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Dec 17, 2017

A Wise Laptop Buy For A High School Student?

He begged me to find a good USA value for a 10"-11" laptop for a niece. Down here private schools require a laptop for high school students. And money is an issue. He has about $120 dollars to spend...

Excellent value is probably job 1.

Meaning reliability and integrity of product.

Giant hard disc, lots of RAM, blue-tooth not vital.

I have about 8 days between ordering and pickup to snatch it when I go north.

Please don't ask why a $120 dollar laptop costs $240 down here.

A tablet is not an option :( It has to be a laptop

Thank you in advance

44 Replies

  • Last year's Chromebooks should be in the c-note ball park. An enterprising mind and a few YouTube videos can crack open the underlying Linux operating system.

    Maybe another $30 for a 128gb SDXC card
  • Try Woot. You seem t like that site....lol

    I bought a Magellan GPS with Dashcam from there for 59 bucks a few months ago.
  • I doubt what you want is available at the price you want. Cheapest at Best Buy is above the price you quoted. Same at Costco. You won't find giant disc and lot of RAM for $120.

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