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GeoBook 240 14.1" laptop $180 at Bestbuy / Ebay

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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

Perfect for charity donation, or just office user.
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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/geo-...Id=6462554

https://www.ebay.com/itm/19507696...R8qxmM7ZYA
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

Perfect for charity donation, or just office user.
** For those who has concern, I have few suggestions here:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=157243606&postcount=33

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Aug 23, 2022 11:40 PM
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GILTIAug 23, 2022 11:40 PM
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Was FP last month at $170. Pretty close in price now.

https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/731953
Aug 24, 2022 5:40 AM
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BrianS13Aug 24, 2022 5:40 AM
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Quote from GILTI View quoted comment :
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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Aug 24, 2022 5:50 AM
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UltraPAug 24, 2022 5:50 AM
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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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Aug 24, 2022 6:38 AM
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Aug 24, 2022 6:38 AM
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Quote from UltraP View quoted comment :
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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Aug 24, 2022 7:32 AM
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BrianS13Aug 24, 2022 7:32 AM
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Quote from picframe View quoted comment :
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.
Aug 24, 2022 7:50 AM
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LilylyAug 24, 2022 7:50 AM
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Quote from BrianS13 View quoted comment :
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?
Aug 24, 2022 9:14 AM
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BrianS13Aug 24, 2022 9:14 AM
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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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Aug 24, 2022 11:42 AM
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luckydog97Aug 24, 2022 11:42 AM
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Quote from BrianS13 View quoted comment :
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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Aug 24, 2022 2:28 PM
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picframe
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Aug 24, 2022 2:28 PM
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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 View quoted comment :
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 View quoted comment :
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.
Aug 24, 2022 3:18 PM
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deelseakerAug 24, 2022 3:18 PM
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Quote from picframe View quoted comment :
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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Aug 24, 2022 4:19 PM
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Aug 24, 2022 4:19 PM
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Quote from deelseaker View quoted comment :
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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The_Love_SpudAug 24, 2022 7:23 PM
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Quote from picframe View quoted comment :
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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Aug 24, 2022 7:29 PM
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kirbyparufoAug 24, 2022 7:29 PM
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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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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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Aug 24, 2022 7:44 PM
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kirbyparufoAug 24, 2022 7:44 PM
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Quote from doggyworld View quoted comment :
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.
It's all about the software. Chromebooks are simply much, much more limited in what they can do. If your tasks fall outside of Web Browsing and light document editing via Google Docs (example: if you need to use MS Office, Photoshop, etc), they are not viable (I believe some higher end ones CAN via VMs, etc, but if you're spending that much on a Chromebook you should buy a regular laptop anyway). If you're just doing the absolute basics, they range from adequate to good depending on the build quality of any given model.

Once they go end-of-life, it isn't always straightforward or possible to load a new OS onto them, so they end up clogging the landfills. Even if you can install another OS, the wonky Chromebook keyboard, non-upgradability of the parts (they're usually soldered to the motherboard), and and low local storage (usually eMMC too, which is slower than SSD storage) means it's often not worth the hassle.

MrChromebox (who created the script most people use to install other OSes onto Chromebooks) flat-out says:
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"Buying any modern (2017+) Chromebook with the intention of running Windows or Linux is a terrible idea, period. Most can't boot anything other than ChromeOS, and those that can run it poorly. Older models may fair better compatibility wise, but there are still lots of caveats, and it's not recommended to buy a Chromebook as a cheap Linux device. The days where Chromebooks ran Linux well ended with the 2015 models."
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