About Lauren Bennett Expertise I am a computer science major and my dad is an Electric Engineering, so my life has revolved around computers. For as long as I can remember, I have been buying and selling computers. I tend to travel a lot, so I have always had a laptop. I have bought 5 of them for myself, and bought around 30-40 for friends and family. I have dealt with the good and the bad of various version and brand names. If you are in need of buying a laptop, feel free to contact me and I'm sure I will be able to guide you into purchasing the laptop that will be the best fit for you. I will custom build you computers for you to choose from so you can get an exact idea of what to go and buy when you do it yourself and so that you have an exact price. However, I am in the USA and am only knowledgeable about computers here in the US. I do not know about foreign currency or the quality of computer brand names outside the US.
Experience B.S. in Computer Science. Buying and selling for years. Assisting friends/family.
Question Hi I am looking to buy a laptop but the problem is my budget. I would really like to keep the laptop under $1000 US. The laptop will mostly be used by a teen for schooling... stuff like research papers, internet, and Microsoft office. If you could keep the laptop at $400-800 that would be great but I am willing to go up a little.Thanks for your help
Answer Here is an initial configuration we can work with. Give me your feedback and we'll go from there :).
My Components
SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit
PROCESSOR AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 (1.9GHz/1MB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition edit
DISPLAY Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800) edit
VIDEO CARD ATI RADEON® Xpress1270 HyperMemory™ edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini-Card edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
My Software & Accessories
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Subscription (30-day trial) edit
After a $300 off coupon I have, the total comes to $944.00 + tax. The reason it is so expensive is because it includes a 4 year warranty. The warranty includes 24/7 technical support, overnight shipping on all hardware parts, and on-site repair service. This is great to have as repairs on laptops can get quite pricey and this guarantees the laptop work for 4 years.
If you'd like to build it yourself, the computer is the Dell Inspiron 1521 and I used the following coupon code:
--ZDWPS9CZT37LLB. it expires on the 13th but they usually put more out.
Let me know!! Feel free to ask any questions you have.
