15.6" Laptop for Teenage Son

Lemeraldone on 14/06/2011 - 13:28
Last edited 14/06/2011 - 13:59

hi all

just looking for a cheapie laptop for my 15 year old son, he's going to be using it for the usual facebook, school work, watching movies and some autocad inventor student edition for school projects.

Is this a good buy for $600 or is there something better out there or will there be better deals over the next couple of weeks being EOFY ?

thanks

General Product Type: Laptops
Brand: Asus
Model: K52JT-SX602V
Features Digital Media Cards Reader: SD Memory Card, Memory Stick Standard, MMC
Graphics Card Brand: AMD
Graphics Card Memory (MB): 1GB
Graphics Card Memory Type: Dedicated
Graphics Card Type: Radeon HD 6370M
Networking: Gigabit Ethernet
Optical Drive Format: DVD Burner
Optical Drive Type: DVD Super Multi
Other Ports: HDMI
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Model: 370M
Processor Speed (GHz): 2.40
Processor Type: Core i3
Installed RAM (GB): 4
RAM Expandable To (GB): 8
Ram Type: DDR3
USB Ports: 3
Web Camera Resolution: 0.3
Disk Drives Hard Drive Size: 500GB
Screen Screen Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9
Screen Size: 15.6"
Screen Type: LED
Audio Microphone: External
Speakers: Altec Lansing Speakers
Networking and Internet Wireless Networking: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Connections and Expansion Audio Ports: Headphone mini jack, Microphone mini jack
Video Ports: 1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI
Software and System Requirements Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium
Dimensions Product Width (cm): 38
Product Depth (cm): 25.5
Product Height (cm): 3.40/3.56
Product Weight (kg): 2.62
Warranty Manufacturers (months): 12
Labour: 1 year
Parts: 1 year
Processor Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Type: Core i3
Processor Model: 370M
Processor Speed (GHz): 2.40

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Comments

  • k on 14/06/2011 - 15:59
    -8

    Get him a 15" MacBook Pro, and it will last him for years to come.

    • scotty on 14/06/2011 - 23:17
      +1

      OP asked

      cheapie laptop

      and then quoted a $600 Asus. Then you said,

      15" MacBook Pro

      which starts at $2,099. Huh?

      As for larajen214, Asus is a good brand but the i3 laptop there is a bit dated. However it should be fine with the list of things you mentioned.

      • emeraldone on 15/06/2011 - 08:57

        Thank you I was thinking the same. I'm sure my son would love a MBP as would I but the budget is much lower.

  • issh on 14/06/2011 - 23:29

    https://www.mln.com.au/product/?itemID=1078&typeID=special

    This one, I have been eyeing on it for a while…

  • annakira on 15/06/2011 - 08:04

    If you're going to get half of the purchased price back from Education Tax Refund, do you think you can add a bit more to the budget?

    We just bought an Asus K53SV with blueray player for $950 from Bing Lee over the long weekend, it has 2G dedicated graphics and i5 processor. If you are getting ETR, this would add $175 (after the rebate) to your current budget.

    • emeraldone on 15/06/2011 - 08:59

      No that is too much. He is buying it himself and is only 15. We will be helping him out with it and could maybe go to $700 to get a newer processor but no more.

    • emeraldone on 15/06/2011 - 09:01

      Also he doesn't need a bluray player as he has a PS3 but any suggestions are very welcome thanks. I was hoping there would be some super bargains at this time of year.

      • annakira on 15/06/2011 - 10:00

        When we were there, the model without the bluray player was $820, so it's still a bit over his budget.

        Still 2 more weeks til 30th of June, so I'm pretty sure for i5 or i3, there would be more bargains to come. Best of luck :)

  • krum on 15/06/2011 - 18:02

    I would suggest a 13.3-14 inch, I have a 15 inch laptop and it is too large and heavy to carry around.

    Here is something that is quite good and more then 1/2kg lighter:
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/46928

    **There are better laptops around that are also lighter but the price starts getting higher, I suggest going to JB hifi and looking at the Asus u30's and try to negotiate it down. As stated before there will be some bargains that will appear so be patient and you should be able to get something quite good.

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