The best cheap(sub $500) laptops. Where can I find them?
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tigerdirect.com may have some.
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Go to ebay and see what comparable ones are selling for.\n\nI paid $200 apiece for 2 IBM thinkpads, 600-700 MHz, 20 Gig and 30 Gig hard drives, 256 RAM, dvd drive, 1 usb.
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Check out the site XP bargains - they always list system and laptop deals that are the cheapest to be found.  Right now they have a Dell laptop for $349\n\nDell Home: Inspiron 1200 notebook 1.3GHz 14in XGA DVD/CDRW $349\nhttp://www.xpbargains.com/
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If your primary activity will be internet browsing you don't need to buy a $1300 laptop of any brand. I agree you only need to make sure it has good connectivity options. After that, just think about the size want and you'll be good to go. The best deals right now are in 14" and 15". I would recommend a sub-$1000 H-P/Compaq or Dell. Acer will work as well, although their service isn't as responsive as H-P and Dell.
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Look on ebay. In most cases an older laptop with P4 (1.4 - 1.8 GHz), 512MB Ram, 30 - 40 GB HD, DVD/CD-RW will do it. You should get 'em for $600 - 700. Look for\nIBM Thinkpad\nSony Vaio\nHP Omnibook
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I would look into getting a part time job say at a small restaurant waiting tables or something and buying an inexpensive brand new laptop like an Acer Aspire (mine cost $750, minus a $200 mail in rebate equals $550) \n\nIf you don't mind bidding and waiting and buying used, you can look around on eBay for some older models.
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Dell notebooks are cheap, I believe they start at $499. I've never owned one, so I can't attest to the quality.
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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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toshiba is crappy. or its just me who never had luck with them. hp has cool stuff dell is usally good. compac is cheap and good. never buy an e machine.
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well depending on what kind of laptop you could try www.welovemacs.com\nebay\nbest buy
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did you know that there exists a site for the most expensive laptops around?!\n\nhttp://imedia.atspace.com/laptop.htm
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if you buy a dirt cheap laptop, you will get what you pay for, save a little money, you can find used and refurbs cheap, I sell them all the time in my shop that I take as trade ins and refurbish, starting at 200.00. You can get them and not be ripped off
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go to www.tigerdirect.com or www.newegg.com good priced new notebooks.
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You aren't an economics major, are you?  People don't give away $375 worth of software (what is costs those of us who are no longer in school) on laptops they're selling for $500.\n\nBTW, laptops are so expensive, people usually don't sell them until they are broken, or sorely outdated.  I'd look around in the sale papers on Sundays until you find one that's got at least a 1.5ghz Celeron M or faster processor.  You probably should go to/call your college bookstore, they may very well have a good deal or two.\n\nAlso, you'll want to add a 512MB So-DIMM (notebook memory) to whatever you buy, because 256MB is just enough to boot into Windows these days.  Newegg has them at really good prices: http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=381  Just make sure that the laptop you pick out has all of the features you are looking for, because it's not possible to add anything other than memory to a laptop.
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It depends on what you are looking for but I would get one with at least 512MB of memory. In that category there is the Acer Aspire with an AMD Sempron 3000+ processor, 512MB of memory, 60GB hard drive, a 15.4" WXGA display (1280 x 800 resolution), a CD-RW/DVD-Rom drive, you aren't going to find a DVD burner in this price range and of course, 802.11b/g wireless for $600 (after a $200 rebate).  You will have to enter your zip code to see if a Circuit City near you has it because it is only available in store.\n\nThere are several other choices but none of them have the value that the one I have listed does, if you can find it, it is a very good value and should suit your needs provided you don't intend to do any heavy gaming on it.\n\nNewegg has something very similar for $769 but if you can find it at Circuit City, I would highly recommend doing so, buy it online if you can't find it in store.\n\nI wouldn't even consider a Dell or Gateway. I like laptops from Acer, Toshiba and HP.
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You can find what you want on E-Bay.  I don't know how fast you want it but E-Bay will have it.\n\nI got a 650 mhz IBM Lenovo for less than $200 and it serves me well.
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I would go with a Dell laptop.  They have a large selection of laptops from the most basic user to the ultimate gamer.  If you are not looking to spend a lot of money on a laptop then I recommend the Dell Inspiron B120.  Very nice laptop that starts around $578. After taxes, shipping & handling the price will be $667.46.   This laptop has a 40 gigabyte harddrive,  512 megabytes of ram, 1.4 gigahertz processor, CD Burner/DVD burner combo drive with Windows XP.  Hope this helps