Best source for a half-way decent laptop for around $500 that has MS Word and Excel?
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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selling for $500.\n\nBTW, laptops are so expensive, people usually don't sell them until they are broken, or sorely outdated.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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Try CraigsList...also, if you can wait til x-mas, retailers have been including laptops as lures to entice shoppers.  Last December, Best Buy had nice ones for $199 (after rebates/AOL offer).  Alternatively, keep your eye on www.slickdeals.net
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try a dell, or hit your local stores for holidy deals HP toshiba
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http://www.msoffice.com
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i prefer buying an ibm r or z series notebooks as cheap and are encouraged with an wireless connectivity which are preferable for travelling.Online shopping is from where you can bye.
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Dell is da best, but HP also has some cheapo's you can get. dont forget ebay or a local auction place. search the net for a local auction site to you
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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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This website has Microsoft Word and Excel tutorials. Looks pretty comprehensive.
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try at dell, they have corporate programs for purchasing
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the HP Pavilion dv6000t is a pretty good laptop and starts at $580. you can customize it yourself with a few free upgrades atm.\nhttp://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Usage&v1=Entertainment+Notebooks&series_name=dv6000t_series
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i got my laptop at sams club. payed 1300 for it tax and all. It has a gig of ram and 100gig hardrive. Its an hp and has 128mb of memory devoted to graphics. its also a widescreen KILLER FOR GAMES. It a HP Pavillion Dv4000, and it also has a remote.. so try sam's club or cosco's
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Hp Officejet. About $1000. :)
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Go with a dell or hp with at least 512 megs of ram and built-in wireless. Both of them make great computers and you should be able to get them for around 600 bucks. But make sure it has 512 megs of ram or more.
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You don't need to spend much to browse the web and check e-mail.  A refurbished laptop for $300 or less will do the job.  Browsing the web only requires Win 98 and 64MB RAM, but I recommend at least 128MB RAM.  E-mail requires almost nothing in the way of computing power.  Type "used laptops" or "refurbished laptops" into Google and check out the top two or three companies that you find.
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Where?!?!?!?!  I already have my credit card out, just point me in the right direction.  In all seriousness, you can get one for $400, but NOT with all the trimmings, in fact it probably won't have any trimmings.  $700 to $1500 is still what I would call pretty decent range for a good laptop.
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yes, just about perfect for ms office applications\n\nbut i would rather spend a lil extra & go in for an inspirion e1405\nbase model is more than enuf 4 u then\nat $ 649\nhttp://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DNCWFA1&s=dhs\n\n>> my frank opinion\nthe b130 is nothin to cherish\n& with the celeron m processor at $ 499, i find it grossly overpriced & weighs like lead !\n\nhey, spend another 150 & take home a grand fella !
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I have seen a few that have a built in printer, not very compact though. Also they were a pretty limited in capabilities. For this use I would look for an older laptop with Word on it. If all you do is word processing, you could get by with pentium 1, windows 2000 and 64mb ram.