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In response to "What does ST think about this cheap laptop? My gf wants a laptop but doesn't need it to edit videos or anything. Just surf, watch videos, save pics -- (edited)" by Krusty

I think that would be pretty much perfect. Core i3 is "low end" but 8th Gen so very new. 6GB RAM is plenty for that activity and the HD is good

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jul 15 '19, 07:56

I'm a big fan of Acer also so it should be very solid.

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Thanks! I did some looking around and it can be upgraded as well so I think we'll give it a try. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 08:02 6
- My guess is they are very cheap today with Prime Day, but a decent sized SSD (250/500GB) would do wonders for the performance of that machine. -- (link) - oblique Jul 15, 08:04 5
  - Thanks! What I'm reading is that we should get a SSD for boot up and such and use the HDD for storage. Acer has a video on installing an M.2 SSD - Krusty Jul 15, 08:14 2
    - See below, but yes. That's exactly the scenario. When we have machines here at work that are a bit slower, an SSD upgrade is cheap and wicked fast -- nm - oblique Jul 15, 08:17 1
      - I need to look around today and see what I find for a fair priced SSD that'll work for us. I appreciate your help with this. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 08:27
  - EDIT: Looking at the Amazon page again they suggest a version that includes the M.2 SSD. If that machine really does have that option, that's a great -- (edited) - oblique Jul 15, 08:06 1
    - Yeah, that's what I just read. Add on the M.2 for booting and such and use the HDD for storage. Thanks for all the info! -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 08:17

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