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Well she called newegg and they reduced the price for her. Thanks for all your help! This thread can be closed now.

Wow it just jumped 40$ when she was about to order it -_-. The search continues.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230987R thats what i think she'll end up going with. what do you think?

Sadly she does :-/.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7616793&Tab=11&NoMapp= would you say this is worth the extra 50$?

i was gonna go for the a8 but it seems its sold out, the link i posted has a pre-order button and i cant seem to find it anywhere else. so the hunt continues, but thank you for your help. Any suggestions linked would help as well :-D.

Is any I3 series good? like between the 2xxx or 3xxx. Again power consumption isnt by biggest concern but i also wouldnt mind it.

If its a substantially better laptop I'd be willing to help her out and get to around a 450-500$ budget

Thanks for the reply. I know you said I3 but what do you think about this? http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-K55N-DB81-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B00COR29XI/ref=sr_1_3?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1378481134&sr=1-3 Seems like a lot of features for the price.

Any suggestions at all?

If you'd like you can skip to the end for the criteria but here's a little back story. My girlfriend has had an HP pavilion for a few years now (i believe its the dv-1400(?)). The screen randomly started to go black and after some trouble shooting i figured it was one of the inverter cables. I...