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    Default 'Best' laptop around $600?

    It could be a bit of a loaded question, but I'm looking for recommendations for a laptop around the $500 to $600 mark. The laptop is for general use : study, watching videos, surfing the net. Definitely no gaming or video editing etc. A fairly modest laptop ought to do. The main criteria is that it is well put together and reasonably sturdy. It'll be a Christmas present for our daughter studying at uni.
    Any recommendations or are they all much of a muchness in this price bracket?



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    i reckon there all much of much any bracket
    but, your needs
    15.6 inch or 17 (17 lots $)
    5-600 will get you quad core, 8gb ram, thats about the sum of it
    xtra warranty is good if you can get it



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    I've always had a good run out of Toshiba.
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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    how about this

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    I think its joyce Mayne have a deal. You get upto $500 off it u give them your old computer

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    Quote Originally Posted by lsemmens View Post
    I've always had a good run out of Toshiba.
    Can't agree with this.

    Actually we have 2x Lenovo.

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    I got to go with the Toshiba too I'm afraid.

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    It'd be nice to see some decent info in this thread

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    Thanks fellas. Come to think of it, at my previous place of work, everyone had Toshiba laptops and they were given a pretty hard time yet still kept chugging along.
    That thread in pc4u.org was good enough for me to get started, dolly - thanks for sharing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dollly View Post
    It'd be nice to see some decent info in this thread
    I'm also looking for a more powerful laptop, the link gives good details about laptops, but the prices represent USA dollars, which makes then around AU$700-$900. Currently run an ASUS, but it is a bit old and slow now and have yet to find one that fits what I need for a decent price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6502 View Post
    Thanks fellas. Come to think of it, at my previous place of work, everyone had Toshiba laptops and they were given a pretty hard time yet still kept chugging along.
    That thread in pc4u.org was good enough for me to get started, dolly - thanks for sharing.
    Toshiba has been a 50/50 in my case....I bought 2 a couple of years ago, i5's at around $800 each from memory.

    One is still going, the other has problem after problem before dying completely. Build quality was poor......screen ribbon cable fell out inside within 6 months.

    I have been using an Asus with an i5 for about 4 years now, daily. All good apart from the battery.

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