I'm looking for a Christmas gift for son & daughter-in-law. Their old laptop is dead. They have an ipad but would like a cheap laptop too. Trying to keep it under $400. I don't want a W8 laptop, but I found this Acer E1-532P-4771 notebook, with Windows 8.1 & Pentium 3556u CPU, on sale at Costco for $399.
My other choice is either the Acer C720P Chromebook or HP 14" Chromebook, both @ $299.
They pretty much just surf the web, you-tube videos, email, I think some video streaming and no gaming. Both OS will be new to them since they are coming from either XP or W7.
I'm assuming after the year ends there will be new laptop offerings with Windows 8.1 too. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
My other choice is either the Acer C720P Chromebook or HP 14" Chromebook, both @ $299.
They pretty much just surf the web, you-tube videos, email, I think some video streaming and no gaming. Both OS will be new to them since they are coming from either XP or W7.
I'm assuming after the year ends there will be new laptop offerings with Windows 8.1 too. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.