advice for a new laptop

baphamet

i need to buy my sister a new laptop just for every day basic use not gaming, she will use it for streaming netflix and youtube to her TV. so my question is, i want to buy a cheap laptop for her, will the cheap chromebooks work good enough for that? or do i need to spend more money on a better one?

Brachus

I bought my wife an ASUS Chromebook a couple yrs ago for just general use. She's still using it and having no issues. She does no heavy gaming of any kind, just really Facebook and some streaming of music and movies.

MrMelGibson

Asus and Lenova are good basic laptops.  I just bought my mom a Lenova over labor day weekend (in the USA) and got it for 50% off.  It's very nice, slim and very light weight.  My mom loves it.  It was a great birthday present.  Figured I'd share. 

baphamet

thanks

Rasiem

I would go with asus or dell pref asus but I would personally go with an inspiron 17 5000 http://www.dell.com/us/p/laptops?~ck=mn#!facets=280848~0~18078820&p=1
or for something cheaper http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15-5558-laptop/pd?oc=fncwv2358h&model_id=inspiron-15-5558-laptop or a chrome book but I dont know how long they will really last and there kinda flimsy by design.

Quizzical

Do you actually need a laptop, or would something like a chromecast work?

Brachus

If it helps, this should be a pretty decent, and cheap, ASUS for the listed purposes:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232794&ignorebbr=1

Vrika

Just buy a Chromecast.

https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chromecast/tv/

baphamet

Quizzical said:

Do you actually need a laptop, or would something like a chromecast work?

Vrika said:

Just buy a Chromecast.

https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chromecast/tv/

she still needs a computer for basic computer use and i wanted to get her a wireless keyboard and mouse so she can use our flatscreen as a monitor.

thanks for the suggestion though!