cheap laptop

Troncoso · 01-13-2009, 03:19 PM

My mom wants a laptop. just with very basic stuff. she wants it to play shockwave games and browse the net. So, she wont need any kind of good video card. mmm, she wants it to have wireless capabilities, and a dvd burner.
so besides the burner, she doesnt need anything on it to be state of the art stuff....any help?

daisymtc · 01-13-2009, 03:57 PM

budget? location? size?

dug987654 · 01-13-2009, 04:01 PM

Sounds like any cheap laptop will do. You will be hard pushed to find a new laptop which doesn't have wireless and a DVD burner. I would advise you to stay away from 'shop brands', eg in the UK, PC World laptops are called 'Advent', and they tend to break a lot sooner than 'proper' manufactures, say Dell.

Michael · 01-13-2009, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Troncoso

My mom wants a laptop. just with very basic stuff. she wants it to play shockwave games and browse the net. So, she wont need any kind of good video card. mmm, she wants it to have wireless capabilities, and a dvd burner.
so besides the burner, she doesnt need anything on it to be state of the art stuff....any help?

Try the Toshiba L305-S5917. My wife uses this laptop for school (MS Office 2007), online games, internet browsing, email, Photoshop (Cs3 Extended), etc. It has yet to hiccup or slow down on her. The RAM usage is usually under 600MB, and the cpu usage is usually under 40%, even when running multiple applications.

It's surprisingly snappy, especially for only having 1GB of RAM, but that's easily upgraded for cheap if you want more.

-Michael

DMGrier · 01-13-2009, 08:36 PM

I would go with a hp dv5z. There cheap with good quality parts. Plus if you go through there site you can usually get free upgrades on HDD and memory. And there tech support is pretty good to.

EGS · 01-13-2009, 08:42 PM

Your mom would love the laptop I have for sale:
IBM Thinkpad R60 Lenovo-series Laptop

It's very fast and will definitely fulfill her requirements with ease. And best of all I'm letting it go for cheap!

01-13-2009, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Troncoso Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 296	cheap laptop My mom wants a laptop. just with very basic stuff. she wants it to play shockwave games and browse the net. So, she wont need any kind of good video card. mmm, she wants it to have wireless capabilities, and a dvd burner. so besides the burner, she doesnt need anything on it to be state of the art stuff....any help?

01-13-2009, 03:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 3,924	budget? location? size? Last edited by daisymtc; 01-13-2009 at 04:24 PM.

01-13-2009, 08:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
DMGrier Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Port Orchard, Wa Posts: 404	I would go with a hp dv5z. There cheap with good quality parts. Plus if you go through there site you can usually get free upgrades on HDD and memory. And there tech support is pretty good to. __________________ ASUS EEE 1005HA OS: Windows XP CPU: Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz RAM: 1 GB DDR2 667MHz GPU: Intel XGMA 950 HHD: 160 GB

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01-13-2009, 04:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
dug987654 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: York, 'The North', UK Age: 22 Posts: 335	Sounds like any cheap laptop will do. You will be hard pushed to find a new laptop which doesn't have wireless and a DVD burner. I would advise you to stay away from 'shop brands', eg in the UK, PC World laptops are called 'Advent', and they tend to break a lot sooner than 'proper' manufactures, say Dell.

01-13-2009, 08:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
EGS banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 498	Your mom would love the laptop I have for sale: IBM Thinkpad R60 Lenovo-series Laptop It's very fast and will definitely fulfill her requirements with ease. And best of all I'm letting it go for cheap!