help with buying a laptop

[Jutt]

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

the A10 is AMD's newest quad core. Joint is a beast. The A8 is a lil older but still pretty dope.

 

[GoldenGlove]

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!

 

[606onit]

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

how's that HP holding up?

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

Your PC will fly.

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Not

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"Ultrabook"

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Im in the market for two identical laptops........FF-Camera a must too for Skype. What's a cheap one I can get and add a card to? Thanks brehs.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

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"

Are you crazy? An Ultrabook is a FANTASTIC option. Yes it is a little more expensive than the base laptops, but they offer a TON of feautures in a very tiny formfactor. I own the Yoga 13 Lenovo laptop and love it to death. If you can afford them, i say go for it.

My laptop has an i7, 256 ssd, 4gig ram, touchscreen, windows 8, usb 3.0, weighs 2.5lbs, 8 hours of battery life, and is overall a fantastic piece of kit.

I'm actually going to sell my Surface RT now because I no longer need it.

 

[Liquid]

Are you crazy? An Ultrabook is a FANTASTIC option. Yes it is a little more expensive than the base laptops, but they offer a TON of feautures in a very tiny formfactor. I own the Yoga 13 Lenovo laptop and love it to death. If you can afford them, i say go for it.

My laptop has an i7, 256 ssd, 4gig ram, touchscreen, windows 8, usb 3.0, weighs 2.5lbs, 8 hours of battery life, and is overall a fantastic piece of kit.

I'm actually going to sell my Surface RT now because I no longer need it.

you are selling the Surface RT because its garbage.