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Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Laptop AMD A6-5200 8GB RAM 256GB SSD WIN10 HD $399.20 Delivered @ Dell eBay
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Thanks for the heads up.
oh man, this IS ANCIENT, it has no turbo too so you end up just 2ghz and it was out in 2013, the only saving grace was it has a apu GPU but not sure how that holds up in 2019 compare to even intel new IGP
Given my intel equivalent cant even perform decently at 720p on youtube i'd say this laptop is too obsolete.
Screen resolution? Can't find it in the specs.
15.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Non-touch Display
Non touch screen, but the consensus is to not touch this laptop!
Touché.
It may be slow but for any kind of Linux distro it could be a good experience
I know this is an older CPU, but is there anything better, similar specs, for under $400?
yep. Iam interested to see what OzB thinks is a good laptop under $400
There is no such thing.
If you have no money and need a pc to type things on for uni, maybe. But like even regular internet and video use would greatly benefit from a 1080p screen.
Yarp.
If forced into that budget range I'd much rather spend $471.20 on this refurb model: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/202618392828
Full HD screen, decent CPU. It doesn't have an SSD and only has 4GB but it can at least be upgraded. The Inspiron in the OP is stuck with that god awful CPU that as others have said will make it a pain to use no matter what you're doing.
Probably not, it is decent for that price.
But I have seen this under $400 earlier this year, which I think is a respectable budget laptop
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lenovo-ide…
I got a dell refurb for a friend last week for $369 delivered, looks like new and she's very happy, wifi was flaky on battery power but was fixed by adjusting wifi profile from power-saving to performance
7th Gen AMD A9-9425 Processor with Radeon(TM) R5 Graphics
Win10 Home (64bit) English
256GB Solid State Drive Hard Drive
8GB DDR4-2400MHz MEMORY
15.6-inch HD (1366 x 768) Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display LCD
12 month Warrantyhttps://www.dell.com/en-au/outlet/ProductDescription?cfID=E3…
There is, but you'd have to be prepared to find something second hand or refurb. If you buy quality, nothing more than two years old, and test before you hand over your cash, your risk of ending up with junk is pretty low.
Edited to add:
If I had $400 to spend and wanted a warranty, I'd get this one.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lenovo-IdeaPad-330-15IKB-15-6-i3…
That's a 2 times faster than those above 3 listed CPU, a much much better choice ~~
I actually bought this based on your recommendation, thanks!
amd laptops are terrible
How about the Ryzen models?
New Ryzen 3000 ones maybe but the current ones that are out behind Intel not only in performance but also battery life
AMD havent delved deep into the laptop market yet
so can AMD fanboys chill btw
What you are saying is incorrect. Laptopmag.com did a review of the HP Envy X360, where both machines were identical other than one was an AMD and the other Intel. Out of seven benchmarks, the i5 8250u only beat the R5 2500u in one benchmark. The i5 8250u battery life was only six minutes more than the R5 2500u.This was prior to all the security holes with Intel being brought to light. Refer to the following link:
https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/amd-ryzen-mobile-vs-intel…
with older CPUs, sure. I always stayed away with AMD cpu, now with ryzen, I am more confident to buy over Intel if price is right.
They actually aren't. I've got a E485 and its pretty respectable.
Purchased a Ryzen 5 E585 recently - $670 after Shopback cashback. Very happy with it.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/454628Prior to 2017 maybe. However, with the launch of AMD Ryzen there are plenty of good laptops around. Also AMD doesn't seem have the issue that Intel does with Zombieload, Fallout and RIDL security holes. Plenty of news floating around about how much of a performance hit you may get after applying the patches to an Intel based machine.
I am looking for a laptop for an old guy who currently has 10 years old desktop compaq with windows 7, using it literally for outlook and small amount of web (one tab at time). Do you guys think this seriously could be concidered slow just for this?
It will be fine, these are decent specs for the price and for light duty usage
if that is all old guy is doing then just let him keep using compaq
and if compaq start getting too slow
install linux on it and you got even more years out of it.
Teaching an old guy to learn Linux isn't worth $400 of your time.
there's nothing to teach
just install ubuntu, it is pretty easy to useand as it is mention above
old guy only interested in basic web browsing
and checking his emailwhat is there to teach?
Tell old guy to click same two icons - browser and email icon on the task bar.Also as I said linux is only the last option if pc appears to be slowing down
but for the use case of old guy
I say he can use the same pc for a long time since he does not really do much anything else.
1366 x 768 resolution is awful for web browsing. Don't consider this laptop.
If he doesn't mind another desktop, this one will be better than the Dell laptop (can use his current screen too):
https://techfast.com.au/collections/amd-systems/products/amd…
$249
(Add extra stick of 8GB RAM: http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=DDR4+2400+8gb&s… , ~$60
Add extra 1TB HDD storage: http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=HDD+1Tb&spos=1 ~$60, 2TB: http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=HDD+2Tb&spos=1 ~$80)Although mind you, neither of the laptop above or the desktop listed here will be comfortable to use after ~2-3 years (they'll get sluggish).
Do you know what spec is the old compaq?
I bet he won't be able to see the difference between this and FullHD ;) He is also afraid of the transfer between Windows 7 and 10 so Linux is not really an option (but thanks for the suggestion). I gues even just the SSD would make a differnce already, his computer already takes it's time loading outlook or chrome. It also causes more and more problems with outdated system. It feels like this is something that I am looking for for about $500, just want to make sure that the CPU is not simply unusable.
For the price and the SSD I think it's a great deal.
For the 2 kilos it's not good you need 3 kilos to make it worthwhile
Do people still use optical? that's so old
There's probably a few people here that still use Betamax.
I bought a new top of the line XPS desktop and that came with optical drive. The way I see it, its futureproofing me not having any legacy issues with software going ahead.
If they charge you the same price for with or without, I'd rather it come with a DVD drive.
OP's deal is about a laptop, not a desktop. Completely different.
The way I see it, its futureproofing me not having any legacy issues with software going ahead.
I think that's called past proofing. But your logic is sound. If a desktop is the same price with or without the optical drive, I would take the OD also.
For a laptop it would add thickness to the unit if you're not even going to use it.
On a laptop, they are still not that bad. I performed a DVD to HDD upgrade for quite a few old laptops that had a HDD drive only, adding a small SSD for the SO does them wonders. But as you said I would rather take a laptop with no drive and with a big SSD to start.
Would anyone recommend a good a 13 inch screen laptop? Wife is going back to school and will take some classes online. Thank you
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Thanks .. updated :)
This is an ancient processor and a pretty slow one at that. Appreciate that it's cheap but could be painful even with 8gb ram and ssd.