wtburnette
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I'm looking to get my wife's daughter a laptop for Christmas. She's in college and doesn't do any gaming outside of some flash games and some of the facebook games. I'd like something fairly light if possible, but I want it to have a 14" screen minimum as it will be her primary computer and she doesn't have an external monitor. I'd like it to have a 2Ghz+ dual core Intel CPU, 4GB RAM, a 320GB or 500GB hard drive, decent video, an optical drive, a 6 or 8 cell battery, wireless b/g/n, HDMI out, eSata out if possible and I can't spend any more then ~$750.
I'm partial to Toshiba laptops. I had one where I worked for years and it was great. I bought my wife one this past summer (a Satellite A505 - S6965) and it's close to perfect. It's heavier then I'd prefer, but otherwise it's as close to perfect as I could imagine. The only problem is they're no longer carried anywhere I've looked, at least as new. A similar model I've found is reasonably priced, but has crap Intel video using shared memory. For her needs though, this might be fine:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba...uId=9999120000050003&childSku=9549054&count=1
Just thought I'd poll the experts though to see if there are any better laptops or deals I should be looking into. Thanks for any assistance...
I'm partial to Toshiba laptops. I had one where I worked for years and it was great. I bought my wife one this past summer (a Satellite A505 - S6965) and it's close to perfect. It's heavier then I'd prefer, but otherwise it's as close to perfect as I could imagine. The only problem is they're no longer carried anywhere I've looked, at least as new. A similar model I've found is reasonably priced, but has crap Intel video using shared memory. For her needs though, this might be fine:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba...uId=9999120000050003&childSku=9549054&count=1
Just thought I'd poll the experts though to see if there are any better laptops or deals I should be looking into. Thanks for any assistance...