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What laptop would you suggest is cheap good for JUST mobile internet?
I’m looking for a laptop in the ball park of +/-$200.00 I only want to use it for the purpose of having a mobile computer, so I’m looking for something with really good WiFi and battery life, but that is all I need, I don’t want any high-end graphics card, sound card or motherboard, just good WiFi & battery life.
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#2 written by sure 7 months ago
I would Prefers to go with netbook
This ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM-PU17-BK 10.1 netbook is a welcomed device to my arsenal. I have three laptops, 6 computers, and 2 servers (one with three virtual servers) on my network (think I’m a bit qualified for the review
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The netbook is a AWESOME device for web surfing, word processing, and email. After upgrading from 1GB of RAM to 2GB (I would considered this a requirement), it ran smoothly on video playback. As noted before, HD playback is slow and choppy, but regular playback was VERY good.
I upgrade my netbook to Windows 7 Pro. It still runs decently quick, both on boot and resume from sleep.
As far as battery life, I average 10hrs per charge (bluetooth off, brightness turned all the way down). This is true autonomous device. I’ve ran this device in several meetings, multimedia presentations, and music machine all on ONE charge. -
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Brand new? $200? Not going to happen.
Netbooks start at about $260 and are EXACTLY what you want. Bear in mind that the screens are only 11″ typically vs. the 15″ and 17″ laptops come with.
Check out http://www.netbookreviews.com for guidance.
Otherwise if $200 is really your max, buy something used from a friend. Generally speaking laptops devalue in price by 1/2 every year. So if you bought something brand new today for $1000, next July it would be worth about $500-$600 as a used computer with no warranty. Thus if your friend spent $1000 on a new laptop in 2009, it would be worth about $250 or $300 today. Roughly.
A great judge of price is ebay…find a model your friend wants to sell you and look it up on ebay and see what folks are paying for it.