Help Me Buy Her a Notebook, Please
 

I'd like to buy my girlfriend a laptop with wireless, CD R/W, 256 meg, 40 gb drive, 15" screen, parallel port...something basic. I'm not real computer savvy...

1. how much should I hope to spend? (I'm cheap!)
2. I see stuff about coupons...anyone tell me where to find them?
3. What are good brand names or those to avoid?

Need some expert advice please...

Re: Help Me Buy Her a Notebook, Please
 

You can start with a lower end Dell Inspiron 2200 Notebook and then customize it to fit the exacts needs you are looking for.

Coupons can be found here, possibly.

Re: Help Me Buy Her a Notebook, Please
 

Even if you are gonna buy a budget computer I would highly recomend getting 512mb ram instead of 256mb.

Re: Help Me Buy Her a Notebook, Please
 

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Even if you are gonna buy a budget computer I would highly recomend getting 512mb ram instead of 256mb.

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definetaly!!!

also, you want a processor > 1.5 Ghz. Anything less is slooooooow. Heck, I'm not even happy with my 2.4 - Hope 3.6 does the trick.