This is a useful guide that will help you choose the cheapest and most high -performance laptop for school. A laptop that the child can learn, can follow the topics given by teachers and develop their creativity.
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I have been looking lately on a few magazine online by one Laptop (notebook) with decent performance and one correct quality ratio – against. Decent performance, but sufficient to do for the suite Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Skype And to sutate a platform for online school. A laptop to be suitable for a child of primary school, Secondary or a school student Without pretensions of digital architecture, graphic editing, 3D and other wonders for which a PC or laptop with high -performance graphics card, generous RAM and CPU over 3 GHz are a “must have”.
Broken by “the world” laptops and PCs with Windows in recent years, I was shocked to see how much they have increased laptopthe ones with the pandemia and with Moving hours from physical school to online school, and how hard it is to Gausa's Baneba Web, which by 2020 was on “all roads”. All on “all roads” I also found laptops with decent performance at affordable prices for most people. That is, at 400 euros (2000 RON) I found a laptop capable of supporting all the requirements stated above and whose components resist at least 4-5 years.
Watching carefully Prices for a laptop model, I found that at present (February 2021), The same laptop model is more expensive with 300 – 400 lei than in the spring of last year and cu 700 – 1000 lei more than in the fall of 2019. So, those times could say that they are set, and fixed when children need more these devices, prices are no longer accessible for all pockets.
I do not know how justified these price increases are, but they are present all over the world. This tells us clearly that the stores were not the ones that raised the prices, but the producers. Most likely because of the pandemic period in which the continuation of the production process involves additional costs. So do not throw stones in stores, because this time they are not “guilty”. At least not entirely.
I made a comparison for an identical model of Lenevo Thinkpad, between eMag (Romania) and OTTO (Germany). On eMAG we have a price of 4.195 LEI (860 EUR), while Otto sells it with 979 EUR (4.773 LEI). Model with identical characteristics. It is true that eMAG lists it by reduced from 4,819 lei, a price close to the one on OTTO.
What do you need to consider when you want to choose the cheapest and most high -performance laptop for school?
If you are looking for a laptop that your child uses for school, first of all you have to consider a few benchmarks:
- With or without Windows operating system
- The performance of the laptop, so that it can cope with the requirements above.
- Screen size (display) and its technology does not spoil the child's sight
- The price to be the correct one
- The shop where you buy it to be trustworthy
Is it good to buy a laptop with Windows operating system or without?
When you start looking for a laptop, first of all you need to know that those with pre -installed operating systems, are something more expensive than those “Free DOS” (ie without Windows operating system). Comparing here laptops with the same characteristics. It is recommended to Buy a laptop without pre -installed operating system. Windows 10 is available for free at download and Windows license can be bought at decent prices. Yes in the price of a laptop, 400 lei represents the operating system, you better choose to buy it separately for 150 – 200 lei.
Pay attention to the laptops that come with Windows 10 S. This version, “Windows 10 S” It is one with many restrictions and does not allow the installation of programs and applications than from Microsoft Store. If you need to install a program that is not present in Microsoft Store, the Windows 10 S upgrade at Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Home involves purchasing a license. Money.
In addition to the Windows operating system, a child will also need some Microsoft's office suite applications. Word, Exce, PowerPoint are the most common. In this sense you do not rush to throw money on licenses bought from third parties, except from Microsoft. Exist Office 365 for education – Access here – Where the web version is free (the applications will be run in Microsoft Edge, Chrome or Firefox), and Desktop applications have decent subscriptions. It is not the case to buy a License more expensive for Microsoft 365.
I do not recommend in any way to use operating system or hack applications on a PC / laptop dedicated to education. You would not want to see yourself in the situation where the child cannot participate in online hours or he cannot do his homework because a license “hack” She was blocked or with the application came to the pack and a virus.
What performances should you have a laptop for school?
I heard parents saying “I want to buy a little more efficient laptop“, or, “to be a little cheaper… to do their job at school“.
Now I know that everyone is oriented according to possibilities / budget, but when choosing a laptop, the one who gives the money on it must know and What are the necessary features for the applications used at school. A laptop “performant” would also have a tailor -made price, and this thing with “performance” It's relative to me. “Performant” It is defined according to what you are going to install and work on it. If for some “performant” It means 1200 EUR, for the device to start in 2 seconds, for advanced video editing and graphics programs, the price reaches lightly at 5000 EUR, and this… without external monitor, which is imperative and other auxiliaries.
For the suite of Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher si Access), Microsoft recomanda un processor (CPU) with a minimum frequency of 1 GHz and 2 GB RAM (64-bit). Of course, these resources are a little fantasy, because besides the operating system that will put processes on the CPU, there will be an antivirus and a browser (Edge, Chrome, Firefox) and possibly a video session (and video sessions ask for resources) that will run in parallel.
What do you need to understand before buying a laptop, are the important terms from “Technical specifications”. Frcventa CPU, the guy and RAM frequency, type of storage unit (Hard Disk or SSD) and the type of monitor (display).
The power of the processor. Frequency of CPU – Nominal frequency and turbo boost
For a laptop “of school” It is good to focus on a process of Minimum 1.8 GHz Nominal frequency. You will see that most online stores say “up to 4 .9 GHz”, when referring to frequency of CPU. This being frequent “Turbo Boost“. You can find a laptop with a nominal cpu fracture of 2.3 GHz and Turbo Boost up to 4.9 GHz. This means that the processor operates at a normal frequency of 2.3 GHz when the applied applications do not require a higher frequency, and the frequency will increase as the applications will need. “Turbo Boost” is a technology developed by Intel and AMD to limit the consumption of energy resources and increase the period of use of a laptop battery.
As for the number of cores, it does not always reflect performance. You can choose an Intel Core i3 with two nuclei or an AMD Ryzen 3.
The ability of RAM
Theoretically, for Microsoft 365 there are enough 2 GB RAM, but taking into account that the open files can be complex, and besides the office, other applications will run, Minimum RAM recommended memory it is 8 GB, DDR 4 with a frequency of over 3200 MHz.
Data storage space (HDD / SSD)
Many are tempted to look at first storage capacity than at the type of storage unit when they want to buy a laptop. Most laptop models with classic HDD offer generous storage spaces over 1TB. But you should know that a laptop with SSD (either 128 GB) will run much faster than one with classic HDD. The speeds of writing and reading of the data are clearly superior to the SSD units.
In addition, you will find laptop models that support parallel HDD and SSD installation. The SSD will run the operating system, while the data will be stored on the HDD.
Screen type – Display
For the decent budget and the display will be decent. It is good that it is LED IPS. At affordable prices you will find LED TN, but you have to know that the differences between TN (Twisted Nematic) and IPS (In-Plane Switching) are very large, and the performances are clear in favor of IPS. Without entering too much in details, the difference is the disposition, orientation and control of the liquid crystals in the panel. An IPS has a much larger angle of visualization, brightness, bright colors and clarity, than a TN. These characteristics of the display can be decisive in time for the health of the view of the one who works on it.
Another important aspect is the size of the screen. The recommended diagonal is at least 14 inch. Ideally, it would be a 15.6 inches.
Armed with this minimum knowledge above. You can Look and find a suitable laptop for school or college, the a low price. Use sites that compare the product prices on several online stores, make sure the store is a reliable one, then place the order.
