Laptop Suggestion

Hello Everyone!

I am looking to buy a new laptop to replace the old piece of junk I have now. I'm not looking for anything outside of my means, but want to make an upgrade.

Here's the criteria in no particular order:

1. 300+ GB HDD
2. 3 to 4 Gigs of RAM (Preferably 4)
3. Good battery life
4. $500 or less
5. Decent webcam (for good Skype calls)


I would be using it for school mainly (CS Major) and I'm looking to keep it for the next 2 years or so. If anyone has advice or anything that they'd like to share I'm open to it. Also, if you guys could post links to the laptops you suggest I would appreciate it! Thanks!!

Just a touch over your budget (529)
Newegg.com - Acer Aspire TimelineX AS3820T-6480 Notebook Intel Core i3 380M(2.53GHz) 13.3" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 500GB HDD 5400rpm Intel HD Graphics
Doesn't have an optical drive though, is that a deal breaker?

If you have to have an optical drive this one will do, and its just under budget ($499)
Newegg.com - Acer Aspire AS5742-6814 Notebook Intel Core i3 380M(2.53GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi Intel HD Graphics
As you can see I am partial to Acer, they make good laptops and are priced very reasonably. I picked one up earlier this year, it's an awesome rig for what it is.

Devux said:

If you have to have an optical drive this one will do, and its just under budget ($499)
Newegg.com - Acer Aspire AS5742-6814 Notebook Intel Core i3 380M(2.53GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi Intel HD Graphics
As you can see I am partial to Acer, they make good laptops and are priced very reasonably. I picked one up earlier this year, it's an awesome rig for what it is.

That's actually not that bad


Thanks for that!!

With those (modest) specs and the price range there are a lot of choices. But Acer is definitely a bad choice and Newegg is high price for complete PCs (although I buy all my bits from them when they have a sale).

I suggest you look into the Sunday ads of BestBuy, Office Depot and Staples. I would be looking for a Toshiba or HP. And this one has good specs: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+...&skuId=1814118

Thanks for the input :)

While that is a bit outside of my range, the Sunday paper might prove to be helpful