Hello!
I’m looking to replace my Acer Swift 1 13" model. All of my lectures have moved online and I don’t have access to my desktop machine so I am stuck with this low spec machine, whose 4 gigs of ram really put a damper on multitasking.
The specs I’m looking for are:
- 8 GB of RAM (ideally upgradable later on)
- Intel Core i5 (ideally 8th generation)
- 1920x1080 IPS panel, something around 13" or 14"
- Budget: around 500 Euros
I think the best option would be to get a used business laptop like a ThinkPad, Dell Latitude or HP EliteBook/ProBook, however the prices I’m seeing on the Intel 8th gen machines are still rather high here in Germany. I think the ThinkPad hype is really keeping the prices of even older machines up.
I wanted to ask here because I’m hoping there is some diamond in the rough that usually nobody goes for and might be a little bit cheaper while still offering an upgrade to my current machine (i.e. I am not sure a ThinkPad 440p really is a performance upgrade in any way).
Thanks!