Shug7272 Posted December 4, 2007 CID Share Posted December 4, 2007 I started a new job a while back and today I was in a meeting with the big wigs. They are buying two new laptops to give away to our under privelaged students for Christmas. The budget is 1200 bucks but I am sure they would like to come in under budget. So I need help finding a good laptop for 400-500 bucks. I dont really want them to have mail in rebates. It doesnt have to be a beast, its not a gaming rig, its more for school but of course we want it to be as nice as possible. Thanks in advance guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted December 4, 2007 CID Share Posted December 4, 2007 both of these are good http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/inspnnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/vostronb?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd Try to avoid vista as well. Both of those can come with XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted December 4, 2007 CID Share Posted December 4, 2007 i like the vostros, dlewis. and here is one that is nice. im just an acer fan... but here is a good laptop http://us.acer.com/public/page4.do?sp=page3&dau22.oid=19062&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=25&CountryISOCtxParam=US&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx3=-1&ctx4=United+States&crc=1080459378#inu57_43948 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted December 4, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 4, 2007 Thanks so much guys. D great finds. Starship my old (young) friend I dont see a price to that comp. What am I missing? Oh and D, will do on the Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted December 4, 2007 CID Share Posted December 4, 2007 Thanks so much guys. D great finds. Starship my old (young) friend I dont see a price to that comp. What am I missing? Oh and D, will do on the Vista. yeah sorry shug, mine comes with vista...but the price on newegg for that model was 499 but mine has vista home basic...so you might want to discard that. idk but yeah, dlewis, you know some vostro models are more expensive with vista if you go with xp pro sp2? at least it was when i customized the 1500. vostro version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted December 5, 2007 CID Share Posted December 5, 2007 The Hp dv6500t Series is really good and ussually sells for an even $600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted December 6, 2007 CID Share Posted December 6, 2007 Tigerdirect has been having some decent sales on laptops here lately. Might be worthwhile to take a peak at what they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 6, 2007 CID Share Posted December 6, 2007 I started a new job a while back and today I was in a meeting with the big wigs. They are buying two new laptops to give away to our under privelaged students for Christmas. The budget is 1200 bucks but I am sure they would like to come in under budget. So I need help finding a good laptop for 400-500 bucks. I dont really want them to have mail in rebates. It doesnt have to be a beast, its not a gaming rig, its more for school but of course we want it to be as nice as possible. Thanks in advance guys. Here are a few of my personal choices... Asus Eee PC: http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm And if your company is looking for a write off.. One Laptop Per Child.. http://laptopgiving.org/en/index.php Their hardware is getting rave reviews from users.. $399 you get one and one is sent to a third world country.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted December 6, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 6, 2007 Here are a few of my personal choices... Asus Eee PC: http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm And if your company is looking for a write off.. One Laptop Per Child.. http://laptopgiving.org/en/index.php Their hardware is getting rave reviews from users.. $399 you get one and one is sent to a third world country.. The one laptop per child would be great but not really for our adult students. I like the eee pc and never really thought of that one. Thanks man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted December 6, 2007 CID Share Posted December 6, 2007 hope you find what you need shug. hows the job going btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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