New Laptop for Nadia

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If you must buy a PC at least get one with a proper size hard drive
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Have you got anything to suit at the mo in your trade in cupboard.

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I have one HP let me ask my customer if he wants to sell it
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I might be able to get you a used MacBook but thats an Apple and you may have aproblem with that
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She wont as she see the brand image where as I run from brand images. Whether she can use it I don't know, it seems to me at the moment the simpler the better. She uses Google all the time so a Chromebook could be the solution. But you never know if she sees the little apple symbol and.......

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Lenovo do one for around £230 and the Celeron processor is more than fast enough for office functions - comes with Win 8.1 but you can upgrade to W10 for free ( until june) while setting it up. Win 10 is excellent - Martin T is right on this one.

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Just make sure you buy direct. ;)

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Actually the one with Win 10 on is cheaper less than £200

I'd get that for her

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She says she definitely wants a smaller screen 13 inch or so.

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The Asus model I mentioned has an 11.6" screen and is 160 pounds at Amazon UK. Has also received many recommendations.

Comes in flashy colours too !! :grin:

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