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    In the marke to buy a PC laptop for my oldest daughter. A pain... tons of options.

    Summing up. Filtered to this 3:

    - Asus Zenbook, Ryzen 7, 16 ram and 512 ssd
    - Lenovo Ideapad 3, 8 ram and 512 ssd
    - Huawei Matebook, 8 ram and 512 ssd

    I was going with the Asus, but no OS (neeed to buy a license, instal W10...), a better machine, but not getting the OS preinstalled...

    Suggestions?

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    • lenovoimbecile
    • Huawei limits you in what you can install because of political shit, if you want to save a bit of $ look into MSI, good speeds on those, I have 1 as a backupmoldero
    • Does it need to be a brand new machine? My earnest suggestion would be to buy a second hand Lenovo Thinkpad. Otherwise, all <3 are nice machines.Nairn
    • I got a 2nd hand Thinkpad 18 months or so ago and it's f'ing great. Don't think I'll ever buy a new laptop again.Nairn
    • Oh, and on any computer, especialyl laptops - always get as much RAM as you can. Better than a slightly faster processor, imo.Nairn
    • the win 10 pro licence i'm running was £2.15 on ebay if the cost is putting you off the asus...kingsteven
    • Ooh, really? I saw something like that recently, someone buying a key for a machine they were going to destroy. is that shit 'legit'? I mean, it works?Nairn
    • that and a £5 antivirus licence :D had to get a couple of drivers downloaded but well worth an hours graft to negate the bloatware on preinstalled OSkingsteven
    • I need to flatten this machine that I'm on now - it's Win7 (trace me and hack me you cunts). I *think* I still have an upgrade path, but I need a Just In Case.Nairn
    • you download windows from MS and just enter the key they give you so i think it's all legit after that point! i heard they're often unused OEM keys from...kingsteven
    • machines sold to businesses that already have site licenceskingsteven
    • are you able to share the link you used?
      x      Nairn
    • I'm a Lenovo fanboy but that Anus is far better than an ip3. if you got the money, and the trust towards your kid that she won't break it in a month, buy that.
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    • Yes sted, the Asus is my first option... I think I will catch it and buy a key, problem is I'm getting a pair of weeks of vacations and tech detox this friday..OBBTKN
    • And the last thing I want to do now is to be in front of another screen for hours configuring it, it should wait a pair of weeks thenOBBTKN
    • Whose anus, sted?!Nairn
    • 'no longer a registered user' on the one i got @ Nairn - it was last year though... i just went on the feedback...kingsteven
    • ebay?Nairn
    • don't buy on ebay, most of the times you get a generated key what can be revoked at any time, sometimes they even give you access to the tool, so you can fix it
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    • when ms kicks that key out.
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    • Nairn it will be ur anus is OBBTKN kid ges swatted because of a stolen windows 10 key :D
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    • Just throw Linux on the Asus. The quicker she learns how to use a terminal and VIM, the better.section_014
    • look up hp refurbished. can only order by phone but u get some nice deals. get win baked into it. refurbished also means clean install version
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    • probably get liek a i5 256 16gb for 400-500 hundie, or go less ram and standard hd for less
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