Recommendations - Sub £500 student laptop

[Boom78]

Evening all, my daughter needs a laptop for A-levels/uni but I simply haven’t got a clue when it comes to latest laptops. I’m guessing it will need to be light, good battery life, windows, 14”,Budget £500 tops.

Anyone got any recommendations or ones to avoid?

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[Boom78]

I’ve actually got MacBook Air of my own. It’s pretty good but not sure about buying second hand one though.

[Boom78]

As much as I like mine I’m just not sure on an M1 air for my daughter to be honest. The lack of standard USBs, price, weight, non windows, MS office compatibility, metal finish plus they can be a ball ache to use (maybe that just me).

I will take a trip to curry’s and John Lewis to see what they’ve got.

[Boom78]

Like the idea of the dell refurbished stuff, prices seem good too. Hits the brief nicely!