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bigdunc

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can anybody suggest a 2nd hand budget laptop with a screen of about 11 to 13 inches
must have hard drive not a ssd
windows 10 would be good
also decent battery life
budget would be about £150 to £200

thanks
 
I know less than nothing... but the wife's Lenovo Thinkpad has lasted for ages. She did put Win10 on it whilst they were offering it for nothing as an upgrade and it works well with it. The only thing that might have kept it working is it sits on a fan base that constantly blows (or maybe sucks) a flow of air on to the machine.
 
DevonStan said:
I know less than nothing... but the wife's Lenovo Thinkpad has lasted for ages. She did put Win10 on it whilst they were offering it for nothing as an upgrade and it works well with it. The only thing that might have kept it working is it sits on a fan base that constantly blows (or maybe sucks) a flow of air on to the machine.
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Thinkpads are known for their robustness. Old ones aren't race cars, but are more than enough for daily tasks (internet, streaming, P2P, office, pdf printing/editing, playing video/audio and even a bit of graphic edition or vector drawing).

3 months ago, I bought a refurbished 8 years old Thinkpad from Ebay UK for less than £100 (4GB Ram, 250 GB HD), formated the disk and installed Win pro 7 64bits (10% use) alongside Linux Mint xfce (90% use). Parts are easily available for cheap and upgrading/replacing components such as HD or memory is also inexpensive. Furthermore, you can DIY (if you're a bit smart).

There's a real cult around these machines with a very strong fanbase:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/
A buying guide:
http://ktgee.net/post/49423737148/thinkpad-guide
 
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With so much of what is done today being web based I second Linux like Mint or Ubuntu, its the old argument about security from a MS based OS vs purer version Unix that basically means for me at list less hassle in the long run.

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