can anyone reccomend me a good laptop?

[ManBearPig]

In the 600 dollar range or less...its really only for writing papers, surfing the net, and burning dvds...so a dvd burner would be nice.

thanks guys

 

[Blain]

Here you go. Now we can talk about my "finders fee".

 

[Tarrant64]

You can go with Dell or HP. Really up to you... I urge you to save up the extra $100 or so because for a little more you can ensure a decent notebook that will last you awhile. It would be a good choice to choose a notebook with an Intel Core Duo processor.

Here are some quick looks.

Unfortunately Dell only offers a weak Pentium M with hardly enough RAM to keep you going at around $600.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr....aspx/basnb_b130?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19

Moving up a little bit though(and the price is marked wrong here, it's 10% off what's shown here...)
http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr...aspx/entnb_e1405?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs - And you can get this.

HP has some of the same options however their notebooks will be using AMD Turion 64 processors. Now, nothing wrong with this but the Intel Core Duo is where it's at right now...

 

[Tarrant64]

Originally posted by: Blain
Here you go. Now we can talk about my "finders fee".

What about warranty?
For the money this isn't the greatest choice....

 

[j511180]

Best Buy had a Core Duo Toshiba for 599$ - they're currently sold out though.

Link

 

[bX510]

Originally posted by: j511180
Best Buy had a Core Duo Toshiba for 599$ - they're currently sold out though.

Link

You can add the $100 off coupon and your good. Im not sure if the deal still alive.

 

[Blain]

1. $600
2. Word processing
3. Surfing the net
4. Burning DVDs