Hardware College Laptop

[juggernaut911]

hey

so my brother tasked me with the mission of finding a decent laptop. hes only willing to spend 800$ tops. he wants it to be good with office apps (word, excel, etc) and decent amount of RAM. this is NOT a gaming laptop so tune down your normal spec finding eyeball to super lowww...

I came asking you guys because I'm only aware of Newegg as a laptop reseller. their selection aint so great for what I'm hunting.


thnx in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


these are what I found: any good?
Sony VAIO NR VGN-NR485E
TOSHIBA Tecra A9-S9012X


PS: He "dislikes" Apple

 

[tinymonkeyt]

my bro just has a ibook
nothing too special

 

[juggernaut911]

he doesnt like macs

 

[tinymonkeyt]

oh...
well then i dont think it has to be something that special
i mean, all he will do is like go on the internet, use Word, AIM (or other instant messengers), and maybe a few extra programs..
toshiba looks nice btw

 

[santorix10]

oh...
well then i dont think it has to be something that special
i mean, all he will do is like go on the internet, use Word, AIM (or other instant messengers), and maybe a few extra programs..
toshiba looks nice btw

Seconded. I bought a MacBook, only to realize later that I could've used old free laptops that businesses were throwing away...

 

[go185]

hey

so my brother tasked me with the mission of finding a decent laptop. hes only willing to spend 800$ tops. he wants it to be good with office apps (word, excel, etc) and decent amount of RAM. this is NOT a gaming laptop so tune down your normal spec finding eyeball to super lowww...

I came asking you guys because I'm only aware of Newegg as a laptop reseller. their selection aint so great for what I'm hunting.


thnx in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


these are what I found: any good?
Sony VAIO NR VGN-NR485E
TOSHIBA Tecra A9-S9012X


PS: He "dislikes" Apple

If he is just going to use it for surfing the net and doing Word documents, maybe he should consider getting an ASUS EEE PC. They are small and light, so they are easy to bring to class. They might not have large SSDs, but its enough for what he would be doing.

the 2Gs and 4Gs come with 512MB of RAM
the 8Gs, 900s, and up come with 1GB of RAM
If he needed to, he could easily upgrade the RAM

just go onto newegg and search for EEE PC, prices range from $300 to $600

EDIT:
Also, most come with linux, but they work fine with XP, as the EEE comes with a disc that has XP drivers for its hardware

 

[fischju]

The Eee PC is pretty useless when you can buy a full laptop for $500 or less

The Toshiba is a better deal.

 

[Mangofett]

The Eee PC is pretty useless when you can buy a full desktop for $500 or less

The Toshiba is a better deal.

You can't bring a desktop to class...

Anyway, eeepc 900 dropped too 400$ recently, the windows version is 449$

BUT!

I have one, wouldn't recommend it for college.

Anyway, if he doesn't want vista, here is an XP top

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834115477

 

[Shinji]

If none of those tickle your brothers' fancy, keep an eye on slickdeals.net
The most recent laptop that made the front page (for those that dont already follow front page)

Spoiler

Office Depot has the HP Pavilion Notebook Computer for $800 - $100 OD Rebate - $50 HP Rebate = $650 with free shipping.
Specs:

* Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor T5550
* 3GB DDR2 Memory, Expandable to 4GB
* Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW
* 14.1" WXGA High-Definition BrightView LCD
* 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (5400 rpm)
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
* 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery and AC adapter
* Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN (Draft-N) Network Connection
* Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

 

[deathfisaro]

Toshiba satellite models are small and relatively light.
It's by no means a gaming laptop either (onboard GPU)

Not sure about the price, older models are cheaper obviously. Last time I checked they were affordable for its performance.