Small and Cheap laptop for my dad

[LekaMiftari]

So my dad wants to buy a laptop. He wants it small (11-13 inches) and he's going to use it for browsing the web, skype calls and maaaybe some 2d autocad. Any suggestions

Price range 250-350$

 

[jaguarskx]

12.5" - 13.3" laptops are typically both ultra-portable and relatively powerful so these type of laptops generally start at around $850.

11.3" are in the realm of netbooks and they are generally in your price range. Here are two options:

Dell Inspiron 11 = $350
- Haswell generation Celeron 2955U - Lower power consumption for longer battery life.
- Touchscreen
- Windows 8
- Only 2GB of RAM, but can be upgraded to 4GB (only one RAM slot)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834300146


Acer Aspire V5-131-2629 = $320
- Slightly older Ivy Bridge generation Celeron 1007U CPU (not as power efficient as Haswell generation, but still good)
- No Touchscreen
- Windows 7
- 4GB of RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314110

 

[jaguarskx]

Recertified (90 day warranty) 11.6" ASUS Notebook S200E-RHI3T73 for $300.

Sold by Newegg on eBay and is $30 less than on Newegg's own site.

- Intel Core i3 3217U (more powerful than Celeron)
- Intel HD 4000 graphics core (more powerful than the ones in Celeron)
- Touch screen
- 4GB RAM
- Windows 8

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-Notebook-S200E-RHI3T73-11-6-Intel-Core-i3-3217U-1-80GHz-500GB-HDD-4GB-Me-/301079293057

 

[aakarshan]

A chromebook would be better.

 

[jaguarskx]

Kinda impossible to do 2D AutoCAD on a Chromebook.

 

[Joseph99]

I would say google's chromebook
http://www.google.ca/intl/en_ca/chrome/devices/#foreveryone-promo-hp-cb

 

[CRITICALThinker]

most RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314110


Touchscreen and Haswell - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834300146

cheapest and least processing power - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314313

 

[LekaMiftari]

He really hates touchscreen laptops and I don't like him to have a Celeron processor. I'm using one right now and it's a disaster. Maybe a Core 2 Duo or i3 with a higher price (400-500$).

 

[CRITICALThinker]

- probably your best bet - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G15X0072

- bit older, but smaller - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314051

- slower processor, cheaper - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834257926

- leaste expensive, 2nd gen core i derivative - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G0U28236

hope this helps