Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Are sub-$200 laptops too basic to be useful?

Some laptops touted in Black Friday and other holiday sales are priced at less than $200 from U.S. retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart. But what do you get in such inexpensive machines?

For one, you can't play the latest games or run intense applications with these lightly configured laptops, and the machines are not the easiest to carry around. The laptops are adequate for basic Web surfing, word processing, or casual gaming; and one could replace an aging desktop or laptop at home.

But these laptops are not for everyone. It may be worth considering a higher-priced laptop with Intel's Core or Advanced Micro Devices' A-series processors for resource-heavy applications or multimedia. Lightweight ultrabooks or touch laptops will also be priced higher, perhaps more than $500.

Lenovo G585
Lenovo G585

One such inexpensive laptop is Lenovo's G585, which which Best Buy advertised for $187.99 starting on Black Friday (and some deals continue through its Cyber Sale). Similar configurations are available, also priced less than $200, at other stores. Wal-Mart began selling the Compaq Presario CQ58 for $179 in some stores on Black Friday; markedowns continue in its Cyber Week specials.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2016069/are-sub-200-laptops-too-basic-to-be-useful.html

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