Budget Laptop

[thebloodsonthewall]

The laptop I have right now is 5 years old and a little outdated. It still works fine most of the time but it is slow and has a 80 gb hard drive. Playing video games is not a high priority.

I mostly surf the internet and watch movies on it.

What would you guys recommend in the $300 - $400 price range?

[HUTCH 7.62]

Go camp out at best buy tonight

[Fat_Rat]

Go camp out at best buy tonight

A little late for that. Have you seen the line already?

[thebloodsonthewall]

A little late for that. Have you seen the line already?

haha, yeah I saw on CNN in the chow hall a little bit ago. There were people with tents camped out by the door. People are nuts.

[ocabj]

Go camp out at best buy tonight

http://gizmodo.com/5411057/black-friday-anti%20deals-what-not-to-buy

[Darklyte27]

3-400$ is a simple email getter, internet surfer type laptop.
If you want to do any gaming, its going to be at least 800$+
also what size screen do you want?

I just ordered a asus eee pc netbook it was 338$ shipped 10.1 inch screen, wifi bluetooth, they are great for surfing the net, email, simple type stuff. the advantage is that they are smaller, 7-10 inch screens, 2.5-4 lbs
last from 4-9 hours on a charge.

[tuolumnejim]

If you want to brave the black friday ads, walmart has a couple of machines below 300.00. http://walmart.richfx.com.edgesuite....%3D27%26y%3D11 Look on pages 2-3.
Jim

[stphnman20]

Tigerdirect

[RudyN]

I, earlier this year, bought my wife a Dell 1010V for $299 and I think they are now on sale for $249. It is notebook size with a 10" LCD screen and works great for the internet and e-mail. Has a 150gb hard drive and I forget how much memory. Might look at Dell's website. I almost forgot that if you want a CD drive you will have to buy that separate as it does not come with one.

[Teletiger7]

Fry's. Look here:

http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/ads/2009/11/26/45354/MSI-16-Laptop-A6000-030US-2-2GHz-Intel-Core-2-Duo-Processor

[r08ert209cali]

Tigerdirect

+1 on tiger direct

[thebloodsonthewall]

I think I am going to go to Best Buy tomorrow to buy a laptop. There isn't a Fry's in the part of Georgia that I am in. There is only a few major stores that I know of. Best Buy, Sears, Radio Shack, Target, and maybe a couple other that might have them.

Is there any brand or any specific thing in a computer that I need to look for or stay away from.

[JDay]

Tigerdirect

Newegg.

[Rob454]

I jsut got a toshiba with 4 GB sdram and 500 GB HDD for 600 $ out the door at Wal mart. Frys sells the same computer for 1000$

[thebloodsonthewall]

I ended up getting a HP G60-535DX. It was $500 at Best Buy and it is pretty nice. I have only been on it a few minutes but I like it so far. Much faster and smoother than my old one.