I'm starting to shop for a new laptop. My current one is 5+ years old and I'm tiring of the lines of dead pixels on the screen.:p Plus sometimes you have to fold it open just right to get it to light up. Other than that it works well. I doubt its worth investing the cash on a new screen. I'd like a new laptop, as cheap as possible of course. All I basically do is surf the web and watch video with it, so I guess it doesn't have to be super-powerful. What do you think of this one for $399?
http://www.staples.com/Toshiba-Satel...P4118:CL161747
It kind of kills me to think that's $400+ I could be spending on the car, but I think its time.

 

Hey, what are ya doing with the old one? I know of a 10 year old that is in need of one just to surf the net for school research projects etc and have her own email. PM me if you are just gonna get rid of it. Doesnt have to be perfect. I live in NJ. Thanks.

Lisa

 

Looks good to me. I bought a Toshiba for my son from Walmart $398 Xmas before last. It too is a Satellite. Its has been good and has a great picture on screen. Better than my 5 year old Dell I am using. For most of us it would be great.

 

Looks pretty good. i read some of the comments on there site and they seem favorable.

 

If you just want something to surf the web with, why not look at some cheaper netbooks??

 

that would work good for web and stuff and you dont get much cheaper than 400 bucks on a laptop

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SUS-_-34220884

 

For web surfing and the like you should be fine... It's Windows 7 (which is nice). 4 gigs of memory is perfect for Windows 7 (they recommend 2 gigs minimum).

Built in wi-fi card that goes to N will give you fast internet speeds (provided you have an 'N' band router)

The only thing I don't like is the processor (AMD Athlon™ II Dual-Core Mobile Processor P340) it's only a 2.2 GHz (which would be okay since it's a dual core) however, I just feel AMD is a little... lazy. I prefer Intel.

But for your purposes you won't have a problem, and for the price you're getting a really good deal.

 

I'll let you know if I decide to get rid of it. I was probably going to do the same thing though, let my 8 year old daughter use it.

I've considered netbooks, but I watch a lot of movies and TV shows and I'm not sure I'd like the smaller screen.

 

im not an AMD fan either....but it will work fine for what he needs it for