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Much obliged PoofyHairguy. I appreciated that info. Thanks Desi. Seems like youre saying that for my most basic needs it might not even be necessary to go into the i3, i5 3000 and up CPU range but as Poofy mentioned it's best to get the more powerful specs once you get into playing higher...

Thanks for your opinion PoofyHair Quick follow up. If I just wanted to connect the laptop to my TV and watch AVI type videos from my hard drive and videos from surfing Youtube eg.....do I need to be ultra concerned with it being i3, i5 with the "4000" series? It comes at a price range that is...

Can't thank you enough Desi. The best to you in your many ventures.

Thanks Desi Thanks Piasbird You also seemed to have backed up that the CPU you used started with a 4. Don't know if it's mandatory but it seems like it does the trick.

thanks for replies folks Would like full internet not just apps MUST ISO thanks Actually, I'm trying to buy a low end laptop specifically for the purpose of playing online videos from computer to TV(such as beforementioned youtube,tedtalks). It would be nice though to be able to play vids from...

Does Chromecast allow both surfing the internet and playing videos from my computer to my TV MUST ISO?

Hi Folks- Interested in your opinions. I just bought a HD TV and would like to hook up a laptop to it to play videos that I find on websites such as Ted Talks and Youtube. What are the minimum specs I need on the lap top to do that and perhaps play medium quality videos from my hard drive? Is...