Need help finding cheap laptop.

darkane64

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My wifes laptop is falling apart.. its a 6 year old dell xps gen 2 video card died on it once.. was able to fix it in the over (no joke) but now the headphone jack some how got pushed inside i'm about to take it apart and see if i can fix it.. but i've been thinking about getting something a little better for her for a while.. she mainly uses it to watch some hulu,surf the web, email, and play flash/java game (think farm ville type things)

1. What is your budget?
~400

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
more then 14 less then 17

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1366 x 768 or better

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
mix?

5. How much battery life do you need?
more then an hour lol

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
not to much into games mainly just browser type games..

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Email, streaming video (hulu), photo viewing.. web browsing

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
more then 100gig altho the current laptop only has about 50

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
anything that will give me the best bang for the buck.. even walmarts web site isnt outta the running LOL

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
as long as i can

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
dvd rom minimum dvd burner max.. no need for anything blu-ray

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
anything really.. i've had good experiences with acer,asus,dell,toshiba.... so brand isnt a huge concern for me

13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Looking to buy in the next few days... would really like something dual core with 3+gig on memory. AMD or intel which ever is gonna perform better for the price