Suggest good 'cheap' laptop please...

[mofugly13]

My lady's laptop, Sony Vaio, will not boot up anymore. It's time to get her a new one. She will need it for school. Can I get suggestions on a good, cheap laptop? It will be used, like I said, for school and internet browsing. It doesn't need any bells and whistles for gaming or watching movies. A CD drive and SD card port and USB socket would suffice. What brands should I be looking at for quality/reliability? I am really broke right now, but she's going to need a laptop ASAP for the coming semester. Thanks guys.

[p7m8jg]

Craigslist has a few.

Staples and Amazon also. If its just word processing and web/internet, just about any model will do.

[sandman21]

Slickdeals net

They have list many deals on laptops.

I like Asus and Toshiba, they have been good brands to me

[wicked liquid]

Not to disagree with anyone on the luck that they have had with the lower end laptops, but from my experience the less you pay, the shorter it lives. I am a big Dell fan. About 5years ago my mom, my now wife, and I all went out and bought new laptops on the same day. I bought my first Dell(about $450), my mom wanted to save money so she bought a Toshiba(about $350), and my wife, who wasnt concerned with the cost because I was paying for it, went with the HP(about $650). My mom had a good 18 months with hers before replacement, my wife made it to about 2 years before needing replacement, and my Dell, well 5 years later and here I am still pounding away on the keys. Hope this helps.

[paul0660]

Toshiba, Acer, and HP (Compaq) are the ones I have, 10, 2, and 5 years old respectively. I don't think the guts differ much. There is one out there for $300 otd, you have to look around.

Oh yeah, remanufactured is ok.

[knerona]

Why not figure out what's wrong with the Sony?

Lenovo is a very reputable brand, they have some decent lower end laptops for under $300 if you look around.

+1 on Slickdeals.

Isn't this the 2nd laptop thread in a few weeks, all dying Sonys?

*edit*

Here it is.. some cgn'ers posted some links to some deals as well

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=665325&highlight=laptop

[NikePenguin]

Costco usually has good deals on Dell laptops especially when MS Office is included (which is usually a must for school).

[db42]

Check blinq.com
That's where I buy most of my electronics.

[naskdn]

You can try Chromebook, very portable, inexpensive
Samsung Chromebook, Acer Chromebook all have great deals

[naskdn]

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11.6’’ (1366x768) display
0.7 inches thin – 2.42 lbs / 1.1 kg
Over 6.5 hours of battery 1
Samsung Exynos 5 Dual Processor
100 GB Google Drive Cloud Storage2 with 16GB Solid State Drive
Built-in dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
VGA Camera
1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0
HDMI Port
Bluetooth 3.0™ Compatible
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[naskdn]

Get the newest price in your local shop, i think the price is ok for your requirement

[paul0660]

I actually like the fact that spammers are taking the time use four keystrokes:

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[Petra]

Why not figure out what's wrong with the Sony?

Lenovo is a very reputable brand, they have some decent lower end laptops for under $300 if you look around.

I'll second this--if short on cash but up on laptop repair, then just fix the Sony (unless parts cost would exceed that of a new laptop). Otherwise, Lenovo generally makes solid products and even makes service information available for them.

[darkking45]

Try Asus, they have several sizes, economical and very reliable, I purchased my Asus 4 years ago for school, plus web browsing like now. It doesn’t come with MS, but your girlfriend should be able to get a great students deal, usually 50 -60% off.

[SDPatriot]

Acer and Toshiba, I've dropped these laptops HARD multiple times and they're still going strong.