Tom's Hardware > Forum > Laptops & Notebooks > General Laptops & Notebooks > budget laptop
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
mickeddie   12-07-2006 at 01:07:15 AM

I have a friend who is looking to spend up to $500 for a laptop. I'm a desktop person and know nothing about laptops. What are the top 3 brands to stick with and what on-line vendors have the best prices for laptops? It will be used for web surfing and some games...nothing hard core.

Thanks!

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
the_taker   12-07-2006 at 07:06:21 AM
- 0 +

If your friend is looking for a budget laptop, any one you find is going to be decent for basic music listening, movie watching, web surfing, etc. Celeron M and Sempron processors don't have the power saving features that Pentium Mobile/Core/Core 2/Turion/Turion X2 have, so their battery life isn't as long for a same model laptop but with the better processor.

I think HP would have the best ones for about 500, but you could also check out www.salescircular.com for any given week's ads (best buy, fry's, target, etc) for computer, consumer electronics, etc. Online prices aren't always cheaper than in store prices if you're looking solely on price.

Reply to the_taker
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Laptops & Notebooks > General Laptops & Notebooks > budget laptop
Go to:

There are 1141 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.275 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them