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best <400$ win 8 laptop

alright, the reason I want such a cheap laptop is because Im building a mid range gaming desktop and I want a portable computer but not a tablet
 


Depending on what you do... the Surface 2 is actually pretty useful. Mostly for a student anyway. I guess that's a tablet. Just thought I'd mention it.

Also, if you're building a gaming desktop, that's fine. Too many people depend on one cheap laptop to be their sole computer and then it's catastrophic when it breaks down... as they almost always do.