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      Harry Lui
      last edited by

      New or used?

      New, whatever with the best warranty that you don't have to support it.

      Used, Business laptop with good battery life.

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      • AdamFA
        AdamF @Harry Lui
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        @Harry-Lui

        New for sure.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          Too bad Chromebooks are out, they are easily under that price.

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          • AdamFA
            AdamF @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller Yeah, needs to be Windows based 😕

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates
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              Just to ask, can they use office online? If they just need office and internet I'm thinking they could get away with that and then you could use a chromebook.

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              • gjacobseG
                gjacobse
                last edited by

                a Inspiron 15 5000 2-in-1 starts out at about $450

                http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-15-5568-2-in-1-laptop/fncwsb0004b

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                • momurdaM
                  momurda
                  last edited by momurda

                  I wonder why dell is still selling 5400rpm hdd for their stuff. That otherwise competent laptop you linked is gimped by that single piece of hardware. Worse, to actually get an ssd in an Inspiron the lowest price is 899, which is only 128GB SSD and a 1TB super slow hdd.
                  edit: You could get that $450 one then just buy an ssd from newegg for less than $100.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @momurda
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                    @momurda said in Sub $600 laptop:

                    I wonder why dell is still selling 5400rpm hdd for their stuff. That otherwise competent laptop you linked is gimped by that single piece of hardware. Worse, to actually get an ssd in an Inspiron the lowest price is 899, which is only 128GB SSD and a 1TB super slow hdd.

                    No idea what you looked at because I just bought a 13" Inspiron 2 in 1 with an i7, 8b ram, and a 256gb SSD for $800. Straight from dell's website.

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                    • momurdaM
                      momurda
                      last edited by momurda

                      I just went up a level on @gjacobse link to Inspiron and chose SSD checkbox. 899 was the cheapest i found.
                      Now i just went to dell.com, chose laptops>Work>SSD Checkbox and got the same 899
                      edit: The ssd option is greyed out if you choose a screen size of 11"-14" from their website. You may have gotten something during a sale.

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                      • Deleted74295D
                        Deleted74295 Banned
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                        Are you guys in different states with different tax bandings?

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                            Danp
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                            Bestbuy -- 0_1492220925596_upload-457838a7-f560-44f2-b447-ae63d285c89b

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                              scottalanmiller @Danp
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                              @Danp said in Sub $600 laptop:

                              Bestbuy -- 0_1492220925596_upload-457838a7-f560-44f2-b447-ae63d285c89b

                              That's like an exact copy of the Asus 🙂 Maybe Asus is making it for them, that is really common.

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                              • AdamFA
                                AdamF
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                                Both the Asus and Dell look pretty good. The SSD is what makes the difference. I still can't believe these new laptops have 5400 spinning drives.

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                                  Francesco Provino
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                                  I've seen some thinkpad t450 new in box for 600 on ebay. Very solid machines.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @Francesco Provino
                                    last edited by scottalanmiller

                                    @Francesco-Provino said in Sub $600 laptop:

                                    I've seen some thinkpad t450 new in box for 600 on ebay. Very solid machines.

                                    But then you are stuck with Lenovo gear. And stuff from eBay. That's a lot of risk in two different ways when good vendors have stuff in the pricerange, too, without needing to go to eBay and taking that risk.

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                                      Francesco Provino @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in Sub $600 laptop:

                                      @Francesco-Provino said in Sub $600 laptop:

                                      I've seen some thinkpad t450 new in box for 600 on ebay. Very solid machines.

                                      But then you are stuck with Lenovo gear. And stuff from eBay. That's a lot of risk in two different ways when good vendors have stuff in the pricerange, too, without needing to go to eBay and taking that risk.

                                      But no one other than Lenovo has a good trackpoint.

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                                        coliver @Francesco Provino
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                                        @Francesco-Provino said in Sub $600 laptop:

                                        trackpoint

                                        The more expensive Dell ones aren't bad. But you're right Lenovo's trackpoint was the most useful one.

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                                        • Reid CooperR
                                          Reid Cooper
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                                          What about the Lenovos are so nice? Haven't used one in a long time. Remember the IBM nipples?

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                                          • travisdh1T
                                            travisdh1 @Francesco Provino
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                                            @Francesco-Provino said in Sub $600 laptop:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Sub $600 laptop:

                                            @Francesco-Provino said in Sub $600 laptop:

                                            I've seen some thinkpad t450 new in box for 600 on ebay. Very solid machines.

                                            But then you are stuck with Lenovo gear. And stuff from eBay. That's a lot of risk in two different ways when good vendors have stuff in the pricerange, too, without needing to go to eBay and taking that risk.

                                            But no one other than Lenovo has a good trackpoint.

                                            No other company steals and spies on you nearly so well as Lenovo does either. I agree with you that they make the best laptops around hardware wise, but that just can't negate the rest of what they do to us, the customer.

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