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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Green Man on January 01, 2009, 04:08:55 PM

Title: Help me find a laptop
Post by: Green Man on January 01, 2009, 04:08:55 PM

Ive received word of a promotion at work! Since I am now basking in the wonderful world of cabbage and clean ups in the canned goods department, I can now use the money Ive been saving up to buy my mother a laptop for her birthday.

Here's what I'm looking for:

-Under $500 or slightly over
-Built-In wifi
-A reasonable hard-drive
-Mild graphics capabilities(Basically, I need it to be able to run Sims 2 and shit)

I'd also to be able to get it at a B&M location, but getting it online isn't an issue.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: bork on January 01, 2009, 04:22:47 PM

Drop the graphics requirement and you could buy her a nice netbook for under $500 easily.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: huckleberry on January 01, 2009, 04:30:04 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131014 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131014)


This is the one I have on order.  Should be here on Friday.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: Reb on January 01, 2009, 06:20:50 PM

I hear bad stories about Acer, I bought one anyway.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on January 01, 2009, 06:43:29 PM

Samsung NC-10 and the MSI Wind are the netbooks I like the most, build-wise.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 01, 2009, 06:45:01 PM

my parents have that first acer. it suits their basic needs just fine, and seems to be pretty reliable.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: huckleberry on January 01, 2009, 07:26:14 PM

I bought the samsung because all the reviews say the keyboard is mint and battery life is 5+ hours. 
trustedreviews.com gave it rave reviews....of course I will let you know what I think of it.
Should tide me over till the new netbooks with ion. :drool

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on January 01, 2009, 08:35:36 PM

Yup, but it's an acceptable compromise for the size.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: huckleberry on January 01, 2009, 08:37:20 PM

you can just use an exteral dvd drive...find them for cheap too.

Title: Re: Help me find a laptop
Post by: Eel O'Brian on January 01, 2009, 10:47:30 PM

or you could download magiciso and make iso files, then download magicdisc and mount the iso files on a virtual dvd drive