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its an HP laptop the first one that is priced at $379.99. Is it a fair price? it is the cheapest one so i think the price is reasonable. Does it have good quality? *****DOES IT HAVE A BUILT IN CAMERA AND MICROPHONE SO I CAN CHAT WITH FRIENDS?***** what are the pros and cons? thank you. here is the laptop details>>>>
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Hi there,
The first link doesn't help. The second link is a link to the base configuration. This means the one without any bells and whistles. $379 is, at the moment, a very small amount to pay for a laptop. If you can pay $100 more, you can have your choice of several. You will even be able to buy at retail stores, which is something you want to do with laptops.
The laptop you listed doesn't come with a camera unless you add it. I believe that is $75 more, and then there are other things you will want to add, like more RAM. By the time you are done, you would have spent as much as one you could have looked at before you bought it.
As for the brand, I wouldn't bother with anything HP made anymore. They own Compaq, so this is basically the HP laptop with different stickers. :-(
They have the worst support I have ever dealt with. Ever. I have been doing this for a long time and HP is at the bottom of my list of people to buy from.
I like Acer laptops as well as Toshiba, Dell (some models) and Lenovo (used to be IBM.)
Acer and Toshiba both make laptops in your price range.
One cardinal rule of laptop ownership: If you can't afford the extended warranty, you can't afford the laptop.(TM)
This means you will need to have another $75-100 dollars for the extended warranty.
Take a trip to walmart, believe it or not, and see what they have that you like. Their extended warranty is both inexpensive and usually pretty good.
They also give you a 15 day no questions asked return allowance. I have taken brand new laptops out and had them malfunction in the first hour.
If you buy on-line and this happens, you can be weeks without your laptop depending on where you bought it.
With the local purchase, you can walk it right back in and trade for another.
Quick example of why you shouldn't give HP money: The HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop had a design flaw that caused the built in wireless card to fail. It would overheat and fry itself due to a lack of airflow around it.
For the longest time they said there was no issue. Then when they admitted it was a hardware problem, which took a long time, they would only fix it if it was under warranty.
The delay in taking responsibility made most every one of these fall out of warranty. Cute, huh?
So what did they do when they fixed it? They replaced the wireless card with the same thing and made no changes to the airflow. As you can guess, the replacement died too.
Eventually, they started taking them back to "fix" even if they were out of warranty, but there, to my knowledge, never was a REAL fix made. They figured you would get tired of sending your laptop back, and they were right.
Fortunately, wireless usb devices are small and inexpensive, or there would be a couple million paperweights out there.
I can't say it enough: HP's support is awful.
If you have any other questions after you go looking, please let me know.
Make sure you get the model numbers of the laptops you would like advice on.
Good luck!
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The link you gave us doesn't lead to the product you are thinking of purchasing. That's why you haven't had any answers. Without the proper link we can't render an opinion.
HP is usually though not always a reliable brand. You will need an extended warranty on it as you would with any laptop. My brother has a HP lap top and they had to replace the keyboard and a few other things that were quite big and he only has had it since Christmas 2009.
The cost isn't what to look for. Cheaper isn't better in most cases. You'll want a laptop with at least 4MB of memory and 320 (preferably 500+) GB hard drive which is what retailers are selling now. Also, Mac Books are better especially with the extended warranty and Apple Care tech support.
I would save your money and get a top of the line one that you know for sure is a good investment. Also, do yourself a huge favor and contact Dangernerd and Theymos who are computer experts on the site. They'll tell you what to buy.
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