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Screen Size: 14.1 inches
Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
Processor Model: Intel Pentium N5030 (4 core)
SSD: 128 gigabytes ( upgradeable )
System Memory: 8 gigabytes ( Soldered )
Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 605
Operating System : Windows 10 Home in S mode ( Go to STORE app, and convert to regular for free )

N5030 passmark out perform, older i-core such
Intel Core i7-4600U @ 2.10GHz
Intel Core i7-7Y75 @ 1.30GHz
Intel Core i5-5350U @ 1.80GHz

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Model: Geo - GeoBook 240 14.1-inch FHD Laptop - Intel Pentium Silver Quad Core Processor - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Black

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    Product Name: Geo - GeoBook 240 14.1-inch FHD Laptop - Intel Pentium Silver Quad Core Processor - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Black
    Product Description: Shop Geo GeoBook 240 14.1-inch FHD Laptop Intel Pentium Silver Quad Core Processor 8GB Memory 128GB SSD Black at Best Buy. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. Price Match Guarantee.
    Model Number: GE178
    Product SKU: 6462554
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    2-in-1 Design: No
    Backlit Keyboard: No
    Battery Capacity: 4800 milliampere hours
    Battery Type: Lithium-ion polymer
    ENERGY STAR Certified: Yes
    EPEAT Qualified: No
    Front Facing Camera Megapixels: 2 megapixels
    Front Facing Camera Video Resolution: 1080p
    Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 605
    Graphics Type: Integrated
    Headphone Jack: Yes
    Keyboard Touch Screen: No
    Media Card Reader: Yes
    Operating System: Windows 10 Home in S mode
    Operating System Architecture: 64-bit
    Optical Drive Type: None
    Processor Model: Intel Pentium
    Processor Model Number: Pentium Silver N5030
    Processor Speed (up to): 1.1 gigahertz
    Product Depth: 8.8
    Product Height: 0.76
    Product Weight: 3.11 pounds
    Product Width: 13.15
    Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
    Screen Size: 14.1
    Solid State Drive Capacity: 128 gigabytes
    Storage Type: SSD
    System Memory (RAM): 8 gigabytes
    Total Storage Capacity: 128 gigabytes
    Touch Screen: No
    Type of Memory (RAM): LPDDR4
    Video Memory Type: Shared
    Wireless Networking: Wireless-AC

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    GILTI
    08-23-2022 at 04:40 PM.
    08-23-2022 at 04:40 PM.
    Was FP last month at $170. Pretty close in price now.

    https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/731953
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    BrianS13
    08-23-2022 at 10:40 PM.
    08-23-2022 at 10:40 PM.
    Quote from GILTI :
    Was FP last month at $170. Pretty close in price now.

    https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/731953
    It always amazes me when a deal gets FP then comes back for the same price or a few bucks more and gets no love. 😭
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    UltraP
    08-23-2022 at 10:50 PM.

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    08-23-2022 at 10:50 PM.
    I bought one last time around. Very nice looking brand new unit, I thought it was a great deal. It didn't even boot to Windows. Kept power cycling forever. At least it failed immediately and not after a few months of use, causing loss of data. Junk!
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    08-23-2022 at 11:38 PM.
    08-23-2022 at 11:38 PM.
    Quote from UltraP :
    I bought one last time around. Very nice looking brand new unit, I thought it was a great deal. It didn't even boot to Windows. Kept power cycling forever. At least it failed immediately and not after a few months of use, causing loss of data. Junk!
    Now you have me worry! My wife and I only have $2k budget to donate school supply this year and we were happy to order 10 of this from local BB today. ( there was no actual unit on display at Bellevue WA store, so we dont know how bad it is ) Any other recommendation? we would prefer new machines though?

    p.s. sales tax is 10.1% here.
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    BrianS13
    08-24-2022 at 12:32 AM.
    08-24-2022 at 12:32 AM.
    Quote from picframe :
    Now you have me worry! My wife and I only have $2k budget to donate school supply this year and we were happy to order 10 of this from local BB today. ( there was no actual unit on display at Bellevue WA store, so we dont know how bad it is ) Any other recommendation? we would prefer new machines though?

    p.s. sales tax is 10.1% here.
    You could wait for the Asus 14" to go to $99.99 again ram and storage are half the size but they come with 1 year of office/Microsoft 365 personal too. They keep going to $99.99 every week or two it seems.
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    Lilyly
    08-24-2022 at 12:50 AM.
    08-24-2022 at 12:50 AM.
    Quote from BrianS13 :
    You could wait for the Asus 14" to go to $99.99 again ram and storage are half the size but they come with 1 year of office/Microsoft 365 personal too. They keep going to $99.99 every week or two it seems.
    how about the cpu comparison?
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    BrianS13
    08-24-2022 at 02:14 AM.
    08-24-2022 at 02:14 AM.
    Quote from Lilyly :
    how about the cpu comparison?
    I think the pentium quad cores gonna be better than the Celeron dual core but the Asus is pretty solid and for school kids the year of office outweighs the CPU comparison IMHO. It's a $70 value on a $100 laptop. They will ideally use the laptop's to learn and not play Roblox lol. Asus build quality is also superior but if you don't get a lemon the Geo definitely has better specs for the additional $80.
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    luckydog97
    08-24-2022 at 04:42 AM.
    08-24-2022 at 04:42 AM.
    Quote from BrianS13 :
    You could wait for the Asus 14" to go to $99.99 again ram and storage are half the size but they come with 1 year of office/Microsoft 365 personal too. They keep going to $99.99 every week or two it seems.
    The 8GB of RAM in this machine makes all the difference. I bought it for my dad a month or so ago. It runs perfectly for his needs. His previous machine had enough CPU power but 4GB of non upgradable RAM and was horrifically slow. It was one of those $119/$99 specials. Windows takes around 4GB just to sit on the desktop.

    This is a solid value.
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    08-24-2022 at 07:28 AM.
    08-24-2022 at 07:28 AM.
    Thank you gentlemen! While I am very handy with PC/ OS tweaking, especially MS system, I would definitely prefer name brand + RAM/ HD self-upgrade. Is there other options that I could have minimum of 8GB ram machine?

    Unfortunately, I really don't have much to spend, maybe extra 10%~15% max. Frown

    Quote from BrianS13 :
    I think the pentium quad cores gonna be better than the Celeron dual core but the Asus is pretty solid and for school kids the year of office outweighs the CPU comparison IMHO. It's a $70 value on a $100 laptop. They will ideally use the laptop's to learn and not play Roblox lol. Asus build quality is also superior but if you don't get a lemon the Geo definitely has better specs for the additional $80.
    Quote from luckydog97 :
    The 8GB of RAM in this machine makes all the difference. I bought it for my dad a month or so ago. It runs perfectly for his needs. His previous machine had enough CPU power but 4GB of non upgradable RAM and was horrifically slow. It was one of those $119/$99 specials. Windows takes around 4GB just to sit on the desktop.

    This is a solid value.
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    08-24-2022 at 08:18 AM.
    08-24-2022 at 08:18 AM.
    Quote from picframe :
    My wife and I only have $2k budget to donate school supply this year and we were happy to order 10 of this from local BB today.
    Not to discount your good deed and effort, but you may be better off getting better $300 laptops and making six kids happy than buying 10 of these and making almost no one satisfied.

    There is a Best Buy review from someone with two bootlooped of these. And matching the performance of a 15-year-old EEK! server CPU or a 9-year old laptop CPU is not a huge feat.
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    08-24-2022 at 09:19 AM.
    08-24-2022 at 09:19 AM.
    Quote from deelseaker :
    Not to discount your good deed and effort, but you may be better off getting better $300 laptops and making six kids happy than buying 10 of these and making almost no one satisfied.

    There is a Best Buy review from someone with two bootlooped of these. And matching the performance of a 15-year-old EEK! server CPU or a 9-year old laptop CPU is not a huge feat.
    Very valid point! List of 10 kids were provided by school and I am really pulling my hair ( not many left ) trying to get other parents to "chip in", where they going for school bag, clothes, books and papers..
    10 laptops will delivered tomorrow to my place first, I am really really anxious / worry as well..
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    08-24-2022 at 12:23 PM.

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    08-24-2022 at 12:23 PM.
    Quote from picframe :
    N5030 passmark out perform, older i-core such
    Intel Core i7-4600U @ 2.10GHz
    Intel Core i7-7Y75 @ 1.30GHz
    Intel Core i5-5350U @ 1.80GHz
    Intel Xeon X5460 @ 3.16GHz
    The N5030 is an incredibly efficient and modern Atom-based CPU. This deal in fact triggered an alert I'd set for slightly newer Jasper lake Atom CPUs as those have been game-changers in the chromebook space. However, as a platform for running Windows Atom CPUs still remain something worth avoiding and this is highlighted by the comparisons above.

    The Xeon X5460 on this list really doesn't meaningfully belong here since that CPU technology sounds better than it was (i.e. - Xeon means this beats a SERVER!). The Xeon X5460 model rolled out in 2007 and is the Xeon equivalent of the Core2 Quad series (so an equivalent retail CPU would be around a Core2 Quad Q9650). These CPUs are still functional (I still daily drive a Core2 Quad system as my media playback PC for my projector) but also haven't been new in retail for over a decade. In fact, the Core2 Quad is the last four-core, non-low power/mobile i-series CPU with which the N5030 competes horsepower wise. A first-generation i5 should crush these numbers (note that four-core i3 models didn't appear until the 8th generation).

    The N5030 is definitely a miracle of engineering for accomplishing in 6 Watts what used to require 90 Watts. That doesn't make it a recommendable machine for running Windows as a primary PC.

    The rest of the CPUs on the list are all low-power (even lower than the N5030 in most cases), dual-core i-series CPUs. The dual core i-series budget CPUs, particularly the ultra-low power Y and U models, have consistently proven to lack the longevity of their 4-core counterparts as operating systems and applications have become increasingly capable of supporting multiple threads/cores (even browsers today leverage both!).

    This system may be functional for some users, and advanced users may have some optimized applications for such a PC, but otherwise I'd recommend dumping the Passmark comparison as validation of the day-to-day usefulness of this laptop. An interesting footnote, but especially considering the selection of CPUs a potentially misleading one.

    Good luck!
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    kirbyparufo
    08-24-2022 at 12:29 PM.
    08-24-2022 at 12:29 PM.
    This has a TN panel rather than an IPS panel, just a heads-up.

    In the category of affordable (<$200) fanless laptops, this is about the best you'll do in terms of performance for something that's in New condition (excluding 2-in-1s like the Surface).
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    doggyworld
    08-24-2022 at 12:32 PM.

    Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank doggyworld

    08-24-2022 at 12:32 PM.
    Any reason to not just get cheap chromebooks instead of Windows laptops? My nephews school does this.

    Unless they need Windows software, if they're just doing stuff online, Chromebooks are much more capable with lesser hardware.
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