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Applejack wrote on 2012-05-15 22:23

My mom needs a new laptop. She's a real estate agent so its not like shes gonna be running 5 processes of Crysis 2 at once. I don't think she wants to spend anymore than $800. Any help? I'm terrible with laptop picking.
Invalid wrote on 2012-05-16 13:27

I don't really know what you're looking for cause I don't really get the day of a real estate agent.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215269

It's under 800 and probably not going to run 5 Crysis 2's
Second wrote on 2012-05-16 15:42

Bigger laptops have better specs but they're not very portable.
IMO a 17 inch laptop is too heavy. 15 or smaller if she's gonna be lugging it around.
Applejack wrote on 2012-05-16 22:20

Quote from Invalid;865093:
I don't really know what you're looking for cause I don't really get the day of a real estate agent.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215269

It's under 800 and probably not going to run 5 Crysis 2's

Real estate agent - Check/Send Emails, check property info, gotta drive around everywhere.
Yanm wrote on 2012-05-16 22:22

Quote from Applejack;865451:
Real estate agent - Check/Send Emails, check property info, gotta drive around everywhere.

So, what exactly would she need? My guess is she'd need a decent amount of battery life. Anything GPU intensive/CPU intensive? Also, does the screen resolution matter at all?
Applejack wrote on 2012-05-16 22:34

Quote from Yanm;865456:
So, what exactly would she need? My guess is she'd need a decent amount of battery life. Anything GPU intensive/CPU intensive? Also, does the screen resolution matter at all?

Yeah a decent amount of battery life would be great, I don't think shes going to open anything that is going to be heavy on a CPU. Just PDFs and Emails.
Yanm wrote on 2012-05-16 22:45

Quote from Applejack;865467:
Yeah a decent amount of battery life would be great, I don't think shes going to open anything that is going to be heavy on a CPU. Just PDFs and Emails.

All right, I'm getting an idea. What screen size would she want? And the resolution also?
Applejack wrote on 2012-05-16 22:58

Around 15" monitor size. Something fairly nice for a resolution.
Yanm wrote on 2012-05-16 23:14

Quote from Applejack;865484:
Around 15" monitor size. Something fairly nice for a resolution.

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=7162ACCF009D2872F8BA28660C1EC3B5
Customize the one on the far left for $749. If she doesn't need much space on her HDD, then you could make it $799 and have a 1600x900 resolution along with 7.7 hours of battery life.
Applejack wrote on 2012-05-17 00:49

Thank you.
frozenwilderness wrote on 2012-05-17 04:51

I'm not a huge fan of hp, but they make some pretty cheap laptops with decent specs

this is the one i have, though i got mine from office depot for $500

http://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-dv6-6c48us-Laptop-Computer/dp/B00771V6GC

imo $750 for 320 gb hd, 4gb RAM, and just i3 processor seems a bit too much to be worth the value even if lenovo is probably better than hp brandwise

edit: there's also this for lenovo
Invalid wrote on 2012-05-17 13:18

Just so you know, the advertised battery life is pretty much with EVERYTHING off.

By that I mean, power saving mode, dim screen, blahblah.

Probably not optimal for anything really.
Laptops these days get about 2-4 hours at a point you'd want it to perform at.

I suggest getting a netbook.
Small screen, but portable and longer battery life.
My mom has one, and all she does is check emails and browse the web.

Also, if you really want to find some good deals, always look in Clearance and Refurbished section. Or even ones with rebate.

I never buy anything for my computer at full price.
Unless it's like 20 bucks but yea. 30+ I'll always look for sales or rebate.

And then I come across something like this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834158348