Laptops under $400?

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My dad needs a new one as his spare just got a virus. Does anyone know of a reliable one under $400? No specifications, it just has to run, doesn't need to have a top notch graphics card or 7 gigs of ram or anything crazy, just needs to run nice. Any recommendations or deals would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Why not remove the virus? Even if the drive was fried, worst case get a new hard drive and use the restore discs.
 
[quote name='rmb']Why not remove the virus? Even if the drive was fried, worst case get a new hard drive and use the restore discs.[/QUOTE]

Yea I'm going to agree with this, but does he need to upgrade anyway?

What's the specs of the one that has a virus.
 
Office depot has this on sale now for $480 or $450 online after bing cashback:

http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=175740...27357/MSI-A6000-029US-16-Widescreen-Notebook/

The msi has a 3 year limited warranty (1 year on lcd and battery). Specs:

MSI A6000 16" Notebook: Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz, 320GB HDD, 4GB DDR2, DVDRW, HDMI, GeForce 8200M-G Webcam, Windows 7 Home Prem

A lot of sales for more well known brands have been $600 or more for the same specs. Has Win 7 32 installed, but you could install 64 if you really want. I bought it a few months ago when it was $400 after Bing and it's nice. Plasticy, but can't be beat for the price. It won't be availiable online for long!

A lot of the things you might buy under $400 are netbooks and not powerful at all. This is a real laptop! :)
 
His old one is a piece of garbage any way, probably about 6-8 years old. It has like 8 gigs of hdd space and like half a gig of ram, he's due for an upgrade anyway, which is why even the bare minimum of what is out today would work for him.
 
If you're looking for a netbook, go with something thats running an Intel CULV, that stuff kicks the crap out of the Intel Atom processors. Even the dual-core Intel Atom processors can't get the performance of an Intel CULV. The AMD Athlon Neo X2 are a great cheaper alternative, but those are harder to find in a 11.6" netbook. The Acer netbook I got in my signature came out to $349 on sale, regular price was $399. You could go for the higher end Intel CULV processor like the Pentium SU4100, or Core 2 Duo SU7300/9400, but those add a huge premium to the cost.
 
Sell me the old laptop for shipping and a couple dollars, i just want the screen..... :)

Reminds me of a guy at my work who came in and said his lappy stopped working because he got a virus. Geek Squad told him it was probably gonna be like $400 for diagnostics and if a new HD reinstall is needed to configure and reinstall everything and some bullshit other stuff they rattled off since he was clueless. The guy said no way and bought a new laptop for $1000.

I was like REALLY.......REALLY?? Sell me your dead laptop for parts i just need the screen i told him...... lol bastard already traded it off for a 360 Arcade. That guy said it was a pretty easy and straight forward virus cleanup but he reinstalled windows anyway. Got a 1.5 year old laptop for a used 360 system said it needed more ram but yea he was a lucky bastard I couldn't wait to get in and do it myself. :)
 
LOL

Some people and tech support. Just like my mom, her HD died, she freaked out about her work files. Geek Squad aka Shitheads charged her $350 for a new HD and data retrieval.
 
[quote name='kube00']LOL

Some people and tech support. Just like my mom, her HD died, she freaked out about her work files. Geek Squad aka Shitheads charged her $350 for a new HD and data retrieval.[/QUOTE]
Actually, if the drive really did die (and not just something like a software crash where Windows died), then she got a phenomenal deal on the data retrieval. Getting data off a dead hard drive usually costs $1000+. Now, I agree, Geek Squad is crap, but try and do some research next time before being a dick.
 
I've never priced it but yea does sound cheap for data retrieval from a dead HD. Wonder if they used a display model freezer to revive it... I'd be willing to bet the HD wasn't dead yet and they just sold her a new HD and copied her old stuff to it. Or just cleaned up her viruses and retrieved data from a earlier restore point. From the couple people i've know to have dealt with them and what I saw from a sales guy trying to push a geek plan onto my friend buying a laptop they just use lots of technical terms and fancy speak to confuse most people and think they are geek gods.
 
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