What's the least you can spend for a new laptop these days?

[wakemewhenitsover]

I need to get something with wi-fi. Beyond that, I'm flexible. Thanks!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear wakemewhenitsover!

My new Lenovo cost me about $600.00.

And it was certainly wireless ready...

I bought it because according to Consumer Reports, it came in second only to Apple for tech support and frequency of repair reliability...

I have been very happy with it!

:hi:

[wakemewhenitsover]

3. Thanks so much CalPeg!

Sounds like a hot tip. Have you heard anything about Acer? Costco sells a model for about $550, so I'm tempted...

[SacredCow]

9. I have an Acer laptop....

So far, it's worked fine. They got a "bang for the buck" award from Wired magazine.

[Inchworm]

2. I was helping someone recently

$700+ about gets you a laptop that will whip most 3-4 year old desktop's butt.

real good for $1100-1500 range..

of couse you could spend $3000 :D

:hi:

[wakemewhenitsover]

4. I thought...

...I might be able to get away with a new laptop for around $400 -- do you think that's out of the question? Thanks.

[Inchworm]

5. I'm no good right now

been drinking a bit.

I'll try to remember what I remember in morning hehe.

for giggles goto Gateway.com, radioshack.com, bestbuy.com etc and give it a looksee. They about all come wireless ready though.

:)

[wakemewhenitsover]

19. Feel better this morning? I'll try bestbuy. Thanx.

[Inchworm]

20. hehe

It looks like you got some pretty sound answers in this thread. I just didn't want to steer you wrong in my "state." ...hic!

All is well here. The sun is shining and the dogs are fed.

Hope you find what you want :)

:hi:

[necso]

6. Check out

www.salescircular.com

This week's sales are basically over (which can mean that the best sale-items are already gone; Frys has a different sales cycle though), but there are a number of $400-500 laptops; some with instant savings. (Although sometimes there is a later-in-the-week delivery that includes sale items.)

Next week might not be as good, but if you can wait, the prices tend to repeat.

[hellbound-liberal]

7. That's a great site, necso! I haven't seen that before.

I'm not in the market for anything right now but I have bookmarked it for future needs. Thanks for sharing that!

[wakemewhenitsover]

14. Brilliant!! Should I buy Toshiba or Acer? Both four hundred bucks.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

8. I'm saving up $2,000 for mine.......

Of course I'm going to get a fat PowerBook. But, if you don't go Mac, $1200 should get you a very decent Windows box.

[Wcross]

10. Watch out for vista machines with only 512meg of ram.

Vista doesn't work too well with less than 1 gig of ram.

[wakemewhenitsover]

13. Tosshiba vs. Acer? Sales Circular has both,Here's link. Thanx!!!!

http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/laptpp.shtml

Both four hundred bucks. All I can afford.

[Deja Q]

11. $800 seems to be a nimum quantity of money. But do look at the specs.

Most put in 1GB of RAM, for example, but it could be less.

[wakemewhenitsover]

17. Would you recommend Acer or Toshiba doe $400? See link. Thanx

http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/laptpp.shtml

[Fox Mulder]

12. I bought an Acer at Wal-Mart for $695.

It had Windows Vista Home Premium, 1 GB of RAM, and it had wi-fi capabilities.

[wakemewhenitsover]

15. Is it better to get less RAM for four hundred bucks? See link. Thanx

http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/laptpp.shtml

[wakemewhenitsover]

21. Why do I need 1 GB of RAM? Just need to surf the net. Thanks

Any computer advice you have would be appreciated, because I'm just learning this stuff.

[Coventina]

16. Must.Resist.Copycat.....

involving "lapdance"

[wakemewhenitsover]

18. Can only afford cheap laptop. . See link. $400 for Acer or Toshiba.!!

But will I hate myself in the morning?

http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/laptpp.shtml