Laptop recommendations!

[acidrain]

Hi guys,

Can someone rec. a good place to get a decent laptop for R5000 or less. Helping a friends mother find one.

So far I've found this

Thanks

 

[tohir]

Have u tried the laptop section in bidorbuy (http://bit.ly/179iFv). Got mine there, with 16month guarantee left. Dell Duo Core, 2gig ram.

I'd also say be careful what you take wherever you take it. Dont want to be stuck with something that underperforms.

 

[hyperian]

My sister has had a MSI Wind for over a year and it's a little beast:

MSI Wind Book U100 Plus
Atom® N280 1.66GHz Intel 945GSE+ICH7-M
1GB Memory(On Board)
160GB SATA HDD
Ergonomic Big-Size Keyboard & Touch Pad
10.2"" WSVGA (1024*600 ) LED(Power Saving)
Built-in 10/100 LAN
4-in-1 Card Reader
Wireless Lan:MS-6890(802.11bgn)
Bluetooth V2.0+EDR
HD Audio,Stereo speakers
Mic-inx1,Line-inx1,Headphone Outputx1,USBx3
MSI Mouse& Protective Bag
3 cell Battery
1.3M Pixe Webcam
O.S:Windows® XP Home

R3,959.95

http://www.kalahari.net/electronics/MSI-WindBook-Atom-N280-Blue/4585/34486428.aspx

 

[Nameite]

if u can get any c2d cpu aunder 5k u have scored bigtime! Otherwise a turion (AMD) dual core also kicks ass

 

[acidrain]

My sister has had a MSI Wind for over a year and it's a little beast:



R3,959.95

http://www.kalahari.net/electronics/MSI-WindBook-Atom-N280-Blue/4585/34486428.aspx

Ye i was considering recommending a netbook to her. My only concern is she is in her late 40's so might have problems reading that small 10" screen when working

 

[Subversion]

wat about this:

http://www.rebeltech.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=209_314&products_id=6809

eMachine Notebook : Intel Dual Core (2.16Ghz), 15.4" WXGA with Crystalbrite, shared graphics, 2GB DDR2 (1*2GB), 250GB HDD, DVD-RW, 802.11g & Lan, integrated Camera, 6cell battery, Windows Vista Home Premium

R5,607 inc VAT

 

[Subversion]

also this for under 5K - dual core AMD.

HP NX558EA 615 series , with built-in webcam - Amd Turion64x2 QL-64 Dual-Core 2.1GHz ( L1 : 2x128k , L2 : 2x512k ), 1Gb DDR2-800, AMD RS780MN chipset, upto 512mb hypermomry ATI Mobility Radeon HD3200 vga , 15.6" Lcd ( 1366x768 WXGA ) , no tv-out, 160gb SATA HDD, DVD+/-RW ( DL ) , built-in card reader+ blueTooth + WiFi + 10/100 lan + 56k modem + express card , with windows Vista Home basic + Office 2007 Ready ( professional with 60 day free trial )

R4,555.98