decent screen a this pricepoint though, dont expect accurate colours/viewing angles
 
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I have an HP Zbook 15 with 16GB RAM, 500GB HDD, charger but no battery. Full HD display. Make me an offer and take it
 
Exaelea said:
He was looking at a Celeron and people suggest a macbook and stuff from flashgear that usually starts at 14k+

A 14-15" HD/FHD screen, Celeron 4020 or better with 8gb ram and a 250gb nvme ssd is around 5.5-7k new depending on brand is more than enough for word processing/browsing. If more is needed then obviously a better cpu would be needed at a higher cost. A decent screen a this pricepoint though, dont expect accurate colours/viewing angles
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You can get an Air for R12.5k. Even cheaper if you shop around. https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...wse_serp:c8d71e26-7bb9-48e5-a390-d1b7c1e5bcb3
 
henkc said:
Budget is limited
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henkc said:
I'm wondering about new Celerons
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backstreetboy said:
Macbook Air M1
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I think there's a bit of a comprehension issue here...

Exaelea said:
He was looking at a Celeron and people suggest a macbook and stuff from flashgear that usually starts at 14k+

A 14-15" HD/FHD screen, Celeron 4020 or better with 8gb ram and a 250gb nvme ssd is around 5.5-7k new depending on brand is more than enough for word processing/browsing. If more is needed then obviously a better cpu would be needed at a higher cost. A decent screen a this pricepoint though, dont expect accurate colours/viewing angles
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This is probably the best response. CPU won't matter as much as long as you have a minimum of 8gb of ram and a SSD.
 
Unless you hate her, don't get a crleron.

At least an i3 with 8GB of ram and windows 11. Work gave me one and it was OK.
 
Try C2KIT - they sell used laptops from R3,999.00 up. Includes Win10 (normally Pro), 12 months warranty etc.

Recommended.
 
Ok. So what eventually happened went as follows. I got hold of the machine and poked around a bit. It's a few years' old HP 15s, with a Celeron, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive. The machine was slow to the point of being unresponsive, but showing low utilisation of the processor and RAM and 100% on the HDD. I've seen this behaviour before on much higher spec machines and fixed it by putting in an SSD. So, first step, as I figured was to get a 500GB SSD. I struggled with cloning the hard drive to the SSD - note to self: next time get an SSD which comes with cloning software - so did a clean Windows 10 install and bunged the old hard drive into an external enclosure.

The outcome was a relatively responsive machine and a happy student.

Also, an answer to my original question. A modernish Celeron and an SSD works for a student who's going to be browsing and doing a bit of word processing and the occasional PowerPoint presentation.
 
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