A laptop bought for a fiver in a charity shop. How do I turn the thing on?

[PhotoNic69]

You can only stream if there's no DVD drive.
Ask for one with a DVD drive, if they still do them.

You'll be hard pressed to get a new laptop with a built in DVD drive nowdays. It's easy enough to buy a USB one for about £20-30 or maybe less.
Hope that helps

 

[Accy cyclist]

Seeing as my old phone I used for watching videos, listening to the radio, posting on CC, Facebook etc went kaput after dropping it down the toilet the other day I've decided to buy a laptop to replace it, instead of another phone. I went into Curry tonight to see what they had. I've whittled it down to two, but the salesman being a salesman tried to get me to buy something expensive! He said if I remember rightly that I'd be better off with a chromebook or a apple mac, adding that both are actually computers, not just a laptop like the ones I fancied. I took photos of the two laptops I fancied and the expensive thingies he tried to sell me. Advice and opinions are needed please before I buy one this weekend!

Those two are the ones I had my eye on.

 

[DRM]

Forget Currys, would this this be any good?
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/ref...-hdd-15.6-inch-win-tr-80002648719/version.asp

 

[Accy cyclist]

Mmm, I can only find the above of the two he tried to flog me. If I remember rightly the above is about £835. Crazy price, but such a nice colour!!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Forget Currys, would this this be any good?
https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/ref...-hdd-15.6-inch-win-tr-80002648719/version.asp

Mmm, is that one ok for me?🤔

 

[DRM]

The MacBook Neo is a good laptop, my son has one & is impressed with it, the top spec one is £799, but MacBooks do function differently to a Windows Machine, which may take a bit of getting used to, have a look on the link I posted, they do a lot of refurbished laptops, or
https://www.dellrefurbished.co.uk/?...h_query=&category=&thumb_sort=store_price.asc
Dell's are quite popular business machines

 

[AndyRM]

Laptops are computers. And you don't need to be spending stupid money on one.

Get the Chromebook if you're going new.

 

[Drago]

For the lightweight use to which youll be putting it (emails, general web surfing, sepia tinted victorian tweed ankle porn) Accy the Chromoebook will be perfect.

 

[Mike_P]

Memory is the crucial element
8G is a minimum and getting one with more will be beneficial.

 

[PaulSB]

Get a Chromebook but be aware it functions differently to the, presumably, Windows machine(s) you're probably familiar with.

Has it been explained to you how a Chromebook works? You need to appreciate this and understand it and be prepared for some learning, not a lot but there will be some.

If you feel this will frustrate you buy a low cost Windows machine. Don't buy an Apple Mac, that will frustrate you.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Get a Chromebook but be aware it functions differently to the, presumably, Windows machine(s) you're probably familiar with.

Has it been explained to you how a Chromebook works? You need to appreciate this and understand it and be prepared for some learning, not a lot but there will be some.

If you feel this will frustrate you buy a low cost Windows machine. Don't buy an Apple Mac, that will frustrate you.

I agree
the grand kids have them and they are a pain

and sometimes I have to help clients (through AgeUK) who have them and they are just "different"
which is a right pain when you are just trying to connect to the wifi or get onto the internet

less flexible as well - which "could be interpreted" and less easy to avoid things like ads and cookies and things like that

 

[Accy cyclist]

Laptops are computers. And you don't need to be spending stupid money on one.

Get the Chromebook if you're going new.

How much are they?

 

[Accy cyclist]

For the lightweight use to which youll be putting it (emails, general web surfing, sepia tinted victorian tweed ankle porn) Accy the Chromoebook will be perfect.

I don't want to spend more than £350 to £400 though. I have history when it comes to fecking electrical items up, as in dropping them and getting water on them!🙄🤷

 

[StuAff]

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Mmm, I can only find the above of the two he tried to flog me. If I remember rightly the above is about £835. Crazy price, but such a nice colour!!

If it's the higher spec one, £799. Not a crazy price, though a lot more than they were a few months back (they started at £599 for the base model- like everything else electronic, regardless of brand, the prices have gone up and will keep going up for some time to come)- they're extremely capable systems, superbly built, and still excellent value for money. Moot point if it's more than you're willing or able to spend. And yes, the Mac OS would be a steep learning curve for you as well. Just buy a cheap new or refurbished Windows laptop.

 

[Accy cyclist]

If it's the higher spec one, £799. Not a crazy price, though a lot more than they were a few months back (they started at £599 for the base model- like everything else electronic, regardless of brand, the prices have gone up and will keep going up for some time to come)- they're extremely capable systems, superbly built, and still excellent value for money. Moot point if it's more than you're willing or able to spend. And yes, the Mac OS would be a steep learning curve for you as well. Just buy a cheap new or refurbished Windows laptop.

Do you have any links to those in your last sentence?😉