Where can i get a good 12.1 inch laptop with good battery life and within $1000?
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www.pricewatch.com has listing and prices for all types of laptops. A lot of them are under 1000.00
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Stay away from Dell, go with HP/Compaq.  Best Buy/Circuit City/even RadioShack have had some good Desktop/Laptops for super affordable prices.  Check them out.
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Best Buy usually has some well-suited laptops on sale.  We got a Compaq for $650, and it was fitted for wireless and has a very up-to-date processor.  Toshiba, as mentioned, are also usually on sale for under $1000.\n\nDon't buy Dell.  The models start out cheap, but they hook you with the customization and the things you "must add" to make it really good for a university student.  You'll end up spending well over $1000 on a Dell.
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Go to a reputable computer store and ask to speak to someone who is knowledgable on laptops.\nTell them what you need the laptop to do and how much you have to spend. They will show you alternatives. Do that in 3 or 4 stores, then go on the Internet and save yourself up to 10%.\nIn other words, get the best that you can afford. All manufacturers have good and bad models. A shop assistant who deals with them everyday will know the best (and worst)
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try looking for laptops on http://www.newegg.com/
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buy any hp dual processor laptop you can get good one for 1000 dollars. i would recommend buying it from circuit city/compusa. they will have good sale on thanksgiving. hp laptops have this cool feature called quick play, you can watch movies, enjoy music on your laptop without loading windows and they have a remote control so they are just like DVD players
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ask 10 people and you will get 11 suggestions ;-)\n\nif you think Dell is reliable go further with it. the Inspiron E1505 is worth a look.
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Check out Dell... You can get discount coupons at deals2buy.com. You can have really good configuration for $1,000 to $1,300 + Tax if applicable.\nIf you dont have budget constraints then go for Apple's MacBook Pro. At $2,499 you can get a 2.16 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 100 GB Hard Drive beauty.
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If it's just for around the house use, go for a dell - it's a good value for the $$ - not the bottom doller one, get the middle of the road notebook.  If she needs something a little better look into a Toshiba for around $1,000.
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The best quality laptop for the money is the Dell, Inspiron serious. You can get an excellent, fast laptop, with plenty of memory, for around 500 dollars. I have a Dell, and I think it is excellent. I have tried many of the top brands, and nothing else even comes close to Dell.
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I would suggest that you either go for a Dell, HP, or a Toshiba.  Sony Vaio are pretty expensive and the most over-rated laptops.  IBM Thinkpads and Apple iBooks are good on performance, but far too expensive.\n\nI have a Toshiba and I have worked for HP, so I would definitely recommend these.  Toshiba laptops are pretty rugged, quiet, have beautiful screens (among the very best), have terrific multimedia qualities like good speakers, multimedia buttons for playing DVDs without booting the computer, a host of media ports like SD, XD, MMC, Compact Flash (for transferring photos from your digital camera), etc., decent sized keyboards, 100 GB hard drives for storing your data, wireless network adapters, etc.  I haven't had issues with them and the customer support is fantastic!\n\nI would recommedn the Toshiba Satellite series and the HP DV series.\n\nDell lately has been having a lot of problems with their batteries and have been recalling many defective laptops.  My roomies have had problems with brand new Dells too.\n\nFor better reviews and customer ratings visit this website.  It will be a good guide.
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Get the Compaq Presario V3000Z series. It's very cheap (I bought mine for $479.99) , and performs well. You can find it here:\nhttp://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Usage&v1=Everyday+computing&series_name=V3000Z_series
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Try a dell laptop. Those are great.
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try dell financial services\nthey regularly sell off leased notebooks\n\nhttp://www.dfsdirectsales.com/dell/ctl641/cp11869/cl1/notebooks\n\nbut mostly high end laptops, unfortunately\n> give it a try, all the same\n>> at least a trusted source & few below 400 too !
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go to DELL.com, they have great prices on desk tops and laptops.  Not worth buying one second hand.
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If you get junk mail from department stores, check those out. I saw a laptop in a BigW catalogue for $1500. Acer with 512mb ram, 60gb hd. nice.
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The Toshiba Satellite is a very poor choice when considering the wide spectrum of choices avalible for budget laptops.\n\nThe battery life of the L25 is only 95 minutes, according to Cnet.com, which is a very small number in today's market.  Furthermore, the battery life won't last long enough to watch a dvd movie, which is a major factor to consider if you are going to dish out 700 for a laptop.\n\nIf you are looking for a bare minimum no frill laptop, I recommend Dell, where you can equipt a cheaper laptop which has more features, especially if you wait for a special deal.