Netbook replacement for small school

[alexandali]

My small school has old Lenovo Ideapads which are now well past their sell by date. I've been tasked with finding 20 affordable replacements -

these have got to be bottom end of the price range.

We have a netbook storage/charging cabinet and space limitations, so we need a 11 or 12 inch laptops.

Staff want a laptop that runs MS Office so Chromebooks and tablet computers are out.

We have an appallingly slow internet connection.

I'm thinking of this sort of spec:-

11 or 12 inch laptop format

OS - Windows 10

Processor - Pentium, Celeron or Atom

Memory - 4GB

Storage - 64GB minimum especially if eMMC

Wifi and RJ45 for imaging

Budget likely to be less than £300 ea.

Been googling but not finding a good match.

Any ideas gratefully received - thanks

[3s-gtech]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/devices/default.aspx

 

This is US but worth a look. I found some Acer edu focused models with 4GB RAM, stronger hinges etc, that are within budget.

[FN-GM]

Stone computers still make them. VeryPC night, but I am not certain on that.

[Alis_Klar]

Are you in a rural area? If not you really should look at a faster connection. You could sign up for Office 365 and then you get a MS Word Excel for free with 80% of the features and 100% of the features the kids would need to use. You can use Office 365 on Chromebooks also but need a way to do single sign on between google and MS.

[ReBoot]

Looking for similar myself. The ACER ASPIRE R3-131T range looks a possibility though you would need the hdd version as the max SSD size is 32GB.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Would refurbs be an option?

 

I can get lovely 12.4" Lenovo X220/X230 laptops and they'd fit your price range. Great warranties too!

 

[3s-gtech]

Hey Dave - what are the X230s coming in at when specced up (8GB RAM, max warranty, no HDD or SSD)? Lenovo seem to be struggling to provide a laptop in this size bracket in the UK now (the Thinkpad 11e has disappeared).

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Hey Dave - what are the X230s coming in at when specced up (8GB RAM, max warranty, no HDD or SSD)? Lenovo seem to be struggling to provide a laptop in this size bracket in the UK now (the Thinkpad 11e has disappeared).

 

£260 with i5, 8gb RAM, No HDD and 3 Year Warranty Sir.

 

Or £220 with the i5 but just 4GB and a 2 Year Warranty.

 

[Blue_Cookeh]

£260 with i5, 8gb RAM, No HDD and 3 Year Warranty Sir.

 

Or £220 with the i5 but just 4GB and a 2 Year Warranty.

 

 

Holy moly can you just stop - you're making me want to go put a case out to our SLT for a bunch!

 

I love ThinkPads, and I love the X series more

Edited February 15, 2018 by Blue_Cookeh

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Holy moly can you just stop - you're making me want to go put a case out to our SLT for a bunch!

 

I love ThinkPads, and I love the X series more

 

Ha!

 

Did you just get seduced by the thought of potential Thinkpads?

 

You probably need professional help!

 

But, in the meantime, there's plenty to go around...