Best kids laptop - simple use

[Farneyman]

Looking for a recommendation from the tech savvy folk here for kids lap top priced about £200ish. There are lots of options available online but I'm not great at figuring out whats best value.

Will be used for usual kids stuff - Minecraft, YouTube.

Thanks in advance

 

[GreiginFife]

Minecraft uses a surprising amount of resources and I am not sure you will find one under £200 to run it. It looks basic and blocky but the Java version uses a huge amount of memory and CPU alone.
My lad has an i3, 8GB laptop with a M.2 SSD and it struggles to achieve smooth framerates on Minecraft.

Plenty options for basic other usage but that particular requirement might be one too far for a basic machine.

 

[Farneyman]

Cheers Greig. Any links to a suitable MInecrafter one?

 

[GreiginFife]

It all depends, basic minecraft or running with mods? Mods need a lot of RAM. And I mean a lot.

 

[Farneyman]

Basic versions without Mods

 

[GreiginFife]

https://www.ebuyer.com/881017-hp-250-g7-i3-laptop-6mq84es-abu

This is the minimum spec I would be looking at. Possibly a Ryzen 5 APU based machine but 8GB of RAM and SSD.