ERNIE 0 Posted February 9, 2013 Heading to college next school year and I need a laptop that preferabley has an AMD APU system and a 17.3 inch screen and is under $500, any suggestions will help Regards, -ERNIE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stupercrossman 2 Posted February 14, 2013 you can find higher processors than AMD for under 500 dollars. I got a TOSHIBA Satellite with an i5 CORE, 750GB HDD and 8GB Ram, and a bunch of other Dues Specs for around 468 dollars (but the screen is 14.7 inches). Now if u MUST have AMD, then i recommend getting a Sony VAIO. Very good quality, and lasts a long time. but this is all me, so you do what you wanna do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian 50 Posted February 14, 2013 Leveno Thinkpads are also a viable option. Granted, it's intel integrated GPU, which isn't that great, but you can find used ones for around 200$ and slap a Linux Distro on it. Spend the extra 300$ on upgrades, as these laptop are stupidly easy to upgrade, and really nice for the price. Or get a new one, and spend a few dollars on upgrades. They have some A4 APUs, which aren't the greatest, but will work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ERNIE 0 Posted February 15, 2013 bought a A8 samsung series 3 for $399 on newegg.com so this forum post in closed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stupercrossman 2 Posted February 18, 2013 Cool Beads Share this post Link to post Share on other sites