Mid-range laptop for grandparents?

**The_Other_One** · 10-09-2007, 12:51 AM

This Christmas, we plan to get a laptop for my grandparents. We're looking to spend around $800 max. Of course it doesn't need to be super powerful as they'd mostly be surfing the web. However, I also want one with decent battery life and one that doesn't get too hot. Probably about a 14" or 15" so it's still easy to carry around, but not too small.

I've seen a couple that caught my interest. I know Circuit City had a compaq for about $600 that looked pretty nice. However, I checked some reviews and people complained about heat and the battery life...

I recall Omega (I think) posting a $299 laptop. It showed up as $350 here, but I don't care for gateway nor did we care to get the absolute cheapest thing around

10-09-2007, 12:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,432	Mid-range laptop for grandparents? This Christmas, we plan to get a laptop for my grandparents. We're looking to spend around $800 max. Of course it doesn't need to be super powerful as they'd mostly be surfing the web. However, I also want one with decent battery life and one that doesn't get too hot. Probably about a 14" or 15" so it's still easy to carry around, but not too small. I've seen a couple that caught my interest. I know Circuit City had a compaq for about $600 that looked pretty nice. However, I checked some reviews and people complained about heat and the battery life... I recall Omega (I think) posting a $299 laptop. It showed up as $350 here, but I don't care for gateway nor did we care to get the absolute cheapest thing around __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

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