Need new Cheap LapTop

[RichieBoy67]

Hello,

I am in need of a new work laptop for when the power goes out or when my other pc's are busy or down. I am looking for something under $500 as this will hopefully not be used much.

This will be used for web site development mostly with some minor image editing.

I would be willing to go with Windows 8 or 7 but if I go with Windows 8 I would need a touch screen as a requirement. I also require an hdmi out put and usb 3 would be helpful. I do not need a dvd drive.

What do you guys think? I have been looking at some Think pads but not sure..

Thanks!

[ForceHSS]

You would get a better one if you built it yourself it would work out better for you

[RichieBoy67]

A laptop? I always build my own pc's but never a laptop. I may look into that though.

[mokujin]

There is no way I could build own notebook in my country Czech Republic, I had to buy Dell Vostro 3450 3 years ago for around $1100 ;-D

[RichieBoy67]

I don't know though. It seems the prices have come so low on laptops that building it may end up costing more. I don't think you could build a laptop for under $500 that would be better than the store bought models. The operating system alone costs more than $100 I believe.

I remember buying a laptop about 10 years ago for over $3,000... Funny..Today the specs in that would be worth crap. At the time though it was good..had a decent video card, top of the line cpu.. it was a Dell I believe.

[Max Taxable]

Local craigslist.

[ForceHSS]

Well look into it there are some good custom sites out there I got a nice custom desktop once yes it cost me ?2900 about $5000 from this site but it might work out cheap to just buy one

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/computer...d=abcat0502000
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ch...en-US:official

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Local craigslist.

Yeah, I was already doing that but there is a bunch of junk and scam artists to wade through.

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Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Well look into it there are some good custom sites out there I got a nice custom desktop once yes it cost me ?2900 about $5000 from this site but it might work out cheap to just buy one

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/computer...d=abcat0502000
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ch...en-US:official

Thanks mate, I know where to buy them but just wanted opinions on what you guys think is the best for my uses and specs.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Thanks mate, I know where to buy them but just wanted opinions on what you guys think is the best for my uses and specs.

Depends where you buy it. You could get a cheap enough one if you looked around same as building it yourself, but I think the best way to go for you is to buy a cheap 2nd hand one or ex model

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Depends where you buy it. You could get a cheap enough one if you looked around same as building it yourself, but I think the best way to go for you is to buy a cheap 2nd hand one or ex model

What do you reccomend? I was looking at the Thinkpads but there are some hp models and some Acers that do not look too shabby either. I have never bought one though at such a low price range. Something has to be given up and I am not sure what is best to give up, cpu, hard drive space.etc. I wold not settle for a Celeron but anything else would not be too bad as long as it has 8gigs of ram or more. not sure if that is possible though without going used.