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So I'm in the market for a lite notebook, where to start?

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faxon

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So, my family is complaining that I spend to much time off on my computer by myself (most of which is spent browsing tech sites), and in the interest of getting them off my back i'm looking to get a reasonably priced notebook so that I can browse in the livingroom when they are home. I want something that has a proper CPU (no atom) and an upgradable hard drive, with space for 4gb of ram. Battery life is of little concern since I will be using it near an outlet, but being able to expand it to a larger battery would be a bonus. 1920x1200 screen and a mobile core 2 duo would rock, but I'm trying to keep this under $7-800 if possible. Screen needs to be at least 13 inches, and I want a DVD drive on it. So where do I start? I'm familiar with the CPUs themselves but I have no idea where to start looking in terms of who sells what these days. For perspective, my last laptop was a pentium 90mhz based thinkpad.

Ed: ooh and no intel integrated graphics. I want to be able to run everquest 2 at minimum graphics if I so desire and intel integrated wouldn't really work for that


MOD EDIT: You can start by posting in the subforum for notebooks. ^_^ - Zap
 
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if you want a 13" screen , then you wont want 1920x...

can you be more specific about what you want? A 13" laptop and a 17" laptop are different beatsts
 
Most important is screen resolution, but I don't want a 17 inch screen either. I know I saw a few somewhere that had 1920x1200 on a 15" screen but I don't remember where or how much they cost. For perspective on how little I mind tiny pixels, I'm posting from my iPhone now. I don't mind having tiny text so long as I have the space to fit it on the screen
 
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yea decided to change my requirements since nothing fit the bill. looks like im probably gonna get this acer notebook since it will only cost me half out of pocket (christmas present).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115681

anyone have any thoughts? im going to take a look at similar products at frys when i get a chance, but its on sale this weekend as well (was $899 until this morning), so unless it goes out of stock i would love to pick one up for $50 off lol
 
just to state the obvious, you realize that acer is not going to be light, right? Since "lite" is in your thread title, I just wanted to make sure we're on the same page
 
unfalliblekrutch said:
just to state the obvious, you realize that acer is not going to be light, right? Since "lite" is in your thread title, I just wanted to make sure we're on the same page
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yea i wasnt really sure what page i was on originally. had been so long that i wasnt sure what was most important to me when i originally made the thread. and my bad, i didnt even notice we had a notebook forum LOL
 
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