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Cheap College Laptop?

  • 03-10-2005 01:18PM
    #1
    themarcus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭


    Hi, could anyone rcommend a good laptop for college for around e1000?
    I'd really only use it for word processing, powerpoint, browsing, movies and music - for games i have a pc at home. I was hoping to get something small and light with 512ram and a long battery-life. I'd rather avoid dell because of a few bad experiences with them. Any suggestions?


Comments

  • #2
    RichyX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭RichyX


    Just got a dell Inspiron 6000 myself and well pleased with it.
    1050€ with Pentium M740 (1.73 Ghz), 1024 mb ram, 60 Gig hd, 64 mb ATI X300 graphics, DVD RW
    Pretty mobile for the spec compared to anything else I've used.


  • #3
    Kunst
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭Kunst


    Depending on what college you're in, you can get a decent discount on certain laptops. I'm in UCC and I'm getting a 12 " ibookb for under a grand. will do me nicely for college and its nice n' wireless. All depends on your needs really


  • #4
    themarcus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭themarcus


    Yeah was thinkin of an ibook alright, not fussed bout macs but it is awfully handy and small.
    I was thinkin of an Acer Aspire from komplett - lots of power, but its kinda big and the batt isnt great with 1.5 hours.
    Was also thinkin of a sony vaio fs315, but its kinda got the same probs as the acer and the spec isnt really as good as a dell for same price.


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