Help me decide on a notebook.

yungman

I am looking for a small notebook. THis is one that I like. But the problem is this is an old one from 2008.....which is ooooold!!!! But I like the size. Please tell me whether it's worth buying since it is not cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-P...5335894&sr=1-1

One thing particularly good is I have many old programs which I don't know whether they will run on the new Windows 7.

Chronos

That is overpriced. I would look for a leased unit for resale on ebay.

phinds

That doesn't seem like much for the price. For example, the HD is 1/3rd what you'd get today for that price and you'd get a better CPU

yungman

That is what I am afraid of. Problem is there are very very few 12" screen. 13.3" is too big, 11.6" is on the small side and you can't find any good ones in $600 to $700 range. The 11.6" all use low speed cpu like the AMD E350

The only other one that is 12.1" is ASUS that use Intel I3-350UM cpu:

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-UL20FT-B1...396520&sr=8-31

nbo10

lenovo has some nice 12" models.

Nicook5

also, I'd probably use http://newegg.com for shopping for computers. Reviews there also tend to be more accurate than those on amazon (on computers/hardware).

yungman

I just order the HP 4320s with I3-250M 13.3" with 2G DDR3 for $599 and I bought 4G for $42.

The small laptop just bugs me too much, you pay a lot for less performance. I checked on ebay, as usual, people want a lot of money for nothing. I did not see any good deals. Seems like people did research and there is no good deal even to entertaining buying those used one.

Thanks all for your opinions.

Alan