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low budget,32GB,and windows 10

liam_34

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I am looking for a new laptop.I was looking at laptop

Lenovo Laptop 80S60001US Intel Celeron N3050 (1.60 GHz) 4 GB LPDDR3 Memory 32 GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 11.6" Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit for $160.99

Acer Laptop Aspire One Cloudbook AO1-131-C9PM Intel Celeron N3050 (1.60 GHz) 2 GB Memory 32 GB eMMC SSD Intel HD Graphics 11.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit for $203.99

Lenovo ThinkPad N22 (80S6000JUS ) Intel Celeron N3050 1.6 GHz Dual-Core, 4 GB RAM, 32 GB SSD, Webcam, Bluetooth 4.0, 11.6" Screen, Windows 10 for $249.99

I am trying to stay in the the $100-300

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and thank you very much
 
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Would you be willing to purchase a refurbished laptop? You can get a more powerful laptop than any of the ones you linked to. If you are looking for something relatively small then consider the 12.5" ThinkPad X230 for $295 from Newegg which comes with a 1 year warranty. It's Core i5-3320M CPU is 4 years old, but it is still significantly more powerful than the CPUs in the other laptops. It comes with Windows 7 Pro.

https://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9B-34-321-992&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC-_-pla-_-Notebooks-_-9B-34-321-992&gclid=CP_sz8W4ss4CFcVahgodMiYKww


If you are looking for a larger laptop, then consider the 14" ThinkPad T430 for $221 from Sears which also comes with a 1 year warranty. It...
The two Lenovos look to be the same, where did you find the JUS model?

I'd get those before the Acer. You realize all of them would be pretty slow, basically tablet-like usage for viewing web pages and working with documents?
 
Would you be willing to purchase a refurbished laptop? You can get a more powerful laptop than any of the ones you linked to. If you are looking for something relatively small then consider the 12.5" ThinkPad X230 for $295 from Newegg which comes with a 1 year warranty. It's Core i5-3320M CPU is 4 years old, but it is still significantly more powerful than the CPUs in the other laptops. It comes with Windows 7 Pro.

https://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9B-34-321-992&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC-_-pla-_-Notebooks-_-9B-34-321-992&gclid=CP_sz8W4ss4CFcVahgodMiYKww


If you are looking for a larger laptop, then consider the 14" ThinkPad T430 for $221 from Sears which also comes with a 1 year warranty. It has the same CPU as the ThinkPad X230. However, it comes with Windows 10. It is a "scratch & dent" laptop meaning that it has some blemishes.

http://www.sears.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t430-i5-2.6ghz-4gb-320gb/p-SPM8403645127?plpSellerId=Arrow-Direct&prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1
 
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