Good Budget Laptop
Feb 23, 2018 12:40:24 GMT -5
Post by TheBlockMage on Feb 23, 2018 12:40:24 GMT -5
There's frequent discussion around here about finding a good budget PC and I just wanted to share my recent, positive experience with the Acer Aspire 1.
It sells for around $200 on Amazon. (I got it for $150 by signing up for a trial of the Amazon Prime Card). The computer only has 2GB RAM BUT it has a solid state drive so it's decently fast, especially for a budget PC. Minecraft runs great on it, even with Medium settings. You would probably be okay having YouTube or Discord on in the background, but I haven't tested the memory limits too much myself.
The hard drive is tiny, but that can be solved with cloud storage and the SD card slot. As with most new computers, you want to remove bloatware, and I chose to disable Cortana which helps some too. A lot of reviewers complain about the trackpad, which isn't very good, but if you're playing Minecraft you're likely going to be using a mouse anyways.
Just wanted to share. You don't have to spend hundreds (or thousands) just to play Minecraft!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0746NCNSG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It sells for around $200 on Amazon. (I got it for $150 by signing up for a trial of the Amazon Prime Card). The computer only has 2GB RAM BUT it has a solid state drive so it's decently fast, especially for a budget PC. Minecraft runs great on it, even with Medium settings. You would probably be okay having YouTube or Discord on in the background, but I haven't tested the memory limits too much myself.
The hard drive is tiny, but that can be solved with cloud storage and the SD card slot. As with most new computers, you want to remove bloatware, and I chose to disable Cortana which helps some too. A lot of reviewers complain about the trackpad, which isn't very good, but if you're playing Minecraft you're likely going to be using a mouse anyways.
Just wanted to share. You don't have to spend hundreds (or thousands) just to play Minecraft!
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0746NCNSG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
