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no games.
need it for:
- internet
- ms office 07
- media playing
- maybe some programs here and there
im a student on a budget. Any suggestions?
 

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by the way, i made a previous thread on eeepc.
but i have realised eeepc has way too small keys on the keyboard
and i just wanted to put the question out there of which laptop brand ppl may have suggestions for based on my listed criteria.

thanks for any help
 

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eee pc, msi wind, any other netbook.

netbook would be mainly what ur after, but some dont have cd/dvd drives, so dpends on what u wanna do with it.

edit: or mabe look for a cheap dell on dell's website, tho i dont think theyre under 700$
 

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eee pc, msi wind, any other netbook.

netbook would be mainly what ur after, but some dont have cd/dvd drives, so dpends on what u wanna do with it.

edit: or mabe look for a cheap dell on dell's website, tho i dont think theyre under 700$

ok cool thanks. cd/dvd drive not essential and im happy to get an external one if needed. by the way, i just went on the dell website and saw these dell mini ones... not sure if they're good quality? apparently they've just come out recently..?
 

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dell adamo just came out, but thats shit expesive (and about 1cm thick lol), i personally dont know about dell mini's, but they'll probalby suit ur needs
 

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from memory the 10' eeepcs and i think lenova or HP have larger keyboards than the dell.. asus now have chiclet keyboards tho (the macbook like ones) so i dunno if thats still true

try out the dells at officework

the new eeepc 1004dn has a DVD drive on it :)

or spend 3000 and get the carbon fibre vaio :p with bluray!
 
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MSI WIND (from experience) for:

- internet
- ms office 07
- media playing
- maybe some programs here and there

You could list some programs.
e.g Maple?


MSI Wind should end this thread.
 

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Ok a friend of a friend is selling a Dell 1420 (inspiron) 14 inch for $550.
its 1.5 yrs old apparently, has 2gb ram and 80gb hd.

I wanted to know if this is a good buy? I thought 80gb hd was a bit low... not sure though. Also, i assume it has windows vista...but i prefer xp... does anyone know how i might be able to circumvent this problem?


thnx for any help.
 

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yeah ok, thanks.... ive decided not to buy 2nd hand. I will buy 1st hand.

Does anyone know whether its "better" (not necessarily just cheaper) to buy from the computer company/manufacturer itself eg Dell or a retailer eg officeworks?
 

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MSI wind is far superior to Dells lineup.
The MSI Wind is amazing, but you're delusional if you think the Dell line-up is bad - it's only slightly less awesome than the Wind.

Edit: Dell netbooks that is. I don't know anything about Dell notebooks.
 

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