Looking for laptop around $300-$350

[kmjt]

Looking for a good value laptop for someone around $400 CAD (or $300-$350 USD). I live in Canada if that matters (going to order online probably). They aren't a gamer but might occasionally want to do stuff like edit videos. It is mostly for school. Suggestions?

 

[Rosed]

For school, I'd get something like this:

Acer C810-T7ZT Chromebook NVIDIA Tegra K1 2.10 GHz 4 GB Memory 16 GB SSD 13.3" Chrome OS - Newegg.ca

The Nvidia Tegra K1 is a quad core CPU, it has 4GB's of RAM and it runs on Chrome OS, so less overhead from the operating system. A nifty little system, obviously not made for heavy workloads but will run smooth on most production applications.

 

i'd look into samsung chromebooks. fits what you need.

 

[kmjt]

For school, I'd get something like this:

Acer C810-T7ZT Chromebook NVIDIA Tegra K1 2.10 GHz 4 GB Memory 16 GB SSD 13.3" Chrome OS - Newegg.ca

The Nvidia Tegra K1 is a quad core CPU, it has 4GB's of RAM and it runs on Chrome OS, so less overhead from the operating system. A nifty little system, obviously not made for heavy workloads but will run smooth on most production applications.

16gb storage seems a bit small?

 

[Alionfiree]

16gb storage seems a bit small?

16GB is way too little. Also, OP wants to edit videos - Chrome OS is too basic I'd say. I'd go for something else personally, like the Dell Vostro 15 which has an i5-Core processor with 4GB RAM and 500 gb HDD. The model with a full HD resolution is ~$450

 

Looking for a good value laptop for someone around $400 CAD (or $300-$350 USD). I live in Canada if that matters (going to order online probably). They aren't a gamer but might occasionally want to do stuff like edit videos. It is mostly for school. Suggestions?

I bought a great dell laptop for $350 last year on black friday from the microsoft store. i5 processor, 8gb Ram, 1tb hard drive.

Just wait for the sales to start up once the school year comes or just wait for black friday online sales.

 

[kmjt]

I bought a great dell laptop for $350 last year on black friday from the microsoft store. i5 processor, 8gb Ram, 1tb hard drive.

Just wait for the sales to start up once the school year comes or just wait for black friday online sales.

Excelont suggestion maybe it is a good idea to wait. Thanks!

 

[JSand]

I bought the laptop I'm currently on for $329. HP 17" x114dx on microcenter. i5 7200u 6gb ram 1tb HDD. Only downfall is the wireless adapter isnt dual band so no 5ghz. (Bought an adapter for $20). Going to upgrade and add an SSD but so far so good!

Microcenter has great deals on refurbished laptops.

 

[kmjt]

I bought the laptop I'm currently on for $329. HP 17" x114dx on microcenter. i5 7200u 6gb ram 1tb HDD. Only downfall is the wireless adapter isnt dual band so no 5ghz. (Bought an adapter for $20). Going to upgrade and add an SSD but so far so good!

Microcenter has great deals on refurbished laptops.

Thanks I'll take a look around on there

 

[veichleproblem]

ur gonna have to wait till a sale because for 400$ cad u wont get anything that can edit videos unless ur willing to go w a 1-2 gen i7 m processor and whatever quadro was part of that production line and for that ur gonna have to hunt on newegg.ca Unless ur doing basic edit like pk videos, than u can find a good 4-6th gen i5 m processor laptop like this

Mobile Workstations, Mobile Workstations, Computer Systems - Newegg.ca 4019 4020
newegg had a killer deal on that i7 I was talking about, I duno where it went

edit:these 2
Refurbished: HP EliteBook 8570w Mobile Workstation Intel Core i7 3rd Gen 3520M (2.90 GHz) 8 GB Memory 500 GB HDD NVIDIA Quadro 1000M 15.0" Windows 10 Pro - Newegg.ca
Refurbished: HP EliteBook 8560w 15" Mobile Workstation Laptop Intel Core i7 2720QM (2.2 GHz) 8 GB Memory 500 GB HDD NVIDIA Quadro 1000M Graphic Card Window 10 Pro - Newegg.ca

very good cpu bench marks on both (beats latest 7th gen i5...)

 

@kmjt check out this one Amazon.com: Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575-33BM 15.6-Inch Full HD Notebook (Intel Core i3-7100U Processor 7th Generation , 4GB DDR4, 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive, Intel HD Graphics 620, Windows 10 Home), Obsidian Black: Computers & Accessories

atm its $350 but sometimes on sale its $310-$350 (price range)

• Amazon's Choice for a home laptop
• 7th Generation Intel Core i3-7100U Processor (2.4GHz, 3MB L3 cache)
• 15.6" Full HD Widescreen ComfyView LED-backlit Display supporting Acer ColorBlast technology
• 4GB DDR4 Memory, 1TB 5400RPM HDD
• Windows 10 Home
• Up to 12-hours Battery Life
• Backlit Keyboard

http://i.imgur.com/gFZ29aH.png

 

[Gastrol]

Dude just invest the extra money and get a better laptop... forreal like a 300 dollar laptop is like buying a 50 dollar phone...

 

[70i]

You probably already got one, but Amazon tends to have the best deals on laptops.

Dude just invest the extra money and get a better laptop... forreal like a 300 dollar laptop is like buying a 50 dollar phone...

There's no need to spend more than $450 on a laptop unless it needs a good graphics card. After that point you'll only see a modest performance improvement.