Laptop Computer

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Originally Posted by Janet

I was looking on the Dell site (my desktop is a Dell) and I've found some from $500 on up. How do I chose for him? I can really only afford between $500 and $700 maybe a little more. Would someone take a look that knows about computers and see if the ones in that price range would be good for him? I really would appreciate all your help.

Janet, the Inspiron 1501, which is $549, would be perfect for your son. It looks almost exactly like the one I have. I was looking at the specs and you can either choose a DVD burner or a combo drive, which would have a DVD player and CD burner. I would definately go with the latter -- the combo drive. Your son will need to burn CDs more than he will need to burn a DVD. It comes with a wireless card already installed as well as Windows XP already installed. Those two things along with the CD burner/DVD player are really all that he will ever need. It is a great price, too. I say go for that one.