Help with picking out a cheap computer

My experience with Minecraft is that it's more demanding than people give it credit for

There's a pretty good variety of low priced lappies out there. I love my Asus, even though it's a higher end laptop I've heard their quality is good across the board.

Lenovos have been making a heck of a comeback lately, one of the schools that I used to work with made a big purchase of them because they were 'cheaper' - but they're really good little machines. Acers are also at the bottom end of the food chain, but will work as long as they're kept up properly.

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Reb Cpl wrote:

Lenovos have been making a heck of a comeback lately, one of the schools that I used to work with made a big purchase of them because they were 'cheaper' - but they're really good little machines. Acers are also at the bottom end of the food chain, but will work as long as they're kept up properly.

agentwhale007 wrote:

Walmart sells referbs online now, some for less than $100.

I'll keep both of these in mind, thanks guys.

stratoaxe wrote:

My experience with Minecraft is that it's more demanding than people give it credit for

There's a pretty good variety of low priced lappies out there. I love my Asus, even though it's a higher end laptop I've heard their quality is good across the board.

Is anyone still playing minecraft? I've got a load of free time right now, and I'd love to plink around on a shared server again.

Lightningbolt wrote:

Sunday paper ads

If I was in a different area/bigger city I'd look into that, but I don't want a computer from the paper in this town.

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Stay away from Acer and Gateway. And probably Dell.

Anything else should be pretty ship-shape!

As for sites, check TigerDirect or Newegg.

Edited by Rofl_Mao - 05 September 2012 at 10:09pm

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tallen702 wrote:

I don't know why people have such an un-founded hatred of Dell. I've had two dell machines in the past decade. One lasted me 8 years without any problems (and maintained the ability to play just about any game or work with any piece of software I threw at it) and the other I've had for 2 years and haven't had a single problem with it.

I've seen more ancient dells running than any other make.
We're talking some almost a decade old running on 256mb and they're still ticking.

My wife and I both run Dell laptops and have no problem with them.

Dells are no different than any other machine. Take care of them, they'll last as long as you need them to.

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Microcenter makes my wallet hurt. Not because it's expensive (because it's not!) but rather because every time I go in there for one thing, I walk out with 20. Seriously, you go in for a thumb-drive and you walk out with a new power supply, vid card, MoBo, etc. the deals are just too damned good!

I think the main thing about dells is that you see them all over campuses and they are so old that they are just outdated and extremely slow compared to the current market.

So, in order to fully undo the work I had done up to this point, my mother has decided that a laptop would be better.

Should I look for the general asked things? What about making sure the cooling will be enough?

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Also, rather than forum hearsay, why not look up actual quality ratings and return rates of manufacturers?