Hey guys, my Cousin needs some suggestions for a good laptop priced around $300 that he can do his schoolwork on and access iTunes with. (He's picky about his screen size, 11"-15" if possible, but not required.) Any suggestions would be great! (!)
$4000 seems a bit expensive, did you mean $400? A $300 laptop is fine for schoolwork and music though. I was thinking of chromebooks, but I don't know if they can run iTunes.
I don't think chrome books are capable of running i Tunes, but they are really nice for browsing the web. Check newegg.com for refurbished laptops. There are some really good deals there sometimes. I would go with a Lenovo, I have a T430s and I love it. You could probably find a T400 or T410 for around 400$. Those even have the better old style keyboards.
For $300-400, I'd probably suggest a Dell of some sort - there's a model for $349 - not very powerful, but it would be enough for iTunes and Office. Either that or an ASUS. Avoid Acer and HP. JUST AVOID THEM!!!!!
Newegg.com - Refurbished: Lenovo ThinkPad T400 Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB Memory 160GB HDD 14.1" Notebook Windows 7 Home Premium This is a decent laptop for the money. I love the T4xx series laptops. And I still rock a core2 series processor in a few of my machines and they are great.
I would go for a refurbished/second hand one for the price you're looking at. Personally, I'd go for an MacBook Pro, you could get it relatively cheap if you look in the right places