Sup /g/, is a £150 netbook powerful enough to watch Youtube and other streaming sites? My laptop just shat the bed

buy a used elitebook 840.
i bought a g4 840 for about 80 euros from UK

>>105731270
smart
>>105731258 (OP)
they have very slow cpus

>>105731270
>>105731274
Found a "HP EliteBook 840 G4 i5-6300U 8Gb RAM" for £73, worth it?

Whatever you buy examine the hardware decoding features of the CPU's integrated GPU. 1080p 60fps h264 is your target. H264ify extension in chrome or Firefox can make it work on YouTube.

>>105731258 (OP)
If you just want something for watching and have a TV, get an Onn 4k. They're like $50

>>105731299
Isn't Onn a Walmart brand? OP doesn't have loicense for those.

>>105731286
it's 'ok' see if it has a 1080p ips screen
the 8000 series cpus have 4 cores, you may be interested in that

>>105731258 (OP)
Whatever you end up buying do yourself a favor and install Linux Mint on it, windows is so bloated it makes perfectly good hardware for youtube/streaming feel obsolete when it really isn't. If you're just streaming on a weak device its perfect for you.

What is your life like, OP? Do you just watch streams and stuff like that all day?

>>105732935
Yeah bro install linux mint so you can watch netflix and prime video and hbo at crisp 540p

>>105731258 (OP)
Probably. Just disable VP9 because it uses a lot of CPU cycles, and watch in VP8 instead in Firefox.
I know that because I had a shitty laptop once, which only played 1080p videos without stuttering if I disabled VP9.

>>105731258 (OP)
>>105651515

>>105732987
Don't you feel shame spreading absolute lies? That you were too lazy to verify?

>>105733971

>>105732935

>>105732935
>install Linux Mint on it
bluetooth status?
touchpad status?
audio status?

fuck off lintroon linux is for servers.

Get a used Thinkpad/Elitebook. New £150 notebooks SUCK.
You can get an Elitebook 840 G5/G6 on eBay for £150 that will run YouTube smoothly.

https://ebay.us/m/FogQIl
https://ebay.us/m/ufAboB

>>105731258 (OP)
You should look used. You might also consider an Amazon Fire tablet if you just need a video player.

>>105731258 (OP)
I'd recommend buying outlet/refurbished/outgoing models from stores instead of buying second hand. You can get pretty decent bargains that way with warranty. I just bought an Acer Aspire 3 with a ryzen 3 7320u, 8 gb soldered ddr5 ram (which sucks since it can't be upgraded buy it was cheap), and 128 gb nvme m2 ssd (which I'll have to upgrade) for €150. Even though the 8 gb probably ruins the longevity of the pc, it'll still work decent for a while and you could always install linux or even windows 10 on it for it to work for longer.

Buy an ipad for that price. The king of watching youtube.

>>105734013
all 3 work fine out of the box

if you buy used you can get a great fucking machine for that