New laptop recommendations please on a budget

[surfinjim 10]

New laptop required for my soon to be 12 year old.

 

Would mainly use it for watching You Tube/minecraft and hopefully his homework topics.

 

Basically I don't have a clue and some pointers would be appreciated. Maximum budget £300, and bigger screen the better.

 

Any useful advice much appreciated,

 

PS Google Chromebook any good???

 

Jim

[alchresearch 214]

Have a look here and see if anything takes your fancy:

 

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/

 

When I buy laptops for work I normally go for Samsung because they often have a special offer and throw in a 3 or 5 year warranty for free.

[Azrael316 10]

Well, as Samsung has been recommended, this will do the jobs you mentioned with ease.

 

It also has an HDMI port, so you can connect it to a TV with a simple HDMI cable.

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/samsung-series-3-np300-e5e-15-6-laptop-21495054-pdt.html

[swarfendor437 14]

I would go with alchresearch's advice:

 

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/search?p=Q&lbc=laptopsdirect&uid=91770372&ts=custom&w=Notebook%20%a3300&af=pbgbp:04&isort=score&method=or&view=grid

 

Avoid Acer like the plague, and likewise any notebook that has a Celeron processor - go for Intel duo or Intel Pentium.

 

I haven't bought from laptopsdirect or PC World. I build my own PC's.

[CPC464 10]

Chromebook is nice, but not for Minecraft.

 

Looking online it may be possible to run it in chrome OS very badly with a lot of work, although even then it looks unplayable

 

alternatively you could install Ubuntu on it and run it that way - this means completely replacing the operating system which is probably not ideal for a 12 year old.

Edited October 29, 2013 by CPC464

[alchresearch 214]

We buy in bulk from Laptops Direct, they're pretty decent.

[surfinjim 10]

Thanks very much all for the responses, much apreciated.

 

Jim

[CPC464 10]

The other thing is for that money you could get an iPad

 

There's a minecraft ipad version, and youtube app.

 

For the school work you could buy a bluetooth keyboard and use QuickOffice (which is free)

Edited October 29, 2013 by CPC464