Looking to buy a new budget laptop (roughly €450-500)

[BuffaloBill]

[B]FOUND THE RIGHT LAPTOP[/B]

As the title says. My laptop is dying and I'm looking to replace it. However, I've got absolutely no clue what brands/types are good nowadays. Since I game on my desktop, I'll only be using this for the following:

- Internet browsing
- Microsoft Office
- Occasionally watching movies
- Play some old games like WarCraft III or Rome: Total War
- Looking at photos of vacations

Ideally I'm looking for a laptop with a 1920x1080 resolution, at least 4GB ram and an i3/i5 CPU. Due to bad experiences with a previous Lenovo I'd prefer it not to be a Lenovo laptop, but I'm open to be persuaded.

Currently looking at this one a friend recommended: [URL]https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/acer+aspire+es+15+es1+572+30q9/eqsqid/e42bfb1f-7831-455f-bfd9-19482cba64bf[/URL]

Budget can go higher if necessary, but since I won't be using this all too often it won't be by much. I'm not gonna pay €700+ for a laptop I use once a month.

[ApexHepTic]

make sure when your buying a laptop with i5/i3/i7 make sure it dose not have HQ it means its noting like its desktop counter part

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=ApexHepTic;51716394]make sure when your buying a laptop with i5/i3/i7 make sure it dose not have HQ it means its noting like its desktop counter part[/QUOTE]

You are about the most wrong you can be. An H designation means it's as close to it's desktop counterparts as it can get. U sku's are always dual cores with hyperthreading, whether it's an i3, i5, or i7.

As for that Acer, it's really not a well built laptop. 500 is a tight budget unfortunately for getting something half well built with 1080p new. Are you strongly opposed to anything refurbished?

[E Quantifier]

-posted from my pocket from.mistake-

[nixnax123]

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are you okay bud

[E Quantifier]

[QUOTE=NixNax123;51716494]are you okay bud[/QUOTE]

Oh god sorry posting from my pocket.sorry

[chipsnapper]

You might consider a used Thinkpad.

[editline]23rd January 2017[/editline]

Honestly, it can be 3-4 years old, just slap an SSD and some RAM in the thing and you're golden

[BuffaloBill]

[QUOTE=Levelog;51716489]You are about the most wrong you can be. An H designation means it's as close to it's desktop counterparts as it can get. U sku's are always dual cores with hyperthreading, whether it's an i3, i5, or i7.

As for that Acer, it's really not a well built laptop. 500 is a tight budget unfortunately for getting something half well built with 1080p new. Are you strongly opposed to anything refurbished?[/QUOTE]

Not saying outright no to refurbished, but would prefer new if possible.

What do you mean 'it's not a well built laptop'?

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;51716923]You might consider a used Thinkpad.

[editline]23rd January 2017[/editline]

Honestly, it can be 3-4 years old, just slap an SSD and some RAM in the thing and you're golden[/QUOTE]

I'd rather not have something I need to change. Adding extra RAM is fine, but other than that it would have to be a REALLY good argument to convince me otherwise.

I should mention that the budget can go higher if necessary, but since I won't be using this all too often it won't be by much. I'm not gonna pay €700+ for a laptop I use once a month.