Need to buy inexpensive laptop for work?

I have to buy a laptop for work and since I'm the one dishing the money out for it, I don't wanna pay a bundle. I only need it for basic use, mostly for working on contracts and surfing the web. I'm not going to be doing any music downloading or entertainment of any kind and it doesn't need to have a specific program.

I would like to buy one under 800 bucks but I don't want a complete piece of crap either. Just one that will do all the things I mentioned above since I'm only using it for business.

What brand or specific computer would you reccomded? Do you have one? Why is it great? And remember, it has to be a laptop.

Answers:
You can get a Toshiba celeron. I have one for school and it works great. Compare pricing between Circuit City, Walmart, Target & Best Buy- which ever is the lowest one go to either Circuit City or Best Buy to purchase. They do price matching so you can get the lowest price with 10% off.
cheap is bad!

you get what you pay for!
Why don't you just buy a good one, or are you too fu*cking stingey?
dell inspirion notebook goes for about 1200... its reliable and a good laptop.
if ur gonna have basic uses for it, i recommend HP dv2000t. its about 800 and it may meet ur expectations. or the toshibas. all cheap.
if you want quality you have to pay the price. well i think hp laptops have some good deals you can check newgg.com on some laptops.
I'd recommend Dell. They have models around your price range and I've always been happy with Dell.

It makes me wonder why you are buying a laptop instead of your employer providing you one ... ?
Dell has some great sales on right now...Toshiba is good...(stay away from HP)
I bought an Acer notebook for US$659 and it had lasted over 2 years without any problems. Recently, just bought another unit around the same price with even better features.
Great buy if you hurry expires today, I would recommend the Dell Vostra sold through Dell small business the new Inspiron in a no frills black case ;

Vostro 1500 - $599
Link to Product Deal Dell Small Business has the Vostro 1500 6.33lb Desktop Replacement Centrino Notebook Core 2 Duo T5470 1.6Ghz, 15.4in WideScreen, 1GB/120GB, nVidia Geforce 8400M Graphics, CD/DVD burner, 802.11g wireless, 1yr warranty, XP or Vista Home Basic for $599, shipped free.



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also
Toshiba Satellite A135-S4677 - $480
Link to Product Deal CircuitCity has the Toshiba Satellite A135-S4677 15.4in Widescreen Notebook w/ Pentium Dual Core T2080 1.73GHz, 1GB, 80Gb, DVD+-RW, 56k/NIC/802.11g wireless, Vista Home Premium for only $480 w/ free shipping.

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