- Jun 25, 2004
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My brother asked me to pick out a laptop for his roommates yesterday. They were looking to spend ~$600, and would:
-Not be gaming, so IGP is fine
-Not be unplugging it (much), so tiny battery is fine
-Not be moving it much, so thin and light are unnecessary
-Not be doing more than Powerpoint and M$ Word
-Not be downloading movies and such, so not much storage is necessary
They want a ~15" laptop.
I'm thinking Haswell Celeron/Pentium + 4GB RAM + small SSD + 1080P screen would be perfect, but this doesn't seem to exist. As prices go up, it seems most laptops jump from BayTrail dual (and occasionally a quad) to i3/i5/i7, 8GB RAM, discrete GPUs, etc. before resolution goes past 1366x768 and mechanical drives go away.
Normally I'd just order a separate SSD and have my brother swap the drive out, but even finding an i3 or lower with a 900/1050/1080P screen is basically impossible. Oddly, I've seen a few Chromebooks that fit the bill, but they need M$ Office.
This sounds to me like a nearly ideal use-case for a desktop, but they're pretty set on it being a "portable".
Any ideas?
-Not be gaming, so IGP is fine
-Not be unplugging it (much), so tiny battery is fine
-Not be moving it much, so thin and light are unnecessary
-Not be doing more than Powerpoint and M$ Word
-Not be downloading movies and such, so not much storage is necessary
They want a ~15" laptop.
I'm thinking Haswell Celeron/Pentium + 4GB RAM + small SSD + 1080P screen would be perfect, but this doesn't seem to exist. As prices go up, it seems most laptops jump from BayTrail dual (and occasionally a quad) to i3/i5/i7, 8GB RAM, discrete GPUs, etc. before resolution goes past 1366x768 and mechanical drives go away.
Normally I'd just order a separate SSD and have my brother swap the drive out, but even finding an i3 or lower with a 900/1050/1080P screen is basically impossible. Oddly, I've seen a few Chromebooks that fit the bill, but they need M$ Office.
This sounds to me like a nearly ideal use-case for a desktop, but they're pretty set on it being a "portable".
Any ideas?