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What budget laptop is best for me? - 461 - 05-04-2014 04:26 PM
Ok, so I am looking at getting a new laptop but I am not sure at what to get. What I need it to do is pretty basic. My budget is pretty low but I don't really need it to do anything super fancy.
I have on average 10 or more tabs open when on the internet. I write articles on Italian soccer daily and the research and writing takes up the majority of my laptop time. I write them with microsoft word, save a copy on my PC and copy and paste them to the various websites and let the editors take over from there. I use google docs daily for a few spreadsheets that are shared with other writers regarding what topics are high priority, low, etc for us to choose from. I use spotify 95% of the time I'm online.
The main thing my current laptop sucks at is streaming soccer matches online, I typically use firstrow sports and rojadirecta and tend to get a lot of lag which is frustrating. I know internet connection and I assume the person hosting it effects this, the CPU memory as well but how much I don't know. I stream soccer matches 2 to 3 days a week.
I'd like something that boots up pretty quickly and can do my daily tasks easily and handle streaming video. When I stream I will have only a tab up for the match, everything else closed. Currently looking at Asus x200CA touchscreen 4GB ram) of Acer chromebook C720P touchscreen (2GB ram, might be able to get a hold of a 4gb they don't make anymore). I'd really like a touchscreen too, it's important but not a do or die.
- Ben Frank - 05-04-2014 04:38 PM
I have been lucky with Asus. If you are in the US there are always sales beginning every Sunday. Best Buy and stores like that even have internet sales.
http://www.bestbuy.com/?ref=30&loc=KW-4327
You first must know how much you have available. Will you need a CD player? Will you need to store massive amounts of data? Play games a lot or just check emails and surf the net??
- SHARIFUL - 05-04-2014 04:42 PM
dell is best for all company's.
- Jim - 05-04-2014 04:51 PM
Any system with at least 4GB RAM should do well. I highly recommend avoiding Chromebooks since they're not Windows compatible.