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Hey guys. I need a laptop, but I'm incredibly poor. 400 is probably as high as I can go, but I'd prefer it to be around 300ish. I'd like a 13 inch, but I suppose 14 or 15 inch are acceptable as long as they don't weigh a ton. I'll be using it primarily for typing documents, checking email, and browsing forums. Maybe watching youtube videos once in a while. I really do not like netbook keyboards, so please don't recommend that. Currently I've laid out 3 options.
1. Go to local computer store and buy cheapest possible refurbished computer.
This will cost 350-375ish. Will probably either come with a pentium, celeron, or e450, and will be a 15 inch computer.
2. Buy a crappy random atom powered laptop from chinese website.
Powered by an atom, 2gb ram, etc. Very slow, but maybe sufficient?
Something like this:http://www.dhgate.com/13-quot-notebook-intel-n570-dual-core-bt/p-ff80808132a374110132a3dd133958b9.html?recinfo=8,1,2
3. Fix an unused thinkpad T43p.
Crappy pentium M cpu, 128mb ram, broken hdd. I will probably upgrade it to 2gb ram and put in a cheap ssd.
So, what do you guys think will give the most satisfactory result, and which path would result in the best value?
 
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Don't know why you think you need to buy a crappy Chinese PC if you live in the states.
Go to www.bestbuy.com they have 15.6 inch toshibas for $299.99 which will be more than sufficient for what you're looking to do, if you need it to play starcraft...that's a whole different matter.
Also, this belongs in Tech support.
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Yeah man, $400 for what you need is quite a bit. You could get a new one with at least one year warranty so don't settle for a re-furb or something too cheap unless you need to stay under $300.
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Are you sure you cant do a desktop instead?
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$400 is quite a bit these days. You can get pretty good bang for your buck.
Why do you need a laptop over a desktop?
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I'm assuming you're in college or something and a desktop really isn't a good option for that. I'd just go to newegg.com and see what refurbished laptops they have there.
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Funny how in pretty much every thread where someone asks for laptop advice people are wondering why a person would want a laptop over a desktop.
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EPT
