If I find the time, I'll find you something. In the meantime, if you want an actual quality laptop with these specifications, take a look at Dell Latitude, Lenovo Thinkpad (or other), and Toshiba Portege (or other). Samsung may have something, but it might be difficult to find a seller. Oh, and check Newegg first. You can get deals and sub-$600 laptops, but most quality ones that I'd rely on would probably be in the ~$800 range. That said, a $400 would likely fulfill your needs. Except for the battery life.
For ~$850, you can customize a Dell Latitude E5420 14" with 500GB, 4GB, SB i3, 1600x900. I've heard good things about Latitudes, but have no firsthand experience; take a look. If battery life is decent and you don't expect to do any gaming, this configuration will probably leave you set for at least four years.
For ~$900, as I mentioned, you can get get the Sony Vaio C 14" with a Sandy Bridge i5 processor, 4GB, 320GB, and a good graphics card. For $1000 you can upgrade it to 1600x900 and 500GB.
Also for ~$900, you can get a Toshiba Portege R835, which is 13.3" and 1366x768 or whatever it is and otherwise the same as the Dell Latitude.
I would expect the Toshiba and Dell listed above to be of higher build quality than the Vaio and have more business-oriented features, but the Vaio's power/price is hard to beat and the build quality should be better than most anything you'll get for less than $600. Anyway, check on these three and the Thinkpad, I'm too lazy to look at that. If you want something significantly cheaper, might as well grab the $400 deal.
Post has been edited 3 time(s), last time on Apr 7 2011, 4:27 am by Centreri.
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