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I need your help /g/, my mom spends a lot of time on her laptop and has been complaining about her deteriorating eyesight. It's a cheap Toshiba 15.6 inch 768p laptop with a sandy bridge i5 and gt525mx.
She's usually conservative with letting people help her and with money, but I managed to convince her to upgrade to a proper high end laptop.
Does /g/ have any ideas what to get?
Here's what I'm looking for
>17 inch 4k screen
>IPS
>no 8KG gamer shit, please keep the looks nice and plain
>windows
Her budget is 1500 aud but I can bump that up to 2500 dollars with my own money.
She doesn't want a desktop or a NUC(I tried) because she's planning to go on a few trips next year.
Is this even possible?
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17' are heavy as fuck
get her some 14' or 15' laptop and an exterenal monitor for when she is not traveling
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Just get her a mac. Old people don't like learning tech and get viruses easily.
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>>55829064
>17 inch
ew
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>>55829064
>deteriorating eyesight
>4k screen
Why?
>no 8KG gamer shit
>17 inch, please keep the looks nice and plain
Really aren't a lot of options there.
>>55829093
Agreed, a 2011/2012 17" MBP with the hard drive swapped out for an SSD would be sensible.
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>>55829090
She'll carry it in her luggage bag most likely, Is there no such thing as a 17 inch ultrabook though?
>>55829098
Bigger, higher resolution screen, easier on the eyes
>>55829106
>not a lot of options
I know.
>>55829093
She's used to windows ui and is smart enough to not click on virus links and shit, my dad installed AVG for her too.
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>>55829064
>Here's what I'm looking for
>>17 inch 4k screen
Fuck off you retard.
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Battery life isn't really an issue, at most she'll need half an hour.
>>55829106
>>55829093
Retina screen?
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>>55829120
Tell her to get better glasses
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>>55829148
Look, I'm trying to do something nice for her, and it's not often she'll accept help or advice from others.
She just got new glasses from her optometrist a couple of months ago, but I still want to help her get a better laptop.
Higher ppi, and bigger screen size, would be better for her than a 15.6 inch 768p piece of shit.
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>>55829143
No 17" model for the Retina, that only goes up to 15"
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>>55829429
Well that's buggered.
You think 1440p would be sharp enough?
I was hoping 17 inch so she can have a larger display, but 15 inch should be alright too I suppose...
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>>55829064
>17 inch 4k screen
>gaming laptop
No one needs a 4k screen. The main issue here is that you have literally no battery life because of this consuming screen.
Just get a regular 17" monitor laptop form hp (pavilion) or whatever.
>gaming laptop
what the hell is she doing with her laptop that you consider getting a gaming laptop?
Best solution would be a mini PC and a separate Monitor.
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>>55829064
What if you got her a standard 17 inch laptop, then swapped out the display for a 1440p or 4k screen?
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