Xmas Gift for Mom

[Fingolfin269]

What is the best bang for your buck super budget laptop you can think of? My mom's old as hell Micron ~P75-133 range laptop just died. I could probably fix it but really don't want to deal with the hassle. The battery hasn't worked in years anyway so I figured I would just get her a new one.

I'm not looking to spend much at all. I would prefer that it has a Microsoft OS, wireless internet, etc. but it doesn't need to be able to do anything but surf the net and fire up solitaire... at the same time! Amazing I know. 😉

 

[Brainonska511]

You could get her one of those Asus Eee things.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
You could get her one of those Asus Eee things.

I should probably clarify. She's older. 7" screens might not work out too well for her. 🙂 Of course I haven't actually been following these and to be honest my first exposure to the EEE was in this forum a few minutes ago so perhaps a larger screen is available now?

If not, does anyone have any other bargain suggestions?

 

[hwan]

I'm thinking about getting my parents a laptop too, something just for surfing and video chat. How does this look for $450?

# The Satellite L45-S7409 notebook includes: 15.4"-diagonal widescreen WXGA (1280 x 800) LCD screen
# Intel Pentium dual-core processor T2310 operating at 1.46GHz
# 2MB L2 cache
# Up to 533MHz frontside bus
# 1.0GB of PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory, upgradable to 2.0GB
# 80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive
# DVD SuperMulti drive with Double Layer support (reads/writes DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD±R Double Layer, CD-R/RW)
# Realtek 802.11b/g wireless LAN
# 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN port
# 56K V.92 software modem
# 3 USB 2.0 ports
# ExpressCard/54 slot, compatible with ExpressCard/34 format
# Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB to 251MB shared memory (dynamically allocated)
# Windows-compatible audio; built-in stereo speakers; headphone output jack and microphone input jack
# Rechargeable lithium-ion battery (4000 mAh)
# Dimensions: 1 2/5"H x 14"W x 10 3/5"D
# Weight: 6.2 lbs

 

[Parasitic]

Any one of those sub $400 laptops will do.