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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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I need a reliablelaptop for under $500

Any Ideas?

Or should I just swipe one off Ebay?
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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I too need a decent laptop for my time here at Keesler, however, I'm in the dark on laptops in the performance inverse portionality to price field.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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They have an Acer? at Bestbuy for 400
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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Im gonna hit up BestBuy today and see if they have any scratch and dents
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:01 AM
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whats the specs on that acer?

I'd look at something at least 1.8ghz. 1gb ram and 5400 or 7200 rpm hard drive.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1167445162646
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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I have a beat up gateway that needs a new hd. I will sell it cheap before I ebay it.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 11:05 AM
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500 != reliable.
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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Dell x200 in my sig!!
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by F22B Prelude

Acers are good, at least the ones I have used. That has a Celeron processor. It would be fine if you are just doing web/word and other basic tasks, but I stay away from Celeron myself.
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