# Bring me your finest, smallest, cheapest laptop suggestions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-your-finest-smallest-cheapest-laptop-suggestions/685376>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 4, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-your-finest-smallest-cheapest-laptop-suggestions/685376 "2014-04-04T21:41:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-your-finest-smallest-cheapest-laptop-suggestions/685376/21 "2014-04-06T21:55:46Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> For those requirements, I’d probably just go to eBay.

I mean, try, for instance, the EeePC options. I’m seeing a lot under $100. You can try other netbooks, too. My 1005HAB can do what you want (assuming your h.264 movies are 720p or less.)

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**Author:** ![Alba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alba)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-your-finest-smallest-cheapest-laptop-suggestions/685376/22 "2014-04-07T10:44:36Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> I’ve got a bottom-of-the-line tablet I bought for my mother and I’ve been using it to edit “office” style files (the docs, excels, ppts and pdfs I was recently given to study were full of errors, so I helped stave off the boredom by editing them), what I wouldn’t be able to do is show them unless the projector accepts USB.
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> It can read regular document formats just fine, but if you need something special (say, a Visio or MSProject) you might be SOL.

Nava, there are USB to VGA or HDMI convertors

[ebay](http://www.ebay.com/bhp/usb-to-hdmi-cable-converter)

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-your-finest-smallest-cheapest-laptop-suggestions/685376/23 "2014-04-07T12:58:56Z")

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If you have an old laptop to trade in, Best Buy is giving you at least $25, plus another $75 credit when buying a new laptop. That’s $100 to either upgrade your purchase, or ease the burden on your wallet.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-your-finest-smallest-cheapest-laptop-suggestions/685376/24 "2014-04-07T16:37:00Z")

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Thanks for everyone’s suggestions. Particularly **BigT** who pointed me to the Eee PC line.

I just bought a used Eee PC 1015px off eBay. It weighs less than 3 pounds, has a theoretical battery life around 10 hours (If I get 6, I’ll be happy), and cost $150 shipped, so it’ll be an inconvenience rather than a catastrophe if it walks away.

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