What are some good and affordable laptops?
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For that price, you can't get the greatest laptop, but you can get a mid-range core duo from Acer -- it's nice for all purposes. for battery life, go for a tablet PC -- for a mac, go for a decked out iBook (They'll release new ones soon.)
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Okay.. there are a number of parameters when you want to buy a computer. Also one company may give you an excellent desktop but not a good laptop. Here's my low down..\n\nGraphics intensive, high end, extremely specialized work -> go for Apple, anything else -> use windows. Not that windows is better (Mac is any day better in terms of technology) but windows is a lot less headache when something goes down.\n\nHP/Compaq Desktop -> good value for money, decet looks\nHP/Compaq Laptop -> cheap but not that good a bet, decent looks\n\nZenith Desktop/Laptop -> Are you a techie?? If not, forget it. \n\nDell -> Best value for money looks good\n\nAcer -> cheapest, not sure about quality but definitely good to look at\n\nIBM(Now Lenovo) Laptop -> best performance, a bit pricey but looks very rugged and non - refined.
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Depends on what you want to use your laptop for, and how much you want to pay!\n\nAlso depends on choice of operating system - Windows or Linux or Apple !!!!\n\nIn my experience i suggest you take a look at the following which have performed excellently and good to high reliability -\n\n- Power Graphics, for Gaming - Alienware\n\n- For Multimedia: Sony Vaio\n\n- Desktop Replacement, including P4 processor - HP\nBut Heavy and Hot\n\n- Portable Laptop, long battery life, for business use: Dell\n\n- Ultralite portable: Toshiba Portege\n\n- Roadwarrior, Resilient, Longest Shelf and Battery Life, Most Optimized Performance : IBM Thinkpad\n\n- Rich schoolkid whose parents buy you a laptop and they have kind hearts but not too much idea of the real world or stuff on computers (or they work in education) - Apple :o)\n\nLowest reliability was Toshiba, then Dell, then IBM and Sony. Some Dell models such as Dell D400 (no longer available new) has been as rock-solid as the Sony and windows XP Professional on it has never crashed. Overall best performer is IBM Thinkpad series, but their speakers are not that good.
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Dell notebooks are cheap, I believe they start at $499. I've never owned one, so I can't attest to the quality.
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I suggest you to go for HP...simply they are the best in Laptops for the past 10+ years....their support through out lifetime is another asset...they are technically advanced hence rated best.....if you are looking for cheaper one....then Dell could be your option.\n\nGood luck.\n:)
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dell makes good, stable computers for their prices.  especially if your only using it for music/typing papers you dont need a huge amount of processing power.  i would go with a dell..theyre a good computer for a low budget
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600$ is a tight budge, so you might want to look for a slightly used laptop. But good companies are dell, toshiba, and gateway. but quality over bells and whistles and you won't regret it.\nGood luck.
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Getting the best laptop in the market is one thing, outperforming a powerful desktop completely another. Here's the best available around $1500\nIntel Core Duo T2500 2.0 Ghz\n1GB DDR2 67 Mhz RAM\n80 GB UATA Hard Disk\n256 MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1400\nLaptops usually come with 4 or 5 USB 2.0 ports and many 18-in-1 memory card readers are available today.
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Dell laptops are affordable.  You can also search for refurbished laptops which is way lot more cheaper.  The only problem of refurbish is that there might be some defetcs on the product like a small red dot on the LCD screen. Sometimes a damaged hardware, but a refurbished product is returned to the company for repair, after that it will be good as brand new but the price will be cheaper.\n\nI suggest you buy the specs you needed for your work since cheaper latops may sometimes never satisfy your needs. That way you might end up buying another, which will cost you twice as much. So, buy a much hi-tech laptop and take GOOD CARE of it!
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The cheapest laptop is the one that has deal on it...\ncheck out fatwallet.com or dealsea.com\nfrom time to time, there are deals on laptop.\n\nDell has the most deal, and the quality is decent.\npersonally, I use IBM since it is more reliable.\nRecently, IBM has a lot of promotion too.\nThus you can have IBM for quite reasonable price.
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The cheapest one i could find was from Compaq, the one that has it all is Alienware, but oyur gonna pay for it all to! :) You could probably find a great deal on a good laptop on www.ebay.com they always have good ones. The Compaq cheapest is 499.99
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Go the New Egg. It's a website, and I got a really good laptop for around $900.
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get a dell. cheap and reliable
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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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Dell is the best one you can get but for price and qality u can get a toshiba laptop 14" easy its the second best in world and prices are compatible.
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Take a look at economic range of laptops from ACER, they are cheap and reliable
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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.