I need a laptop for school. A standard laptop for just word processing and internet hook-up. please help.?

For $700, Dell has a great warranty plan you can get and you can get replacement parts almost anywhere. Just go onto their website and if you know what you want, pick it out. If you want to customize it, they'll let you do that too.

Another place to check out is http://www.pricegrabber.com/ They have a lot of good deals on laptops since they pull inventory from a lot of internet dealers. Just pick what specs you want and the search will filter.

By the way, I'd try to stay away from Windows Vista. However, if you must; get a laptop with at least a 1.8GHz processor and more than 512MB of RAM. It's a resource hog.

You can still find a lot of laptops brand new online that have Windows XP.

Try this, they will never guess how much you spent on a well equipped Sony;

Sony VAIO VGN-N395E/B - $650

BestBuy.com has the Sony VAIO VGN-N395E/B Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 15" Widescreen Notebook PC for a low $649.99. $19.99 Shipping. Features include: 6.5lbs; 1.73GHz; 1GB RAM; 160GB HDD; DL DVD+/-RW; 802.11a/b/g; Vista Home Premium

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in case you have funds bypass with a MacBook Air. yet once you're finding for something extra affordable i could bypass with a splash Dell computer, they're like a 9" exhibit and are somewhat powerful little machines. they are going to look after all your elementary notice courses and internet comfortably.

Check out the Dell 1501.

Look for laptop deals at www.techbargains.com

u shud visit the dell home site and customize a model 4 u. they otherwise have very good offers if u r not so specific with ur demands.u shud b able to get a good one around 800.

I got my brother a Gateway, it has all the stuff you need for school and you could get a fairly good one for 900 dollars. I personally prefer to make my own computers but these are the sites i recommend:

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/thu...

or

www.tigerdirect.com

go for Dell Latitude 510 i am using it since more than a year and it works for more than word processing and internet. and it should be cheap by now

Now day you can get a real good computer for less than $700.

Check this out.http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Laptop-Computers/se...

Get a sony or a Toshiba. Toshibas aren't very expensive.

I have a toshiba and I am very satisfied.

check out hp they have refurbished laptop but i recommend to check classified the news paper or the web you'll get cheap machines