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Cheap laptop for 12 year old

  • 07-06-2012 09:32PM
    #1
    edenbridge146
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭


    Basically looking for a relatively cheap(ish) netbook for a 12 year old who is constantly hogging the house computer cos he's playing games on line.

    He wants access to Youtube, itunes etc.
    No requirement for Windows

    Any suggestions?


Comments

  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,165 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    What games are we talking about? Most game require a decent enough computer to run them on so some cheap might not work.


  • #3
    Occono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Occono


    My brother has a HP Pavilion dm1 and it's surprisingly managed to run a few new-ish games on low. Just Cause 2 is pretty well optimized...

    He got it for €380 in a Christmas sale at PC world, they have it at like €480 now I think.


  • #4
    edenbridge146
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭edenbridge146


    Minecraft is his latest online craze.


  • #5
    Occono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Occono


    It plays Minecraft, but you'd have to have some fog on. It's a processor-intensive game, the dm1 is just a 1.65ghz.


  • #6
    The Agogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭The Agogo


    You should get him something really old and that barely works for a cheap price(: something like this

    It'll keep him away from the games and he'll want to fix it (with due encouragement) and probably (as happens with most kids who tinker with technology) will turn into a computer genius by the age of 18.

    Just a suggestion...


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