Laptop for my Mom $400-500 range

[Shakezilla]

So we are getting my mom a laptop for her birthday.

A email checking, solitaire playing, picture viewing beast is needed.

Looking at something 13-15.6 inches. Actually might prefer smaller than 15.6 because of less weight, longer battery life.

My parents do not upgrade computers much, the "family" computer is a P4 that still chugs through the aforementioned tasks (although browsing is painful).

So while the range does not allow for anything beefy, I would like it be be snappy with browsing and everything in the next couple years.

This laptop so far has caught my eye: HP g6-1b60us A4-3300M $430
With a 1 year extended warranty it is $515, with a rebate too. Only thing I am worried about is not sure how good the battery life is (I am disappointed in my laptops battery life which is less than two hours watching a movie, and build quality).

If anyone has any better recommendations I would appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[mtruong1]

If you live near a frys

you can theck this out

http://www.frys.com/product/6786225

 

[aintz]

go to costco get her a acer aspire one. great little things with good battery life i got my mom one for her to stream tv

 

[ranviper]

Chromebook? I think they are over priced for what you get, but it seems to fit her bill, and it you can get 3G wherever wifi isn't around.

 

[Shakezilla]

We ended up getting the HP in the OP.

Went to microcenter, I thought it felt pretty solid for a cheap laptop. Track pad is not bad, screen looks good.

Now I need to get a networked printer for them lol

 

[Rooble91]

I got a HP Officejet 4500 Wireless from Costco for like $70 last month. It's a nice little printer for just printing word documents. Definitely does a decent job for its price.