Mom saw a HP on the HSN and now wants to buy laptops for my kids...please help! (1 Viewer)

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

My mom saw a computer on the Home shopping Network. So now I need to prevent her from buying some crap with illuminated keys and tech support for 3 years.

Titles says it all. Please help as too many options on items like these are debilitating for me. 

PLEASE help. 

 

[nightmare]

Mac mini. If you go crazy and buy a $200 monitor. $300 still gets you a lot of Mini.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Looks like BB has some refurbished or dent/scratched macbooks for ~$400

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Mac mini. If you go crazy and buy a $200 monitor. $300 still gets you a lot of Mini.

What do these start at? Recommendation for where to buy them? I went to Apple's site and couldn't find a price on these. Google search prices are all over the place from one extreme to the other.. 

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Seems like $500 is no-mans land for laptops...... Its either a crappy HP or a refurbished apple product, which I know my mo won't be down for. 

 

[nightmare]

What do these start at? Recommendation for where to buy them? I went to Apple's site and couldn't find a price on these. Google search prices are all over the place from one extreme to the other.. 

Ebay. The new rage is Facebook marketplace. The Mini is not a laptop-you changed the title.

 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

more tech-y people can comment on the specs for the money, but this is somewhat similar to a lenovo that i got 6 years ago that is still going pretty strong:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S1PDZ8D/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07S1PDZ8D&pd_rd_w=HtlLU&pf_rd_p=45a72588-80f7-4414-9851-786f6c16d42b&pd_rd_wg=KCPZU&pf_rd_r=M3GEBQEVSQFHRC3PRVWJ&pd_rd_r=3bd591c1-a036-4b26-9440-c9bc37598b5c&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyWkRUNDdUTjZCRUlJJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjkwMTg1MkMyTFcxU0xVS1FRWSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzc4OTE2M0tLVUJBS0xSR0lURiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbCZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

$459

 

[NotSmart]

Dude!... You're getting an HP!

 

[eoMMan]

Aren't chromebooks fairly inexpensive? Maybe $300 or so?

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

more tech-y people can comment on the specs for the money, but this is somewhat similar to a lenovo that i got 6 years ago that is still going pretty strong:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S1PDZ8D/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07S1PDZ8D&pd_rd_w=HtlLU&pf_rd_p=45a72588-80f7-4414-9851-786f6c16d42b&pd_rd_wg=KCPZU&pf_rd_r=M3GEBQEVSQFHRC3PRVWJ&pd_rd_r=3bd591c1-a036-4b26-9440-c9bc37598b5c&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyWkRUNDdUTjZCRUlJJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjkwMTg1MkMyTFcxU0xVS1FRWSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzc4OTE2M0tLVUJBS0xSR0lURiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbCZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

$459

Appreciate it but can’t help wonder if I can get a similar rig cheaper or a better rig that doesn’t have the 2-in-1 “feature” that I’m positive my younger daughter would break in 5 minutes. 

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Aren't chromebooks fairly inexpensive? Maybe $300 or so?

I was wondering this too. I have no idea, hence the thread. 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Yes chromebooks are totally a good route for value but it depends on what you really need to do, I think.  Some stuff won’t really run on there, but for many things it is totally adequate.

 

[HellToupee]

My mom saw a computer on the Home shopping Network. So now I need to prevent her from buying some crap with illuminated keys and tech support for 3 years.

Titles says it all. Please help as too many options on items like these are debilitating for me. 

PLEASE help. 

if it makes her happy let her buy them. Unless of course if spending that $ would hurt her

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

How old are your kids? What are they going to use it for?

 

[belljr]

My hp laptop is still kicking after 7 years....

 

[Osaurus]

Cheap Android tablets ftw

 

[Galileo]

if it makes her happy let her buy them. Unless of course if spending that $ would hurt her

This was my first thought.  Do you object on the basis you don't want your kids to have a laptop?  Are you just worried she is going to buy something not up to your standards?  Or, do you have concern that she can't afford to spend that kind of money?