Today I was tasked with finding a new laptop computer for my parents. They had certain requirements: more than one USB, comfortable screen, touch screen (!!!), large storage and lots of memory.
Their budget was pretty good, but when it's "Black Friday" weekend and their son is on the job, you're gonna get everything you want at a fraction of what they may expect.
It's not a super computer, but it is well built. It's a Levono i3 series. It's a metal cast (not plastic), 15.6" screen 16:10 ratio, built in speakers and mic, THREE USB ports (hard to find anymore), 8 hour battery.
Built in webcam, bright screen (300nits) and best of all (by request) a touch screen! Many laptops with touch-screen had to be high-end, but not this one!
I was happy with the specs:
- Windows 11 PRO
- 15.6" screen 1920x1080
- Intel i3 (3.7 Ghz) Processor
- 40 GB RAM (wow!)
- 1 TB SSD (wow again!)
- Bluetooth / 802.11 wireless
- built in keyboard with numberpad
- Integrated graphics card (ok)
I used to sell PC's and laptops many years ago, going back into the 1990's. Man, I'm old. The PC's back then were going for between $2500 - $3500 on average. Even a printer back then was a few hundreds of dollars. RAM was measured in Megabytes and we used to think nobody would EVER fill a TWO GIGABYTE hard drive (lol).
(Monitor NOT included)
This are the specs from an average GATEWAY PC from 1997 when I worked for the company. I sold many, many of these computers, like hotcakes.
Once you add a monitor and any accessories like a printer, this would easily come to over 3K. Then add in freight cost and tax. Whew!
By comparison, the laptop that I found for my parents cost $450.00. Craziness! 1000x the computer at 1/10th the price! Amazing the difference 27 years can make!
With inflation factored in, my parents only spent about $230 in 1997 dollars for this "perfect laptop". People don't sell laptops and computers anymore, websites sell laptops and computers these days.
What an amazing thing. Here's a link to the laptop, Black Friday (Cyber Monday) sale.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DCFQR63P/
Bless the Most High!
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