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[USER=73096]Howard Moon[/USER] The way it seems to work they have like 20 different models and 10 different manufacturers and most are almost the same. It’s like it’s designed to be overwhelming.


Since you have your minimum specs handy, take it into the shop and tell the sales person what you’re looking for, see what they’re willing to flog for 15% off 😝 JB will do their best price the first time you ask (saves haggling), although scorptec or any of the others are fine too. Officeworks also have them. Harvey I wouldn’t buy from but okay to look as they have a good range.


If your budget is 1-1.5k then go for one in a slightly higher range and then work on the price (don’t forget basic software and antivirus cost money too) e.g. 2k product for 1.5k price tag; Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3i 15.6" FHD 120Hz Gaming Laptop (11th Gen Intel i7) [RTX 3050]


I’d also futureproof a bit but that’s me, I try to make my computers last 4+ years so I tend to invest a bit more cash into it at the start. The most important stuff is going to be RAM and storage. It’s always the bit that breaks first and causes it to go stupidly slow. CPUs can also be a pinch point if you buy one that’s already old tech, as the software requirements will go past it.


If she’s big into photoshop or video editing or anything like that (gaming?) you’re going to want to look at graphics card and screen specs and probably a couple of external hard drives, but if it’s just word processing and internet usage you can go easy on that sort of stuff as it chews battery (unless it has a battery saver thing in the software I guess).


If she’s planning to take it to school and carry it around a lot then size/weight should be a factor too. You’d want it to fit in the school bag for a start.



Altogether something like this looks good to me. In your price range with better specs than you need and a bit of cash left over for software.

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