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1368367 2014-02-21 19:29:00 I am helping a friend choose a new Laptop.

She just wants to surf the net.

So she does not need a big hard drive or powerful graphics or gaming CPU.

Most machines seem to come with 4 gig or Ram.

Is this enough to run W 8.1 satisfactorily or is it the bare minimum that they can get away with ?
Digby (677)
1368368 2014-02-21 20:07:00 It will suffice for everyday tasks, but if they are a power user they may benefit from more. KarameaDave (15222)
1368369 2014-02-21 20:19:00 4GB is plenty. pcuser42 (130)
1368370 2014-02-21 20:50:00 Yea, no need to worry about the current minimum specs any more for this type of usage. linw (53)
1368371 2014-02-21 22:30:00 Yes she just wants to surf the net and do some online shopping. Digby (677)
1368372 2014-02-21 23:39:00 Yes she just wants to surf the net and do some online shopping.

4GB is absolutely fine for that. Has she thought about buying a tablet? My girlfriend does all her supermarket shopping and clothes buying online on our iPad.
Webdevguy (17166)
1368373 2014-02-23 00:10:00 My laptop has Windows 8.1 with only 2GB installed. It works fine. Bobh (5192)
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