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Looking for new laptop recomendations

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I have a friend that is getting ready to purchase her first laptop. She will be doing some traveling as she is just now finishing culinary school. I don't think she will have an interest in gaming on her laptop. Though I think she is just looking for a very well rounded laptop. She would like to keep her price at or below $1,300.00

It will be used for basic needs email, web surfing, downloading and burning music, writing food reviews, storing and editing photos, watching dvd's, etc.

I purchased a dell 9300I about 6 months ago and am very pleased with it, as it suits my needs quite nicely. Though Dell is no longer making the inspirion 9300. So I wanted to ask Nathan and the rest of the LR staff as well as forum members for some advice, opinion, and help.

Thanks in advance for all of your help!
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Well, the one I bought for my sister works nicely, and it was $1,346 or something like that. :roll: And the parts are even a little cheaper now.

It was:
MSI MS-1029
AMD Turion 64 MT-37
768 mb ram
60 or 40 gb hard drive (don't remember :lol: )
and the MSI bluetooth wireless card

I built it myself (still have to pictures up.)

You could probably get a Core 2 Duo one for around that though, depending on what chassis you use.

That's all even if you want to build yourself, which I do recommend, it's fun! :mrgreen:
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The Black Pumpkin wrote:Well, the one I bought for my sister works nicely, and it was $1,346 or something like that. :roll: And the parts are even a little cheaper now.

It was:
MSI MS-1029
AMD Turion 64 MT-37
768 mb ram
60 or 40 gb hard drive (don't remember :lol: )
and the MSI bluetooth wireless card

I built it myself (still have to pictures up.)

You could probably get a Core 2 Duo one for around that though, depending on what chassis you use.

That's all even if you want to build yourself, which I do recommend, it's fun! :mrgreen:

Thanks for your advice
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I'm still open for any other ideas of advice on a laptop in the $1,300 range.


Thanks
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