Need Advice Laptop Recommendations??

Hey Techies,

My kid spilled water on my laptop and fried the processor. Getting the data recovered but am wondering what is the fave for laptops these days?? I had an HP dv4130us, strictly work, no gaming. I run big programs, and most data is stored on a remote server. Anything now is faster than what I had. My priorities are a 17" screen, and 3 USB ports...that's it!! Now it seems that all of the laptops have cameras, and huge processors and memory that make it more expensive than I need.

Any ideas would be helpful. Would prefer to spend less than $800, no chrome or shiny stuff, thanks!

 

Take a look at Toshiba. Ours is over 5 years old and has never needed repair, and it's used a LOT. I credit its longevity to the constant use of a cooling pad, so check out those while you're at it unless you already have one.

 

If you DO go Toshiba - please buy it from www.richardscomputer.com]Richard's Computer [/url]in Fairfax. They have great prices, usually automatically include a three year extended warrenty and they are a Toshiba Certified Repair Depot - so if you do need to have it repaired - it never leaves their shop!

 

Thanks all, I have contacted Mike at Richard's Computers.

 

You could also get one from Best Buy, they have some great sales (and their service plans are quite nice).