11.6" Toshiba Satellite L10-B003 (N2840, 2GB, 500GB) $297 Bing Lee

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scrimshaw on 07/01/2015 - 17:31 binglee.com.au (533 clicks)
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Back 2 school deal. The next best price is $319 from Wireless1 from Parramatta. The specifications are very humble:

Intel® Celeron® N2840
64bit Windows 8.1
11.6" Widescreen HD LED
500GB (5400rpm) SATA
2GB DDR3L (1600Mhz) - Memory not expandable
2 USB Ports (1x USB 3.0 & 1x USB 2.0)
HDMI, 100MB LAN,
Li-ion 3-Cell, Up to 5 hours*
1.2KG weight with battery

full specs from Toshiba

Students may be more interested in the HP Stream 11 notebook, which only has 32GB of eMMC memory, but it a few killer features up it's sleeve, an 8 hour battery life, a year subscription of Office 365 and a fanless design.
Touchpad is mediocre though.

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  Headphones on 07/01/2015 - 17:36

  There are laptops with N2830 CPUs (performance is pretty much the same) with expandable RAM for less, larger screens too.

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    scrimshaw on 07/01/2015 - 17:37

    +2

    Larger screens yes.. but still with 1366 x 768 display.

    The more compact they are the more expensive they tend to be. No doubt you can buy a 15.6 incher laptop (Shopping Express deal) for less or around the same price, but not everyone wants to carry a 2.2KG device around, especially secondary students.

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  ozdavo on 07/01/2015 - 18:08

  Whats with the non expandable memory? Has anyone opened up one of these? 2GB relegates this to, at best, a torrent box IMO.

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    scrimshaw on 07/01/2015 - 18:14

    Save on costs. I've posted another deal, which is an identically spec'ed Acer Aspire for $279. Not sure if RAM is upgradable though.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/178218

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  CarnivalMonkey on 07/01/2015 - 18:52

  on a side note, do many schools use windows laptops?

  Everytime I hear of parents talking about laptops for school it has been apple. My kid's school sent out spec lists for purchases of MBA.

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    Astro551 on 08/01/2015 - 00:33

    Private school? Most govt schools recommend a Windows BYOD, generally Lenovo or Dells.

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      CarnivalMonkey on 08/01/2015 - 11:20

      public primary schools.

      The three local public schools all seem to recommend either macbook or an ipad (the school with the BYOD scheme only allows iPad, nothing else).

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        Astro551 on 08/01/2015 - 11:54

        Ah ok, I can understand the use of an iPad for primary schools, as you're doing less work submission and more activities. Surpised about the macbook recommendation though.

        Most high schools I know of in my Sydney area opt to use (relatively) light-weight windows laptops with good battery life, possibly cheaper and in some ways more practical than iPads. But their guidelines are still pretty broad (well except the 5ghz WiFi), as long as it's a useable laptop of some variety it's usually fine.

        e.g.

        • Wi-Fi with 5Ghz (this is the most difficult requirement to verify when purchasing. If unsure *consider purchasing a recommended device, as above)
        • Minimum of 6 hours battery life (students are not allowed to bring battery chargers to school as cables in the class present WHS issues)
        • Up to date anti-virus software
        • Keyboard (a physical hardware keyboard and not a virtual keyboard)
        • A pointer device (touch, mouse or pen)
        • Minimum screen size - 9.7"
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  paloverde88 on 25/01/2015 - 19:32

  This is now superceeded by Jb hifi selling it at $253!!!!

  I saw this unit at jb very high quality workmanship and screen is nice.

  https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/laptops/toshiba/…