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Originally Posted by booklover6
I am surprised to hear that. I didn't think 4GB ram would be enough. On my desktop, that was just too slow to run Calibre (and Sigil) and Chrome browser, a file manager, and I had to upgrade to 8GB. I have looked at those basic laptops quite often, but figured they would be too slow!
Would you mind sharing what brand you got?
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Sure, but it is a Greek store brand from Plaisio store called "Turbo X". It was a low priced sale just around this time of the year, last year. 200 euros is a good price around here. I run Chrome, Calibre (with libraries of 5-6 thousand books), plus all the typical programs. I am not employed (kind of a forced early-retirement :-) - so I don't run power-house type graphics, word processing or anything. I use the free Photoscape app for image manipulation and Open Office. Some video watching and audio file manipulation. The laptop is an Intel Celeron 1037U 1.8GHz processor (64 bit, x-64 based), with 4 GB RAM.
My husband found windows 8.0 buggy, but the 8.1 release is quite nice, stable, and easy-to-use on his tablet. He is a univ. professor in math and engineering so uses intensive equation processing and writing programs and he is happy with his 4GB RAM.
I haven't had any bugs in one year of use, perhaps I am fortunate. Mine is not the best laptop available by any means, but it is perfect for my ebook library needs. I also have the time to be patient if something takes awhile!
Of course, my daughter has a Macbook with 12 GB RAM ;-)
Best of luck with your decision!