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02-26-2013, 06:44 PM
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Laptop advice, daughters current machine is near the end
Not looking to spend a ton, $500 or less. Preferably less as this is her last year in college and she will only be using it for the standard stuff. Surfing, papers, email etc.
Newegg currently had this i-5 on sale from lenovo with free shipping.. Newegg.com - Lenovo Essential G580 15.6" LED Notebook - Intel - Core i5 i5-3230M 2.6GHz - Dark Brown Any help, thoughts, advice much appreciated. |
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02-26-2013, 10:30 PM
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IMO, best place for to look for deals. Lots of laptops out there.
Hot Deals - Slickdeals.net I like Lenovo Thinkpads, more business focused and rugged. No experience with their consumer versions. Last edited by Edward64 : 02-26-2013 at 10:32 PM. |
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02-27-2013, 05:20 AM
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I think Toshiba makes a very good laptop for the price.
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02-27-2013, 05:56 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Out of Grad School Hell :)
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Avoid HP like the fucking plague.
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02-27-2013, 09:17 PM
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I just bought a Dell inspirion for less than $500. I had my last one for 5 years with no issues.
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02-27-2013, 11:46 PM
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My wife picked this one up for like 350 today.
Lenovo Ideapad S405-59351953 14" Laptop | Staples® Build quality looks reasonable for that kind of money. |
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02-28-2013, 12:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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What about a Chromebook? Seems like you can do all the basics and they have good battery life.
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02-28-2013, 01:58 AM
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Not anymore from my experience. They used to be great, durable laptops, but their quality has gone way down the last few years IMO. And yes, stay far the hell away from HP. Their computers have always been shit.
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02-28-2013, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Give her your old laptop then buy something sweet.
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02-28-2013, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Thanks everyone for the replies. After reading reviews, reviewing prices and features, and taking into account no one here has put in a "stay away" warning we went ahead and ordered the Lenovo. Seemed almost everything else in this price range was an i-3 so might as well get the i-5 for the same money.
Thanks again. |
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02-28-2013, 09:33 AM
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lol. My life doesn't work that way  I was driving a 12 year old Suburban while my son was driving the new car we bought him for graduation Traded in said Suburban 4 years later and a year before my daughter got her new car so was almost 17 years behind her in vehicle age. |
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02-28-2013, 09:56 AM
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Dell Inspiron 15 with an i3 is $400 - Inspiron 15 (3521) Laptop — Budget Family Laptop | Dell
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02-28-2013, 09:59 AM
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plus she may check your browsing history |
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02-28-2013, 11:25 AM
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02-28-2013, 03:45 PM
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