So far I found one Dell for $499.00. Offers AMD quad core, 12 mb ram and one TB HD. Thanks
Any good laptops for under $500.00?
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Looks like your found the answer to your question. Look at what Toshiba is offering. An Intel i3 CPU is better than that AMD quad core unless your gaming which cheap laptops aren't good for anyhow. 12GB's vs 8GB's of ram won't make it noticeably faster. What matters most is the hard drive. Traditional mechanical hard drives are pathetic. 1366X768 resolution sucks. So in my opinion, lousy resolution coupled with a slow hard drive won't make for a good user experience.
What are you going to use the laptop for? Any $500 laptop will surf the Web fine.
Look up an earlier thread of mine, where I bought a Dell on auction. Lots of laptops on there as well. All business class
I strongly prefer Intel if you can afford one, the instructions per clock on the Intel i3/i5 is much better than AMD resulting in faster performance.
A quick search shows this looks solid
Here is a great deal on the Acer Laptop Aspire E E5-573G-52G3 Intel Core i5 5200U (2.20 GHz) 8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 940M 2 GB 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-315-131
I found.
A quick search shows this looks solid
Here is a great deal on the Acer Laptop Aspire E E5-573G-52G3 Intel Core i5 5200U (2.20 GHz) 8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD NVIDIA GeForce 940M 2 GB 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit , http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-315-131
I found.
Originally Posted By: skyactiv
Looks like your found the answer to your question. Look at what Toshiba is offering. An Intel i3 CPU is better than that AMD quad core unless your gaming which cheap laptops aren't good for anyhow. 12GB's vs 8GB's of ram won't make it noticeably faster. What matters most is the hard drive. Traditional mechanical hard drives are pathetic. 1366X768 resolution sucks. So in my opinion, lousy resolution coupled with a slow hard drive won't make for a good user experience.
If this 2015 laptop sucks then my 9-10 years old Dell Vostro 1000 with AMD processor and 1GB with Window XP is out of the park.
When I search something I need to wait about 10-15 seconds for the respond.
Looks like your found the answer to your question. Look at what Toshiba is offering. An Intel i3 CPU is better than that AMD quad core unless your gaming which cheap laptops aren't good for anyhow. 12GB's vs 8GB's of ram won't make it noticeably faster. What matters most is the hard drive. Traditional mechanical hard drives are pathetic. 1366X768 resolution sucks. So in my opinion, lousy resolution coupled with a slow hard drive won't make for a good user experience.
If this 2015 laptop sucks then my 9-10 years old Dell Vostro 1000 with AMD processor and 1GB with Window XP is out of the park.
When I search something I need to wait about 10-15 seconds for the respond.
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I'm pretty cheap when it comes to buying laptops...always get em used. The nicest one I ever bought was a Dell Precision M4500. Retail was $1700, bought it for $379 refurbished. It looked and runs like new, even came in a box so it looked new. Gave to my son for Christmas.
Dell = junk. Always has and probably always be.
That being said, I do like AMD CPU's over Intel. The speed difference isn't noticeable and IMHO Intel has screwed buyers for way too long.
That being said, anything that cheap will not be great. I'm a Mac guy for personal use and if you can scrape the cash few PC's are better in the hardware department and none is better in the software department.
That being said, I do like AMD CPU's over Intel. The speed difference isn't noticeable and IMHO Intel has screwed buyers for way too long.
That being said, anything that cheap will not be great. I'm a Mac guy for personal use and if you can scrape the cash few PC's are better in the hardware department and none is better in the software department.
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Look online for the Passmarks rating of the CPU. You want over 3000.
I'm not a fan of cheap Dell laptops as they've been the most problem-prone of all the IT purchases I've ever made.
I don't dislike AMD processors per se but I would suggest that you don't get anything with less than an A10 processor should you go that way.
I don't dislike AMD processors per se but I would suggest that you don't get anything with less than an A10 processor should you go that way.
Look online for the Passmarks rating of the CPU. You want over 3000.
I just surf and order farm parts. Right now I have a Chrome Book but it runs out of gas with two windows and I would like more storage for photos and that's about it. The laptop the 901 Memphis mentioned seems like a a decent one. Thanks for the info and replies!
Originally Posted By: Blaze
I just surf and order farm parts. Right now I have a Chrome Book but it runs out of gas with two windows and I would like more storage for photos and that's about it. The laptop the 901 Memphis mentioned seems like a a decent one. Thanks for the info and replies!
Yes it's got decent specs for the price including the 1080p resolution, good cpu power, lots of RAM and dedicated graphics even though they aren't super powerful it's better than integrated for certain things.
I just surf and order farm parts. Right now I have a Chrome Book but it runs out of gas with two windows and I would like more storage for photos and that's about it. The laptop the 901 Memphis mentioned seems like a a decent one. Thanks for the info and replies!
Yes it's got decent specs for the price including the 1080p resolution, good cpu power, lots of RAM and dedicated graphics even though they aren't super powerful it's better than integrated for certain things.
not only are intel cpu's faster, they are more efficient and put out less heat. very important in a laptop. not sure if you could get a quad core intel for $500. if going amd i would get an a10 at the least. but it all depends on how you use the laptop.
slickdeals is also a good place to check for deals on laptops slickdeals.net
slickdeals is also a good place to check for deals on laptops slickdeals.net
You could get a refurb from
http://arrowdirect.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t420-2-6ghz-intel-core-i5-gen2-320gb-8192mb-2.html
Machine probably was > $1000 new; Some have SSDs (but watch for machines loaded with 32 bit windows and avoid)
Best part is no try and buy nonsense loaded.
I got a T420 with an SSD and 8gb for < $400.
http://arrowdirect.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t420-2-6ghz-intel-core-i5-gen2-320gb-8192mb-2.html
Machine probably was > $1000 new; Some have SSDs (but watch for machines loaded with 32 bit windows and avoid)
Best part is no try and buy nonsense loaded.
I got a T420 with an SSD and 8gb for < $400.
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
You could get a refurb from
http://arrowdirect.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t420-2-6ghz-intel-core-i5-gen2-320gb-8192mb-2.html
Machine probably was > $1000 new; Some have SSDs (but watch for machines loaded with 32 bit windows and avoid)
Best part is no try and buy nonsense loaded.
I got a T420 with an SSD and 8gb for < $400.
That's a pretty nice one for the price!
You could get a refurb from
http://arrowdirect.com/lenovo-thinkpad-t420-2-6ghz-intel-core-i5-gen2-320gb-8192mb-2.html
Machine probably was > $1000 new; Some have SSDs (but watch for machines loaded with 32 bit windows and avoid)
Best part is no try and buy nonsense loaded.
I got a T420 with an SSD and 8gb for < $400.
That's a pretty nice one for the price!
Lots of off-lease Latitudes from Dell's auction site: http://www.dellauction.com/cgi-bin/ncomm...&MoreSubs=Y
There's also a Dell-authorized refurbisher that sells on Newegg as well.
There's also a Dell-authorized refurbisher that sells on Newegg as well.
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