New laptops for local Food Bank

[mikeprice]

Hi all

 

I have asked about this before but things move on

and charity admin moves slower than salary negotiation for "other staff" at a school!!

 

 

Anyway - the local Food Bank needs 2 - and possibly more - laptops for the staff and volunteers to use

 

They be used as pure laptops - but also as desktops connected to a monitor and with a wired mouse

 

The manager wants new machines and likes HP

 

In reality they will only be used normally for web access to the Trust's web site which does all the work and does all the storage of data

 

they will also use them fro simple stuff on Word and occasionally Published for forms and posters

 

very basic stuff

 

Now - the question is spec.

 

I am sort of out of date - but I was thinking any basic laptop with at least 8 GB memory and 2 slots in case of needing an increase in the future

plus a reasonable SSD - size not important as they should not be storing much on there except for quick access to a few commonly used posters and forms - the rest should be on the trust site and/or OneDrive

 

processor - AMD Ryzen 5 5625U or similar

screen size - 15 seems to be OK - any bigger would just make it more difficult to carry around

 

 

something like https://www.ebuyer.com/1535158-hp-255-g9-15-6-inch-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-5625u-6a1u9ea-abu

 

 

 

 

any comments - they are finally thinking of putting to forward for approval (just before I go away on holiday!!!)

 

thanks

[elsiegee40]

Usually “wants new” comes about because they have no understanding of the quality of stuff from the genuine refurb market. Surely the merits of refurb from someone trustworthy like @ICTDirect_Dave could be sold to them? I’m sure he could recommend a decent spec .

[Millgate_Jon]

Hi

 

Might be able to help with this, we have some older stock from RMA`s we can`t sell but we try to keep our charitable work relatively local.

 

I see your profile says Widnes, is that still the case and I presume the foodbank is over that way too? We are Sheffield based but I can always ask for you........

 

Cheers

 

Jon.

[mikeprice]

Hi

 

Might be able to help with this, we have some older stock from RMA`s we can`t sell but we try to keep our charitable work relatively local.

 

I see your profile says Widnes, is that still the case and I presume the foodbank is over that way too? We are Sheffield based but I can always ask for you........

 

Cheers

 

Jon.

 

Yes - the Food Bank in question is the Widnes one

It is part of the Trussel Trust

 

Thanks for thinking about it!!!!

 

any money saved is always welcome - food costs being what they are and all that!

 

Thanks again

 

Mike