Suggestions for a laptop for email and web browing?

[pelikan]

My girlfriend wants a laptop for email and web browsing. That is all she will do with it. I don't know anything about laptops. I'm thinking of a refurbished Dell with a 2.4 GHz celeron. They are about $600., which is within her budget.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

 

[aphex]

If all she is doing is web surfing and email, a 2.4ghz celeron would be perfectly fine.

 

[Frightcrawler]

It would be overkill, but it doesnt hurt to have more speed .

 

[pelikan]

Is a refurbished Dell a good way to go?

 

[ultimatebob]

I'd rather get a refurbished IBM Thinkpad... they seem to hold up better in the long run.

 

[way]

Apple iBook

 

[Dman877]

Look on ebay, should find plenty of notebooks in the 500 - 1000 mhz range which is plenty for her needs and they should be pretty cheap.

 

[Whitecloak]

i1150

 

[Abhi]

Avoid dell refurbs... and try getting the 1150 in a hot deal ...

 

[ponyo]

ibook

 

[bastula]

Originally posted by: Naustica
ibook

Sounds good.

 

[mrweirdo]

indeed ibook does sound good expecialy because no windows and its viruses and spyware it likes to attract

 

[bastula]

Originally posted by: mrweirdo
indeed ibook does sound good expecialy because no windows and its viruses and spyware it likes to attract

Exactly. I am trying to convince my dad to get one (he's been in the market for a laptop for a while), but he says there is too much of a learning curve. I don't understand because he is able to use my PowerBook just fine.

 

[addragyn]

My terrible with computers mom took 2 weeks to get comfortable on my PowerBook. She's been using W2k at work for years. A younger sister took 3 days. Now she wants an iBook for herself. It's not like learning how to drive a stick shift. You're still just typing and clicking just with different icons, no spyware, popups or viruses.

Apple has deals on refurbished product in the Special Deals section of the the Apple Store.

Here is what they currently list for iBook.

Refurbished iBooks

iBook 800MHz/128MB/30GB/CD-ROM/E/56K/12"TFT - Refurbished
$649.00

iBook 900MHz/128MB/40GB/Combo/E/56K/12"TFT - Refurbished
$749.00

iBook G4 800MHz/128MB/30GB/CD-ROM/E/56K/12" TFT-Refurbished
$749.00

iBook G4 800MHz/256MB/30GB/Combo/E/56K/ 12" TFT-Refurbished
$849.00

iBook G4 1GHz/256MB/60GB/Combo/E/56K/ 14" TFT-Refurbished
$1,149.00

iBook G4 933MHz/256MB/40GB/Combo/E/56K/ 14" TFT-Refurbished
$999.00

Pretty sweet deals on 15" PowerBooks too.

Refurbished PowerBook G4 15" TFT

PowerBook G4 867MHz/256MB/40GB/Combo/GigE/56K/ Titanium/15"TFT - Refurbished
$1,299.00

PowerBook G4 1GHz/256MB/60GB/Combo/GigE/Aluminum/15"TFT - Refurbished
$1,499.00

PowerBook G4 1.25GHz/512MB/80GB/SuperDrive/AP Extreme Card/GigE/Aluminum/15"TFT - Refurbished
$1,899.00