Laptop buying!

[Swifty]

Hello Seven community,

I am looking to purchase a laptop for my college course, I am taking Criminology and my prof prefers if I type everything up and I think it would be easier to type up notes on a laptop than that on paper,

I am looking for something fairly cheap but still runs nicely, and has a very decent battery life,

Other than that I am only using the laptop for potentially internet surfing and microsoft word and maybe a few other programs nothing game related,

My budget is possibly $500 or a little over that.

 

[mckillwashere]

Amazon.com: Asus K60I Dual Core Notebook PC (Refurbished): Computer & Accessories: Reviews, Prices & more

 

[Swifty]

Thanks mckill, I bookmarked it for a later date, I am going to keep looking though although I love Asus !

 

[mckillwashere]

I love asus too. Hince why I suggested.

 

[mr pc]

my gf has that laptop - picked it up for just a little more than $500 new at BestBuy

she loves it

 

[whs]

Have a look here, there are a few that may fit your bill. The offerings on that website change daily. So check often. Deals on Laptop

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Toshiba would be another worthy of your consideration.
Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5066 PSK2LU-00H001 Notebook PC - AMD Turion II Dual-Core P520 2.3 GHz, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.6 Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Silver at TigerDirect

 

[MattRainier]

I'm with Toshiba, too. I was going to suggest this:

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/L650/L655D-S505

I've had nothing but good experiences with Toshiba (though I'm sure someone, somewhere hasn't), and their customer service has been great to me.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

My current laptop is a Gateway and it too has been flawless besides me upgrading to a much larger WD hard drive and then it crashing three times.....wtf. I upgraded to the max memory in both the Toshiba and this Gateway and they both run XP Pro but man I loved that Toshiba and It just felt like quality !

 

[Windows i7 920]

I'd recommend a netbook with an Intel Atom processor. They are not expensive, but for what it sounds like you need it for would do really well. They have dual core Atom ones with 2 GB of RAM that would even do Windows 7 Home Premium if you wanted such.

Here is a great netbook from ASUS.

Another one.

Regular laptop (used).

Sorry if this post seems a bit ASUS-only. I've just had really good experiences with ASUS products. Other manufactures do have good products though.

 

[Lemur]

Dell Inspiron 14r $499
The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

 

[linnemeyerhere]

OK this is wicked, sure it's a buck over but no tax and cheap shipping and your rocking the mobile world !
Acer Aspire AS5741-6823 LX.PW002.015 Notebook PC - Intel Core i5-430M 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.6 Display, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit at TigerDirect.com

 

[LiquidSnak]

I will not recommend ACER to anyone after the countless problems I see them have.

ASUS and Toshiba are very good brands for the money, and most of the laptops listed will do you right

 

[whs]

I will not recommend ACER to anyone after the countless problems I see them have.

ASUS and Toshiba are very good brands for the money, and most of the laptops listed will do you right

+1, I vote for that.

 

[Trucidation]

While I enjoy my desktop-replacement laptops, thinking back to college and trying to imagine if I could have had one then... I'd get something really small considering you mentioned note taking, Word (to write up papers no doubt) and some surfing (to read up references). As Windows i7 920 mentioned, I'd seriously consider a netbook. Something really light and slim that you can comfortably sling around.

 

[lorddenis]

my brother bought "lenovo" like 7 weeks back and it runs great...

 

[Windows i7 920]

my brother bought "lenovo" like 7 weeks back and it runs great...

Lenovo took over IBM's PC division. So it would not surprise me that the laptop is of good quality.

 

[Swifty]

I have been looking around a bit and I do want to spend less than 500 dollars on a netbook, I was looking at the ASUS Eee PC and the HP mini, what can you tell me about them?

They are both around 250 dollars at futureshop and on ebay

 

[whs]

I have been looking around a bit and I do want to spend less than 500 dollars on a netbook, I was looking at the ASUS Eee PC and the HP mini, what can you tell me about them?

They are both around 250 dollars at futureshop and on ebay

Are you sure you want to deal with a Netbook. Any new Netbook with the dual core 500 series processor will cost you as much as a better laptop. And those older single core Atom processors will really test your patience. In addition, they have very poor graphics and no CD/DVD reader.
I would think twice before I emark on a netbook.

 

[Swifty]

I have been looking around a bit and I do want to spend less than 500 dollars on a netbook, I was looking at the ASUS Eee PC and the HP mini, what can you tell me about them?

They are both around 250 dollars at futureshop and on ebay

Are you sure you want to deal with a Netbook. Any new Netbook with the dual core 500 series processor will cost you as much as a better laptop. And those older single core Atom processors will really test your patience. In addition, they have very poor graphics and no CD/DVD reader.
I would think twice before I emark on a netbook.

Well the reason I am buying a netbook is for nothing else than school related work and the only things that I will be using it for is organizing my notes and taking them with microsoft word I may use the other components of microsoft office but I am not looking to game with it or use and form of multi media. I have my main computer which gets everything I need done,

I just need it for note taking to reduce paper. as long as the battery life is 4 hours I am very pleased.