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Need recommendation for a laptop

Sorry for the redundant thread, but I just need a customized recommendation.

- Budget of under £350. Can spend more, but just not ideal
- Uni student
- I don't need much storage, 64GB is fine for me.
- Must have an SSD
- Don't require heavy graphic usage, most I'll do is use a word processor and stream netflix. I will not play any games on it.
- Not a chromebook
- Willing to buy refurbished

My options are quite open, if you have any good recommendations that'll be awesome.
Quite tough to find something with SSD for that type of price that isn't a chromebook.
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You could buy a fairly decent laptop for under 300 and then if absolutely necessary buy a ssd and upgrade the hard drive. A rough average for Windows 7 after drivers, services, etc.. Would be roughly 20gb. You can alter the page files and remove hibernation to free up some of that space.

http://www.rt7lite.com will help you get the most streamlined and smallest possible win7 installation. There are dozens of internet guides to assist with this.

http://www.ebuyer.com/580761-hp-250-g1-laptop-f0x99es-abu

Fairly decent little lappy with a Intel Celeron 1000M 1.8GHz so a 1.8ghz dual core with Intel HD graphics (good enough for your Netflix) plus a nice 6gb of ram which is ample against your requirements - maybe a little overkill. You don't want a chrome book but a Fuji life book or hp elite book will start from the high 800s if you want ssd.

I get that everyone is well up for faster boot times, quicker file transfers and faster application launches but do you honestly need a ssd in your life?

Most modern laptops will have a SATA connection so a SSD upgrade is as possibility for some laptops but you'll have to work out what lappies you like and then we'll see if they can be upgraded to an ssd or not!
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Original post by Tinglay
Sorry for the redundant thread, but I just need a customized recommendation.

- Budget of under £350. Can spend more, but just not ideal
- Uni student
- I don't need much storage, 64GB is fine for me.
- Must have an SSD
- Don't require heavy graphic usage, most I'll do is use a word processor and stream netflix. I will not play any games on it.
- Not a chromebook
- Willing to buy refurbished

My options are quite open, if you have any good recommendations that'll be awesome.



You can probably pick up a refurbished Asus Zenbook for that price. You're budget is the downside. A 500GB SSD alone can cost £300+.
Original post by Tinglay
Sorry for the redundant thread, but I just need a customized recommendation.

- Budget of under £350. Can spend more, but just not ideal
- Uni student
- I don't need much storage, 64GB is fine for me.
- Must have an SSD
- Don't require heavy graphic usage, most I'll do is use a word processor and stream netflix. I will not play any games on it.
- Not a chromebook
- Willing to buy refurbished

My options are quite open, if you have any good recommendations that'll be awesome.


These are the best I can find which is essentially a tablet.
Consider getting a standard laptop and adding in a ssd

http://www.cclonline.com/product/152788/9UR-00001/Tablets/Microsft-Surface-Pro-128GB-Intel-Core-i5-Windows-8-Pro-Tablet-/TAB0699/

http://www.mobymemory.co.uk/5589-microsoft-surface-pro-128gb--885370628876.html?

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