so my g/f wants to buy a new laptop. she is looking at a toshiba
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshiba-A215-S5825-Satellite-15-4-Widescreen-Laptop-A215S5825/sem/rpsm/oid/202649/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
-the one for $450
SHe is looking to spend around $500, she’s going to use it for school…(essays ect) and the internet…and to upload photos and download music…
Can anyone suggest somethign better?
I was highly considering one of those when I bought my laptop…a little bit nicer model, but I had found Toshiba to be one of the better ones out there. Acer makes a bunch of them for around that price range, my gf has one and its pretty much a total pile of crap, so I’d stay away from those.
Vostro 1400. Get the $599 one, not the $499 one. You’ll be happier in the long run.
I have this one and so does my girlfriend. Love them. I have XP Pro on mine, and she has XP Home.
Good size and great power.
If you are going to/ only able to/ only want to spend 500 bucks look for something with a warranty…
I love my Toshiba… but it wasn’t 500 bucks 
core 2 duo + >1gb ram + warranty is about all you need to be concerned with
I will always reccomend dell refurb, I have had a great experience with mine
i have a acer aspire, 2 gig ram, duo, cd/dvd burner, 15.5’ lcd, intragrated graphics card :tdown:, and 80gig mem; that i got for 470… great pos that i can throw around and download shit on, play games and fill up with nonsence…
when i purchased it, it came with only 1 gig ram but get another stick, its worth it!
not a bad deal, :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: out of 5:tup:
Tell her to get one nicer then whatever her sister just bought so she can talk shit.
haha, i think they bought nearly the same one.
i got an acer for 500 even at best buy, shit runs great for doing some audio work and gaming here and there on.
bump, cuz i want something newer for work etc etc too… something better than my Sony vaio 2.66 ghz P4, 256 or 512 ram (dont remember) 40 gig hard drive, its about 5 years old now… but id like to spend less than more, and Id like it to last too… (my vaio never gave me any issues, knock on wood)
I’m on 5 years with my Dell refurb laptop…I’m actually posting from it now.
Pretty good deal on a Gateway refurb from Buy.com today.
Watch slickdeals.net a couple times a day because it’s been a while since a killer laptop deal was posted which means someone should be releasing a deal soon.
http://www.slickdeals.net/
i got the vostro 1500 when they had the $500 off deal on them, ordered it w/ xp home cuz it was cheaper, ran 3dmark03 straight out of the box and got a 9429, wiped it clean right after and did a fresh install of xp pro w/ all updated drivers and patches etc, ran the same 3dmark03 again and got a 10686 before i started tweaking the registry settings. but i’ve been very pleased w/ my vostro.