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Philcat101
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I have been trying to find a laptop for under $400 to give to someone.

They don't need that much power at all, so I would like to have better build quality and longevity. Extra power is still a bonus, as they aren't tech savvy and would completely freak out if their system froze.

I assume they wouldn't want to upgrade too often, so a large capacity HDD would be good.

 

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I have been trying to find a laptop for under $400 to give to someone.

They don't need that much power at all, so I would like to have better build quality and longevity. Extra power is still a bonus, as they aren't tech savvy and would completely freak out if their system froze.

I assume they wouldn't want to upgrade too often, so a large capacity HDD would be good.

 

Thanks!

Please buy a used Thinkpad. 

Top notch build quality, made of metal, very reliable.

Look up a used T410 for example.

 Almost as cool as my temps  

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What about an HP Stream? It's basically a blue piece of shit, but it would get the job done.

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Please buy a used Thinkpad. 

Top notch build quality, made of metal, very reliable.

Look up a used T410 for example.

I was actually looking at this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834321472

What do you guys think about it?

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I was actually looking at this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834321472

What do you guys think about it?

IdeaPads are consumer grade rather than business grade, that laptop has good specs but the build quality won't be as sturdy (it's plastic).

If you can get one for a good price it shouldn't disappoint.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-T410-160GB-4GB-Ram-Intel-Core-i5-M540-2-53GHz-Win7-Laptop-2390-/172071976220?hash=item281049fd1c:g:-j0AAOSwL7VWidKy

This kind of thing. Hard to disagree with the price  ;)

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Get a T420/s or 430/s not the 410.

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alternatively, a thinkpad

inderstructible for the most part, and the things that arent are cheap and easily replaceable

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