My parents-in-law their son managed to break the HP DV6 something laptop they had by dropping it (it was already in absolute garbage condition so nothing of value was lost lel) and i'm considering gifting them a proper laptop. Problem is: which one? They currently have a Dell Inspiron thing with a first gen i5, which I upgraded earlier this year with a SSD and the broken HP, but god knows when they are going to break that Dell.
How rugged is the T430 with a SSD? Also a thing to keep in mind is that they're complete normies so they'll install whatever shit gets bundled with other software so the machine ends up full of crapware after a while, and they don't particularly look after their devices either.
Performance isn't a big issue, as long their kids can play games like Roblox (god forbid!) and the parents can use Facebook/Skype.
Budget is minimal, as it's going to be a gift. I already have a bunch of RAM and SSDs are cheap nowadays, so I might be able to cut costs there.
How rugged is the T430 with a SSD? Also a thing to keep in mind is that they're complete normies so they'll install whatever shit gets bundled with other software so the machine ends up full of crapware after a while, and they don't particularly look after their devices either.
Performance isn't a big issue, as long their kids can play games like Roblox (god forbid!) and the parents can use Facebook/Skype.
Budget is minimal, as it's going to be a gift. I already have a bunch of RAM and SSDs are cheap nowadays, so I might be able to cut costs there.
