help with buying a laptop

[wake&bake]

I'm not savvy enough about buying computers . Specs, different brands, performance/speed, all got me like

For the last 3 years I've been rocking with a HP G50 but its time to upgrade. My HP has been , a little slow at times, but overall its done the job.

Will mainly use laptop for homework/microsoft office, browsing web, streaming/downloading. Don't really play cpu games. An HDMI output would be great but is not necessary.

I'd like to keep my budget under $600, but willing to spend a few extra $ for needed upgrades in performance/speed.

Any suggestions/advice is much appreciated

Please help me breh's

 

[Why-Fi]

in b4 "build your own for 25 cent"

 

[kash10003]

spend the dough for a 256 gb ssd upgrade

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Start your search here:

Newegg.com - Laptop Computers, Tablets, Desktop PCs

 

[M617]

last month i went to best buy and bought a HP 15" laptop for $350. no where near the best or even consider that good but all i do is listen to music and surf the internet and its been great so far

 

[Liquid]

in b4 "build your own for 25 cent"

Buy a cheap $350 laptop at best buy, buy 8gb ram and an ssd from newegg.

Your PC will fly.

Do

Not

Buy

An

"Ultrabook"

 

[KAWS]

Use CNET.com

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Must haves


i3 or i5 - i7 is basically over kill and will put you over budget anyways
SSD if possible- Probably the one spec you might wanna spend money on
RAM - Dont worry about it you can always download more
Graphics card - I mean if you not gaming on it it dosent really matter. Onboard should be enough

Something like this

Micro Center - Computers, Electronics, Computer Parts, Networking, Gaming, Software, and more!

 

[Jutt]

Must haves


i3 or i5 - i7 is basically over kill and will put you over budget anyways
SSD if possible- Probably the one spec you might wanna spend money on
RAM - Dont worry about it you can always download more
Graphics card - I mean if you not gaming on it it dosent really matter. Onboard should be enough

Something like this

Micro Center - Computers, Electronics, Computer Parts, Networking, Gaming, Software, and more!

Not necessarily. The AMD series are nice alternatives and are much cheaper.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Not necessarily. The AMD series are nice alternatives and are much cheaper.

Intel gang Bang Bang

 

[Golayitdown]

Buy a cheap $350 laptop at best buy, buy 8gb ram and an ssd from newegg.

Your PC will fly.

Do

Not

Buy

An

"Ultrabook"

This. Best upgrade you can do is a SSD.

 

[Strick_9]

Must haves


i3 or i5 - i7 is basically over kill and will put you over budget anyways
SSD if possible- Probably the one spec you might wanna spend money on
RAM - Dont worry about it you can always download more
Graphics card - I mean if you not gaming on it it dosent really matter. Onboard should be enough

Something like this

Micro Center - Computers, Electronics, Computer Parts, Networking, Gaming, Software, and more!

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

That joke will NEVER die.

 

[froggle]

so what would be the AMD equivalent of the i5? Does the SSD make "that" much of a difference? I want my laptop to fly and that downloading of memory does not work I downloaded like 16gb and my computer was still slow

 

[Golayitdown]

so what would be the AMD equivalent of the i5? Does the SSD make "that" much of a difference? I want my laptop to fly and that downloading of memory does not work I downloaded like 16gb and my computer was still slow

Yes SSD and ram are the two best downloadable upgrades