https://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-EliteBoo...puters&sr=1-14
I hardly use a laptop now but Mrs L needs one to do online yoga and ours is slow and generally clogged up, any suggestions 500-600 quid?
I bought a refurbished Thinkpad T460 recently. There are loads of places that sell them. They are easily upgradable with regard to memory and ram and you can replace the batteries too...
I love mine and I nearly dropped over a grand on a dell... So glad I didn't. The Thinkpad was about £350.
YMMV.
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As above, thinkpad are rock solid.
It wasn't that great a deal 8 months ago when the same laptop was being offered on Amazon for £340 ;)Originally Posted by Linocut
What's online yoga? Is that just a streaming thing? If that's all you need a laptop for you don't need to spend anywhere close to £500. Or just unclog the old one.
Anyway, keep an eye on hotukdeals: https://www.hotukdeals.com/tag/laptop
If it's really only used for streaming yoga classes buy a £10 cable and cast it to your TV from a phone.
Chromecast? Not worth buying a laptop for and a Chromecast/Apple TV will probably be a better solution.
What platform is the online yoga on?
Is it a class on Zoom or Teams or similar or is it just a video stream on something like YouTube?
What other tech do you have in the house, iPad or other tablet, smart tv, iPhone or Android phone?
I know nothing about computers but my son does and he recommend me to buy one of these from Amazon for my daughter. She’s happy and it works well. I also purchased the optional 2year warranty for £47.00 as he advised.
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Honestly mate if you have a laptop which is mainly used for browsing the internet (ie not installing any Windows-specific programs for things like CAD, accounting, etc) then I'd get a Chromebook. No moving parts, lightweight operating system, free updates, designed to be a web-first system. You could halve that budget and the laptop will be faster in 5 years than a Windows one.
Agree with #9
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Or just nuke it and re-install windows (or linux if you're into that kind of thing). If all you are doing is using it as a streaming client then spending £500 seems foolhardy when there are so many cheaper solutions.
Really glad this is the fourth post, as this needs to be seen.
Casting video to a larger screens changes the whole experience of viewing. This is especially true for a yoga class where there are subtleties in the movement.
Get a Chromecast, Amazon Fire Stick, Roku box, or Apple TV from Currys.
Way too pricey for my liking that.... I bought a few from this chap - 100% feedback and great VFM: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/pcs4youal...88.m1543.l2654
there's an elitebook on there for £240.
Thanks, but that is too much tech for mrs Macneil, really
It's Zoom. My Iphone will play to the TV but honestly it's painful trying to get Mrs M to do anything in terms of upgrade or new tech.
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I know nothing about computers but my son does and he recommend me to buy one of these from Amazon for my daughter. She’s happy and it works well. I also purchased the optional 2year warranty for £47.00 as he advised.
Thank you, I will take a look
Yes, I really don't like windows, I'm not interested in any of its features, I just browse the web really, and Mrs M doesn't use one at all.
But she loves yoga :)
Thanks for all the replies, very helpful.
I use an iPad mini with bluetooth headphones for Yoga zoom classes. Works fine. But not all zoom classes are the same. If its a vinyasa flow type class I find I'm listening more to the teachers cues than watching. But when taking a hatha/ashtanga style class which can be a bit more detailed and technical I have to look at the screen more to ensure I'm doing the posture/pose is correctly.
Some people get very funny about being watched at home via zoom and turn the camera off during a class, be aware that some teachers insist you have the camera on so they can check on you and make sure you are not doing anything that may cause harm.
I hope she can get on with it and enjoy her classes. During lockdown it was really good to be able to continue practice via zoom and helped me keep in contact with my teachers.
She doesn't mind the camera, there's a few of her friends on too and they like to have a little wave at each other when the teacher isn't looking
Would this be of any interest?
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/goo...k-ebay-3565680
Chrome book is all that’s required fir streaming - can be had second hand for sub £100
No operating system so just switches on and off like a light switch!
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