laptop for student

**userfriendly** · July 3rd, 2013 01:17 PM

I need to buy a laptop for my daughter. Criteria: max 4 lbs, prefer Win 7, max 14 inch screen, ideal is 13.3 inch screen, prefer expandable ram or can replace ram if needed. What do you think of the following:

Lenovo ideapad S300 (Silver Grey 5934-6780) (Pink 5934-5279) Exceptionally Sleek, Remarkably Affordable. | VillMan Computers
pentium 997 1.6ghz
2gb ram
500gb hdd
13.3 screen
DOS
1 usb 3.0 and 2 usb 2.0
3.96 lbs
Peso 17,496.00

Asus X401u-WX088H (White), AMD E2-1800 CPU & Windows 8, Slim Book PC | VillMan Computers
amd e2-1800 1.7ghz
dont know ram jus says max of 4gb
500 gb hdd 5400 rpm
14 screen
Win 8 lic
1 usb 3.0 and 1 usb 2.0
3.86 lbs
peso 17,988

http://villman.com/Product-Detail/MSI_S30
Pentium 987 1.5ghz
8gb ram
13.3 led screen
500 gb hdd
1 usb 3.0 and 1 usb 2.0
3.09 lbs
DOS
Peso 20,995

Pls feel free to suggest other models as long as it fits the above requirements. Brand does not matter. Budget is 20,000.

**jodski** · July 3rd, 2013 02:28 PM

This one is also worth a look para sa student... pa upgrade mo na diretso to 4 GB then i haggle mo lang na 20,000 flat para payment sa additional memory.

Asus X401a-WX328H (Dark Blue), Intel B830 CPU & Windows 8, Slim Book PC | VillMan Computers

Sa mga notebooks at that price range usually the max upgradable memory is 4 GB.

**ghosthunter** · July 3rd, 2013 04:02 PM

I would suggest the following:

Asus X401A Slim (Win 7 Home Basic, Pentium B970, 500GB HDD, USB3.0)
LINK: Asus X401A Slim (Win 7 Home Basic, Pentium B970, 500GB HDD, USB3.0) Blue/Green | VillMan Computers

The lower priced version use the AMD E-series processor which I feel is rather slow for today. It was fast when it first came out in the netbooks but for today, I feel a few pesos more is worth getting the difference in performance. So choosing the one with the dual core Intel CPU is a better package even if you have to pay a bit more.

Also upgrade it right away to 4GB RAM. 2GB is barely sufficient for MS Windows and a few programs. Additional RAM is quite cheap and is a quick way to maximize the capability of a computer.

I suggest you go check other computer shops selling the same laptop because price and packages (freebies like "free 2GB ram upgrade") can differ between stores.