I Need A Cheap Computer To Write On. Help?

[Kamalayka]

I need something that is cheap (preferably under $500) that has Microsoft Word and internet capababilities.

Can somebody provide a link to something for sale on Amazon?


Thanks.

 

[Darren]

Do you need a monitor, speakers, or any other peripherals apart from mouse and keyboard?

 

[Kamalayka]

No. I just need a laptop with some kind with Microsoft Word in it.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

If that's all you need then you can get that for VERY cheap from eBay.Definetely a LOT LOT LOT less than 500 dollars.
I got one from eBay for less than 140 dollars.

 

[FuryRosewood]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-XPS-M1...93180881?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item20d3d934d1

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Ser...83820997?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3a81aed1c5

latter seems to be a good buy, under warranty, but had a spill to it that seems to be kinda scary.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

It might be cheaper to buy laptop and office separately.At least it was cheaper to me.

 

[strollin]

If you are going to be doing a lot of writing (typing) on it then you will want to test the keyboard before buying anything to see how you like it. You'll also want to view the screen and make sure you're happy with how well it displays text. For those reasons, I recommend that you don't buy from Ebay or other mail-order places without the ability for any hands on demo.

Word processing is not a very demanding task so having a lot of memory or a fast processor won't help much. Keyboard, screen and storage (disk space) are the 3 factors I would be considering, not price.

In order to save some money, you could use the open source (free) LibreOffice or OpenOffice office suites both of which are capable of reading and writing MS Word compatible DOC files.