Best laptop for my mom under $500

[sphenoa]

Hello community,

I am currently looking to buy a laptop for my mother that is under $500.

She will be mainly using this laptop for internet surfing and microsoft programs.

It would be like great if it has some cute design/color with size 14"

Any recommendations will be great!

Thanks.

 

[sphenoa]

any laptop recommendations?

 

[Branden]

with only $500 you're going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel. also 14" laptops tend to be more expensive than equivalent 15.6" laptops.

by upping your spending limit to $600 and/or considering laptops larger than 14" you'll find something better.
what all will your mom do with it?

 

[sphenoa]

She will be just using it for internet surfing and some light programs.

If I raise to $600, what would be the best options?

She still prefers 14" one.

http/store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666453196

Is this a good laptop?

 

[bliq00]

I disagree that you'd be scraping the bottom of the barrel, since mom's not using it for gaming...

I just recommended this for my dad yesterday. Buy it on line and pick it up at your local Best Buy.

Dell Inspiron 15R for $329. Core i3-2350, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, HD 3000 graphics. pretty nice laptop, I didn't realize how good until I did some research.

http/www.logicbuy.com/deals/dell-inspiron-quick-ship/32103.aspx

move fast though...