Laptop Budget $600 for BASIC work

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  Mugsy on 30/04/2022 - 21:14

  +2

  For $600, you should be able to pick up an i3 CPU laptop during sales. Better processing power than a celeron for sure.

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    Mugsy on 01/05/2022 - 12:20

    Thinking about this some more, I would even be tempted to get something closer to $300:

    https://www.kogan.com/au/shop/category/laptops/?order_by=fea…

    The things you want to do aren't particularly taxing. A 10" or 11" 2-in-1 device might be all that's required.

    Now if you want to do some moderate spreadsheeting or if the files you're opening are large, then you would want something with a better CPU and not go cheap.

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      Series4Episode10 on 02/05/2022 - 10:10

      Kogan's stuff is aweful, much of Kogan's failed stuff ends up being sold off as refurb items on eBay, where the sad peanuts who buy that end up sending it to landfill

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  HairyChickens on 30/04/2022 - 21:14

  +7

  Acer Aspire 5 15" i5-1135G7/8GB RAM/256GB SSD/W11H

  If you can stretch it to $663. Its a quick boy

  Avoid Celerons if you can. Some barely play youtube

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  AustriaBargain on 01/05/2022 - 01:35

  You could probably get away with iPad for all those things you listed.

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  Mr Krinkle on 01/05/2022 - 09:34

  Looks like this deal has expired but this will do everything you're after plus more:

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/696649