Question Looking for laptop recommendation for elementary student

[CodeSlapper]

I'm looking for a laptop for an elementary school student. They will mainly watch videos, use office and browse the web. But, as they get older I want them to start doing some light programming with python, c, etc.

A 14" screen, at least a 128 ssd, 4 or 8 GB of RAM, Windows 10, Ethernet, and USB ports are needed. Also, I don't want the laptop to weigh too much so my daughter can't carry it around easily. Budget is under 250 and preferably under 200.

I was thinking of something like this, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-T46...701234?hash=item2adff06972:g:I-8AAOSw0AxeLL3-. Is this an ok solution or can I more value elsewhere?

 

[fishingbrick]

That would be a good value, indeed. It lasts a very long time and it has enough ram and a good enough processor for everyday tasks. I would go for it.

 

[RolandJS]

Will your choice support 16GB RAM? For high-end programming, especially in design work. And, if schoolwork is being worked and stored on the laptop instead of the school cloud, a reliable affordable set of external USB HDDs for backups will be a great idea - at least consider it.

 

[BEAUFORD_SAVAGE]

Will your choice support 16GB RAM? For high-end programming, especially in design work. And, if schoolwork is being worked and stored on the laptop instead of the school cloud, a reliable affordable set of external USB HDDs for backups will be a great idea - at least consider it.

I agree with RolandJS, Most laptops in your range don't support more than 8 Gig, many less. With that small a SSD, you better set it up to use external Flash drives, or better yet a USB External HDD caddy,cheap, and works great.