Cheapest 17" laptop -- what would you suggest?

ET3D · Mar 9, 2009, 04:06 PM

My father in law wants a laptop with a big (but not hi-res) screen. It will be used only for internet and Office. What would you suggest?

**temeteus82** · Mar 9, 2009, 04:31 PM

I would say that look Acer's Aspire series

ET3D · Mar 9, 2009, 06:10 PM

BTW, forgot to mention that he's going to the US, and plans to buy it there. Or rather, have me order it online from a US store.

lepel · Mar 9, 2009, 07:38 PM

BlueMak · Mar 9, 2009, 08:40 PM

Buy something that has international warranty. Like Toshiba.

ET3D · Mar 10, 2009, 07:41 AM

Re Newegg, last week the lowest cost 17" was $600, but it's no longer available (or not at that price).

Good point about the warranty.

ET3D · Mar 10, 2009, 08:13 AM

Mar 9, 2009, 04:06 PM	#1
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	Cheapest 17" laptop -- what would you suggest? My father in law wants a laptop with a big (but not hi-res) screen. It will be used only for internet and Office. What would you suggest?

Mar 9, 2009, 06:10 PM	Thread Starter #3
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	Re: Cheapest 17" laptop -- what would you suggest? BTW, forgot to mention that he's going to the US, and plans to buy it there. Or rather, have me order it online from a US store.

Mar 9, 2009, 07:38 PM	#4
lepel HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 552 Rep Power: 41 System Specs	Re: Cheapest 17" laptop -- what would you suggest? This is the lowest priced 17" laptop on newegg: Newegg.com - MSI VR705 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T5800(2.00GHz) 17.0" Wide XGA+ 4GB Memory 160GB HDD DVD Super Multi - Laptops / Notebooks

Mar 9, 2009, 08:40 PM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Cheapest 17" laptop -- what would you suggest? Buy something that has international warranty. Like Toshiba. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 10, 2009, 07:41 AM	Thread Starter #6
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	Re: Cheapest 17" laptop -- what would you suggest? Re Newegg, last week the lowest cost 17" was $600, but it's no longer available (or not at that price). Good point about the warranty.

Mar 10, 2009, 08:13 AM	Thread Starter #7
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