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HP 14-bp016nf or Asus E406SA-BV153T?

by GL6 Jul 25, 2018 9:00AM PDT

Hi all

I'm new on the forum so I hope I'm posting the right thing in the right place

I'd like to buy a new laptop that I will use for 4 months of travelling in South East Asia and then give to my mom, who cannot use a laptop yet.

It must be light (max 1,5kg), under 400€ and I will use it mainly to surf, stream and use Word, so I don't need anything fancy, and neither will my mom.

I found these two potential options:

1. HP:
- Intel Celeron N3060
- 1,55 kg
- 128GB eMMC
https://www.fr.fnac.be/PC-Ultra-Portable-HP-14-bp…/a11284027

2. Asus:
- Intel Pentium N3710
- 1,3 kg
- 64GB eMMC
https://www.fr.fnac.be/PC-Ultra-Portable-Asus-E40…/a11921538

Questions:
- can I expand the storage?
- better more storage or a faster (?) processor?

Thanks a lot!

PS. Alternative would be two-in-one, but I'm a bit skeptical...

Post was last edited on July 25, 2018 9:03 AM PDT

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Tough call.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 25, 2018 9:06AM PDT

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-N3710-vs-Intel-Celeron-N3060/m141841vsm130019 would have me pick the Asus. As to storage, this is what we call an appliance PC. Folk get these to hit the web and not create content, write apps or huge documents.

For games you stick to card games.

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