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cheap laptops
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:50 am
by two slow
Newegg sent me a flyer with a 14" gateway laptop in it. This got me thinking. This would be a good gift for my youngest daughters B-day in a few months.
What do you think of this?
I haven't looked at dell for a long time but I will soon to see if the have something comparable. I would like to get some kind of accident warranty with it too.
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:22 pm
by ZYFER
Dunno what to think, no info on what you are talking about
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:43 pm
by ZYFER
Guessing this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834101180
Only laptop I can find on there that fits what you mentioned
Not so bad of a price. For many that is more of a laptop than they would ever need. As long as your daughter isn't some kind of hardcore gamer that is.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:55 am
by normalicy
Cheap is more than what most people I know need. Especially if they spend all day on Facebook.
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:15 am
by FlyingPenguin
Don't be fooled by "Dual Processor". That's a Pentium processor not a Core 2 Duo. 6 year old technology. You get what you pay for.
Take a look at this for $80 more:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ ... reat_deals
Bigger screen, Core 2 Duo processor and 3Gb of RAM which is the real world minimum for Vista.
Everything is flash based now and requires more CPU than you may think. I see lots of Pentium 4 systems come across my bench that lag pretty bad on flash-intensive web sites.
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:08 am
by two slow
FlyingPenguin wrote:Don't be fooled by "Dual Processor". That's a Pentium processor not a Core 2 Duo. 6 year old technology. You get what you pay for.
Take a look at this for $80 more:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ ... reat_deals
Bigger screen, Core 2 Duo processor and 3Gb of RAM which is the real world minimum for Vista.
Everything is flash based now and requires more CPU than you may think. I see lots of Pentium 4 systems come across my bench that lag pretty bad on flash-intensive web sites.
Thanks FP. That is a better deal.
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:11 am
by two slow
ZYFER wrote:Guessing this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834101180
Only laptop I can find on there that fits what you mentioned
Not so bad of a price. For many that is more of a laptop than they would ever need. As long as your daughter isn't some kind of hardcore gamer that is.
That is the one, I missed the sale price though. It was 399 with free shipping.
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 12:41 pm
by FlyingPenguin