last semester I was trying to get a few classes I needed last minute and was allowed to enroll in a computer science course that was at capacity only if I could bring my own computer. I didn't have one so literally one day before classes started I had to go find one locally. of course route 20 was flooded so I couldn't go to microcenter, and was left with best buy/staples/walmart to look.
I HATED 90% of what they had, everything either was huge or just awkward. I ended up going with a HP Pavilion G6. I paid around $300 for it and honestly have no complaints. the only thing is that my thumb kind of lays across the corner of the touch pad and I've accidentally zoomed a few times but that's it. I got a 500gb hard drive, 2.60ghz processer, and 4 gigs of ram. I use it just for light stuff (papers, internetz, light photo editing, hptuners, etc) and haven't had any issues.
I bought it on a whim, but between the price and the size it's perfect for what I needed
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