# Amazon Prime days, looking for a budget laptop. Should I rush to find one tonight? Need answer soon **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** amazon-prime\ **Created:** [October 8, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-days-looking-for-a-budget-laptop-should-i-rush-to-find-one-tonight-need-answer-soon/1033661 "2026-10-08T01:22:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-days-looking-for-a-budget-laptop-should-i-rush-to-find-one-tonight-need-answer-soon/1033661/21 "2026-10-08T15:27:31Z")
Good suggestions! I’ve had good keyboards and bad keyboards (and I include the pad in that) from the same manufacturers, but I generally find that the Lenovo keyboards are better for me. I’d rather have a slower laptop with less memory and a keyboard I like a lot. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-days-looking-for-a-budget-laptop-should-i-rush-to-find-one-tonight-need-answer-soon/1033661/22 "2026-10-08T15:30:17Z")
I once bought a laptop that was actually underpowered. It was annoyingly slow to render websites. But i think all laptops these days are plenty powerful for what the OP wants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-prime-days-looking-for-a-budget-laptop-should-i-rush-to-find-one-tonight-need-answer-soon/1033661.md?page=1)