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DonaldsRump

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6. Get a good Chromebook instead

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2020, 04:51 PM

Aug 2020

If you're mainly using for surfing/streaming, why waste all that computing power. A Chromebook is excellent for this and generally far cheaper.

I recently got a reconditioned Dell touchscreen Chromebook for something like $150 on Amazon, and it is excellent for all of this.

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Which of these 4 laptops would be the fastest as in surfing from site to site, loading pages [View all] Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 OP

All of them would be the same, internet speed is critical PuppyBismark Aug 2020 #1

Thanks...Comcast 550 mbps down and 20 up... Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #5

For your use, surfing and video's, they all should work pretty smoothly. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2020 #2

The Dell. 5X Aug 2020 #3

Thanks, the HP is $799 the Dell is $1299...big difference Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #7

They're going to be about the same Abnredleg Aug 2020 #4

Get a good Chromebook instead DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #6

I agree. Why spend so much money on 16 gigs of ram and a 1 TB SSD when Elwood P Dowd Aug 2020 #12

And with Chromebooks, you can take many old laptops DonaldsRump Aug 2020 #13

Out of 4 random ads on this page, 3 for Acer and 1 for LG Gram. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #8

What? Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #9

Yes. The commercial product ads. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #10

Probably little difference... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #11