Looking for an inexpensive, laptop.

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Want the best bang for my $400ish buck. not a student, general use, no gaming, work, some play + needs to handle Netflix/youtube. Any reccommendations?
 
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Within your $400 (before tax) you can purchase the following Acer laptop for $350 with a Core i3-7100u, 4GB of RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, 1080p screen. Additionally, purchase a 4GB stick of RAM for $46 and install it yourself to get a total of 8GB of RAM.

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-i3-7100U-Windows-E5-575-33BM/dp/B01K1IO3QW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1475751103&sr=1-15&keywords=e+15&linkCode=sl1&tag=tecdea0f-20&linkId=973caed1ea66abfb86c5ee0a1596151b

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Single-PC4-19200-Unbuffered-260-Pin/dp/B019FRDKWI/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1519100155&sr=1-3&keywords=crucial+4gb+ddr4+ram+sodimm


Here's a review and there is a link to a playlist which includes how to upgrade the RAM. There are also...
Feb 19, 2018
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Thank you! :)

Also, noticing macafee and added protection through the retailer itself being pushed at every retailer I visit. Doesn't Microsoft have its own antivirus protection already installed in their computers?
 

Scottray

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Microsoft's Defender antivirus comes with Windows 10. It's Ok. I personally use Norton Security Deluxe for all my home PC's, along with Defender. Another good choice is Avast anti-virus. Eventhough McAfee comes as crapware on a new PC, you don't have to enable it and you can uninstall it. I'd also suggest that you download the free version of MalwareBytes and run once a month.
 
Within your $400 (before tax) you can purchase the following Acer laptop for $350 with a Core i3-7100u, 4GB of RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, 1080p screen. Additionally, purchase a 4GB stick of RAM for $46 and install it yourself to get a total of 8GB of RAM.

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-i3-7100U-Windows-E5-575-33BM/dp/B01K1IO3QW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1475751103&sr=1-15&keywords=e+15&linkCode=sl1&tag=tecdea0f-20&linkId=973caed1ea66abfb86c5ee0a1596151b

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Single-PC4-19200-Unbuffered-260-Pin/dp/B019FRDKWI/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1519100155&sr=1-3&keywords=crucial+4gb+ddr4+ram+sodimm


Here's a review and there is a link to a playlist which includes how to upgrade the RAM. There are also some games tested if you are interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcdK_jmyOJY&t=0

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Microsoft Defender is the default antivirus program that comes with Windows 10. However, I prefer to use Avast! Fee; I have been using it since 2010.

https://www.avast.com/en-us/index
 
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