$600-800 price range laptop?

[sp3nx0r]

Alright, my girlfriend is looking for a new laptop. $600-800 price range. I'm a desktop man, but know you guys know what's up. She doesn't game on it, it'd just be for school etc, but I want the most durable, longest battery life, and best built so I don't hafta fix it, I'm busy enough as is. So if you guys could mac some suggestion my way, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

 

[DellAxim]

$6-800 new?? If so recommendations aren't going to be very helpfull, you'll only be able to find the heaviest, slowest, worst battery life computers...

 

[heatsinker]

That's true, like my Desknote. I suggest looking into used or refurb. Some of the Inspiron 1100s are around that price range.

 

[mulebennett]

find her a cheap dell...they always advertise for having "laptops starting at 749", or get her a Pentium III laptop, they have decent battery life

 

[sp3nx0r]

wow, ok. so then refurb whats good. i'm just looking for some pendable brands or an idea. even up to $900?

i knew there was a reason i hated laptops haha

 

[Flipside]

I saw this recently on a Inquirer link...Looks like a decent deal.

http://www.hoct.com/coevon1p3251.html

Edit: Here is another one:
http://www.hoct.com/dellatpenii2.html

 

[Outrager]

If you don't mind an Apple iBook you can get one for $850 AR http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t..._2/002-6124503-4996006?v=glance&s=pc&n=507846

 

[CreamySoupUSA]

Or to save some money on that iBook you can get one at Macmall for $699, except it only has 128 megs of memory and no DVD ROM.

 

[inc]

Check out compusa or best buy. While they are by no means the best in terms of performance, with rebates you can sometimes get them down into the $600 range.

 

[rosco]

I've seen this Averatec laptop at best buy for $700-750 after rebates. It gets pretty good reviews.

Otherwise, try to find a used thinkpad on ebay. Thinkpads seem to last forever.