My aunt's looking for a small laptop, preferably one under 5lbs, with a built-in webcam and microphone for chat purposes. She likes the MacBook but has never used Mac before and finds the MacBook a bit pricey.
What other laptops do you suggest? She wants at least a 40gb, preferably 60gb, hard drive. In terms of price, something $1000 or less.
2006-07-01 05:34:56 · 4 answers · asked by tiercex 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
suggest u spend a little more and get THE BEST
DELL XPS M1210
$ 1200, 60gb sata, 1 gb ddr2 ram @ 667 mhz
intel duo-core processor
4.37 lbs
built-in 1.3 mega pixel camera
integrated omni-directional microphone
integrated mobile broadband antenna
best part, the operating system
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=M1210S1&s=dhs
2006-07-02 06:18:01 · answer #1 · answered by sεαη 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out the Acer Aspire 5672. They run around $1,000 to $1,100. They work, has 120GB of Hard Drive Space, 1GB of RAM, 1.6GHz Duo Core Intel Centrino, built in Webcam, microphone, wifi, dvd burner. For the price I don't think it can be beat. I own one and I only have 3 flaws...... battery life only lasts 3 hours, it gets pretty hot around the touchpad, and it weighs around 7 pounds. Oh yea and the webcam only works good with flourescent lights or true sunlight.
I would also suggest buying a 700 laptop, like a Celeron based laptop and buy a usb webcam for laptops. Those have worked a whole lot better than any built in webcam I have used except for the MacBooks. My sister bought a HP for $650 at Best Buy and since all she does is goes online and do Word Documents, its fast enough for her.
2006-07-01 06:21:54 · answer #2 · answered by b_jay82 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dell quite often has coupons out there for you to 'build your own' laptop, and get it fairly inexpensive. You might want to check it out. I got my $3000 laptop for $1500 that way.
http://www.dealcatcher.com/
http://www.techbargains.com
There are coupons going on right now, but if she isn't yet ready to buy, they do come out every 2 or 3 weeks.
2006-07-01 05:41:21 · answer #3 · answered by KansasSpice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't think u can find anything like this for a cheap price. U can buy a second handed one, or a refurbished one. I recomend the second.
2006-07-01 05:44:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋