What is the most laptop I can get for around 400$

[episodic]

Willing to go to 450 - maybe. .. the closer to 400 the better.

Conditions are that it must have at least vista home premium (photoshop won't run on home basic). . .

Would like a non celeron/sempron solution. . . (looking for 64 bit dual core - no preference to amd or intel). . .

I know this is difficult - but I really appreciate suggestions. . . and would like something that would likely make it a few years (again the more the merrier). . .

 

[firewolfsm]

Scour the Dell Outlet until you find something. Look at their budget Vostro and Inspiron models. You should be able to find $400 easily. Find one with less ram and upgrade it yourself.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

This is from the Fry's ad today.
http://shopping.dallasnews.com...0&subid=25986090&type=

To give you an idea of what you can get.
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
Processor AMD Athlon? X2 Dual-Core Processor QL-64

Processor Speed 2.16 GHz
Processor Cache 1 MB L2 Cache
Bus Speed HyperTransport?3, up to 3.6(GT/sec)
Memory 3072MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimms may be used) Max Supported = 4096MB

Accessible Memory Slots 2
Video Graphics ATI Radeon? 3100 Graphics
Hard Drive 160GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
Finish and Features Glossy Black with Onyx Blue Lid

Multimedia Drive SuperMulti DVD +/-R/RW with Double Layer Support with Labelflash?
Display 15.4" Diagonal widescreen TruBrite® TFT LCD display at 1280 x 800 native resolution (WXGA)
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Option Atheros® 802.11 b/g wireless-LAN
Digital Media 4-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia card?, Memory Stick?, Memory Stick Pro?, Secure Digital High Capacity card
Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem
Audio Built-in stereo speakers, sound volume control dial
Keyboard 86 key US keyboard
Pointing Device TouchPad? pointing device, TouchPad? Enable/Disable
External Notebook Ports
3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 1 USB port shared with eSATA port
1 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)

 

[Athena]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
Scour the Dell Outlet until you find something. . .

And sign up for coupons to get an extra 10% - 20% during promotion periods.

 

[ther00kie16]

TD has lenovo g530 (pentium dual core t3400, 2gb ram, 160gb hd, 4500m, webcam) for $432 shipped. use bing.com (formerly live.com) and search "computer" to get 15% cashback link. final price should be well under $400 after cashback and u'll get as much computing power as almost any other computer for less than $450. sometimes lenovo will have a $430 core 2 system, only 1gb ram though and no webcam except for the mother's day sale. maybe father's day will bring about a similarly deal?

 

[Rottie]

Have you check out at local WalMart store they have real dirty cheap notebook there.

 

[IlllI]

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1391883