Ryan Z
11-29-2005, 04:56 PM
Howdy all. I'm a college student as well as a poker player (seems like half the board is in the same boat). Since I'll be studying in Spain from Jan-Jun this upcoming year, my parents offered to get me a laptop computer. I'm not looking for anything fancy by any means; just something servicable that I could take to a Wi-Fi cafe over there and to type papers up on. Like I said, simple. I'll probably play a little bit of poker on the laptop, but I'm not looking for a monster display so I can play 6 tables at once.
After the long intro, here's my question: what route should I go for getting a laptop, say somewhere between $350-650? I thought about the Black Friday deals, but didn't see standing in line at 3:30 as much of an option. Should I go eBay style, call Dell, try to find a deal at BB or CC, bulid my own, or maybe even try a smaller computer chain, like MicroCenter? Sometimes they have pretty good deals.
I'm not leaving until Jan. 19th, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the time.
After the long intro, here's my question: what route should I go for getting a laptop, say somewhere between $350-650? I thought about the Black Friday deals, but didn't see standing in line at 3:30 as much of an option. Should I go eBay style, call Dell, try to find a deal at BB or CC, bulid my own, or maybe even try a smaller computer chain, like MicroCenter? Sometimes they have pretty good deals.
I'm not leaving until Jan. 19th, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the time.