good budget laptop

[BAD BOB]

what are some good brands to look at? just really use it for tuning and web. def want a hdmi hookup. i have seen/heard people talk about the acer and some others but just dont know what to look at. what is the difference in the processors?

[chrisheltra]

My main laptop has been an acer for the last several years.

[MonteC]

I bought an ASUS for under 500 bucks. dont know if thats budget or not.

[BAD BOB]

what makes or breaks the laptops? is it basically the memory and processor?

[schardbody]

my acer is a few years old now, its very worn looking but i've had no problems with it, i also have a toshiba that my wife uses and it seems to be faster but i've had to replace a few pieces in it even though its newer than the acer.

[BAD BOB]

my wife has a fairly new toshiba and the hinge screws have alread fallen out and i had to fix that and it dont have a hdmi port

[minytrker]

I have 6 laptops ranging from $275 Acer to a $3,000 Dell. I also have a couple HP's in between those price ranges. For what your wanting to do buy the $275 Acer. My two main tuning laptops are a $700 HP and the $275 Acer. I prefer the Acer hands down. Its slow BUT for tuning and just getting on the net its works great. I max all my laptops out on RAM and have a solid state HD that I use in my main tuning laptop.

[04ctd]

Carl has a few for sale, i think one was ~280, check his thread from back in may