I don't do any gaming or live stream videos. It must have CD/DVD capabilities. Something basic, dependable and rugged-ish.
Recommendations?
Recommendations?
If your requirements are that little just about any modern computer should fit the bill. My only recommendation is to get a decent new monitor. something that is 1440 rez or higher if you do any productivity work
Lap top, sorry.....
I went through this last year.
https://www.okshooters.com/threads/help-purchasing-a-lap-top.279937/page-5
You could start reading on page 1 but page 5 I found one.
HP Notebook for the wife like $499 and it has been excellent
https://www.okshooters.com/threads/help-purchasing-a-lap-top.279937/page-5
You could start reading on page 1 but page 5 I found one.
HP Notebook for the wife like $499 and it has been excellent
Tons of great laptops out there, but alot don't have a DVD drive. You can get a pretty cheap external drive, this is (I think) a better option than looking for a laptop that has a built-in drive.
No worries! My recommendation still stands. Just about any computer will do. Personally I insist on having a monitor with better then 1080 resolution or my eyes get stressed. Internal DVD drive might make it a little harder. I haven't had an internal one in many years. Bought a usb drive or the once and a while I'd need one and cant really tell ya when that was last.
What is your budget?
Something basic, not looking to spend a lot. I just don't need anything fancy or powerful.
I have heard a lot of great things about the Ryzen 4000U series stuff that should be coming out soon. If I was in the market but could hold off a bit I would wait for those to start showing up. They will be a little more but a 15watt cpu will allow the battery to last a long time. They should also be fairly portable since they may even be able to be passively cooled.
The thread linked above does have a lot of good info though. As far as rugged, well... If you go find one of the old toughbooks you can get something ruggedish, however most of those did not have cd drives either. The only other thing I have found to be portable and rugged was one of the Xplore tablets. I have one sitting here now and I could probably throw it out a second floor window and still have it work. Laptops are not really rugged otherwise, as far as build quality the old adage of "you get what you pay for" still stands true.
SSD's are good to look for and of the SSD NVME is the king of them all, they also use less power than a HDD. For web surfing and basic BS 8GB ram is still minimum for anything more or multiple tabs start increasing the memory.
The thread linked above does have a lot of good info though. As far as rugged, well... If you go find one of the old toughbooks you can get something ruggedish, however most of those did not have cd drives either. The only other thing I have found to be portable and rugged was one of the Xplore tablets. I have one sitting here now and I could probably throw it out a second floor window and still have it work. Laptops are not really rugged otherwise, as far as build quality the old adage of "you get what you pay for" still stands true.
SSD's are good to look for and of the SSD NVME is the king of them all, they also use less power than a HDD. For web surfing and basic BS 8GB ram is still minimum for anything more or multiple tabs start increasing the memory.
