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| Thread ID: 139911 | 2015-07-21 22:35:00 | laptop for non-profit training | ninox (17264) | PC World Chat |
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| 1405146 | 2015-07-21 22:35:00 | Morning all. I do training for a couple of non-profit groups at a range of different places. Like to use a laptop to support the work. I'm reluctant to take my home laptop on the road, so would like to buy a low cost laptop (<$500?) that would allow me to write documents in Office 2010 and connect to a potentially wide range of projectors (so VGA and HDMI output). There's no guarantee wi-fi will be available everywhere I present, so a Chromebook is not viable. I'd appreciate any comments/recommendations on the suitability/quality of the various laptops available at JB. HN, NL, DS and WS in that $400 - $500 price range. Many thanks. | ninox (17264) | ||
| 1405147 | 2015-07-21 23:03:00 | Chances are it wont have both VGA & HDMI . If you really need both you may need to buy an active USB converter . also add in the cost of buying MS Office , either full Retail or Office 365 , thats going to knock back the budget a bit. You might be able to save some money by using freeware Open Office (urgh awefull) or Libre Office . at $400 - $500 , Id imagine there wouldnt be a big difference in quality between the brands. |
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| 1405148 | 2015-07-21 23:05:00 | Maybe something like this? www.globalpc.co.nz | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1405149 | 2015-07-21 23:15:00 | You could use wps (ex kingsoft) office its free and looks like ms office 03 | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1405150 | 2015-07-21 23:37:00 | This does: www.harveynorman.co.nz |
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| 1405151 | 2015-07-22 00:12:00 | Processor Speed 1.0GHz seems quite low , on paper ? I guess speed about that of a Windows tablet ? Its getting harder to judge anything from quoted CPU speed nowdays |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1405152 | 2015-07-22 01:44:00 | Processor Speed 1.0GHz seems quite low , on paper ? I guess speed about that of a Windows tablet ? Its getting harder to judge anything from quoted CPU speed nowdays 1ghz is plenty. i use an amd c50 daily with 4GB of ram, a SSD and windows 10 and have fout it to be quite responsive. that being said even slightly more frequency is substantially more powerful. cheapest laptop on the market at $350 will be wildly sufficient pricespy.co.nz hdmi to vga adapter here www.aliexpress.com |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 1405153 | 2015-07-22 02:59:00 | You could always go second hand: www.trademe.co.nz HP seem to love DisplayPort, but you can buy a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter for about $15. |
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