Recommendations for laptop for novice PC user?

**CingularDuality** · 06-25-2005, 07:55 PM

A coworker wants to get a laptop, but I've never had one and don't really know much about them specifically...

It needs to come with a good warranty. We were looking at Dell's 3 year warranty. The company needs to fix anything for three years...

It's going to be used as a primary PC for email, web, digital photo storage/organizing/tweaking, portable DVD player and maybe some gaming...

Budget is around $800, but I told my coworker that it looked like a much better laptop would be available for just a couple hundred more bucks, so this may be flexible if financing is available.

Things that I think it should have for that price range:
Wireless G
at least 14" screen, preferably a widescreen for DVDs
at least 512M RAM
at least 1.6GHz Pentium M or equivalent AMD
at least 60G HDD
at least DVD player/CD burner combo drive
WinXP

Any advice or recommendations would be very welcome!

verbose · 06-26-2005, 03:01 PM

Dell regularly posts incredible coupons for their laptops. We're talking things like $750 off laptops priced $1499 or more. You can get a killer gaming laptop, and stay in your budget area. Keep an eye on the online coupon sites like slickdeals.net . If you're patient, and jump when the right coupon shows up (many are limited use, or very short in duration), you can save serious coin.

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CingularDuality Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas, USA Age: 33 Posts: 17,126	Recommendations for laptop for novice PC user? A coworker wants to get a laptop, but I've never had one and don't really know much about them specifically... It needs to come with a good warranty. We were looking at Dell's 3 year warranty. The company needs to fix anything for three years... It's going to be used as a primary PC for email, web, digital photo storage/organizing/tweaking, portable DVD player and maybe some gaming... Budget is around $800, but I told my coworker that it looked like a much better laptop would be available for just a couple hundred more bucks, so this may be flexible if financing is available. Things that I think it should have for that price range: Wireless G at least 14" screen, preferably a widescreen for DVDs at least 512M RAM at least 1.6GHz Pentium M or equivalent AMD at least 60G HDD at least DVD player/CD burner combo drive WinXP Any advice or recommendations would be very welcome! __________________ Become a supporting member! -- Shop at the Tactical Market! Take the world's smallest political quiz! "I was touched by His Noodly Appendage." TacticalGamer TX LAN/BBQ Veteran:

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verbose Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Age: 28 Posts: 409	Re: Recommendations for laptop for novice PC user? Dell regularly posts incredible coupons for their laptops. We're talking things like $750 off laptops priced $1499 or more. You can get a killer gaming laptop, and stay in your budget area. Keep an eye on the online coupon sites like slickdeals.net . If you're patient, and jump when the right coupon shows up (many are limited use, or very short in duration), you can save serious coin. __________________ "Hardly used" will not fetch a better price for your brain.

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