Cheapo laptop

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:16 pm

I have been tasked with recommending a cheap laptop for my brother-in-law, who will use it only for web access. The wildest thing he's likely to ever do with it is word processing. Speed, battery life and weight don't matter much; durability is important, and his big hands need a sturdy, full-sized keyboard. His budget is around $500. I haven't begun to shop yet (waiting for post-holiday), but thought I'd start here.

The Mad Hatter · Post by **The Mad Hatter** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:27 pm

If he can go a bit higher than the Dell Inspiron notebooks start at $700. Otherwise, I would look into used ones. I see older notebooks (Pentium III, 1 Ghz range, 128 or 256 RAM with 10 or 20 gig hard drives) advertised in that range on used forums.

EvilHomer3k · Post by **EvilHomer3k** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:30 am

If you look around, you can get those inspiron's for about $599. Check out Techbargains.com and watch the site. Best Buy has also had a pretty nice Toshiba for that price after rebates.

Otherwise, it's strictly used machines in that range.