$700 Laptop - What Should I Aim for?

leyton01 on 22/11/2021 - 00:59
Last edited 22/11/2021 - 00:59

It's been a while since I have bought a laptop/notebook, to the point where buying an AMD chip was not even a consideration last time.

With the black friday specials about to go down I am wondering what I should be trying to get for around the $700 mark when it comes to a notebook? Mostly used for internet/word processing but a bit of image editing too, no gaming. 15" would be ideal.

I assume an i7 will not drop to that price so an i5 (version?) is probably what I am aiming for? And I have no idea about which Ryzen is good value?

Happy for any tips if I need to pull the trigger on a short-lived BF deal.

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  • boomramada on 22/11/2021 - 01:17
    +3

    All honesty, you don't get much for $700.
    But here is current deals https://www.ozbargain.com.au/search/node/Laptop%20type%3Aozb…

    Just visit jb hifi or good guys or somewhere and haggle a $900+ laptop for $700

    • [Deactivated] on 22/11/2021 - 11:28

      you can bargain in jbhifi?

      • brendanm on 22/11/2021 - 14:18
        +1

        Lol of course you can. I got $5 off an iPad case the other day. Can't believe people pay sticker price.

    • leyton01 on 22/11/2021 - 18:40

      I had spotted the Dell sale unfortunately it seems to sit either side - an Athlon for $500 and the next step up is $900. It might come to that though if nothing exists in that price point.

  • [Deactivated] on 22/11/2021 - 01:24
    +1

    1135G7 will probably be the best you can get

  • AndyC1 on 22/11/2021 - 10:08
    +1

    If you existing laptop is slow save you money and get more memory (8G is a good amount for simple things) and put in an SSD (any SSD is better than a HDD) as these two things will speed it up until you have between $1000 and $1500 for a decent laptop.

    • leyton01 on 22/11/2021 - 18:34

      No existing laptop unfortunately - new one needed for a family member and $700 is the budget as it will be mostly light use and they can't justify the extra at this stage.

  • brendanm on 22/11/2021 - 14:19

    If you are doing photo editing, you will want a decent screen, which you are unlikely to get in a new $700 laptop.

    • leyton01 on 22/11/2021 - 18:39

      Yes not expecting the world for $700. More the RAM/processor to handle a bit of editing and not just staring at an hourglass all the time.

  • oscargamer on 22/11/2021 - 17:31

    Do you need a laptop? Can a Chromebook suffice?

    • leyton01 on 22/11/2021 - 18:35

      I also thought chromebooks were a bit underpowered? I had sort of ignored the genre as it adds even more complexity to the decision :S

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