HP Laptops

[Conor Ryan]

I'm running a HP ZV6000 without the enter key, I got a great deal on it in September and through rebates I only payed about $350 for a fully loaded laptop with an AMD 64 3200+, 512 Ram, and a 80 Gig Harddrive as well as a few other features.

Looking at the specs for your computer, it's gonna have below average speed for new computers, and probably isn't "Vista-Ready" for Microsoft's next Operating System due out in January.
A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
• 1 GB of system memory.
• 128 MB of graphics memory.
• 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
• DVD-ROM Drive.
• Audio output capability.
• Internet access capability.

You'll be able to get away with 512 MB Ram on a Vista running PC, and without the Graphics card, however it's going to be deathly slow. There are a bunch of laptops out there with those specs, however they don't come below $700 new for now.

Here are a few sites that you may want to check out:

• Fujitsu A3040
• There are a Few Here
  
  

Outpost lists a few Refurbished computers, I've never bought a Refurbished notebook, but they do sound like pretty good deals. If you find a notebook that you like, sometimes its worth it to sit on it and see if prices come down, hopefully soon this will be affordable with an english keyboard.