Originally Posted By: SirTanon
There's nothing wrong with 'cheap' laptops, as long as you know what you're getting into, and you're mindful of what you're buying, as well as who you're buying it from..
Case in point - I bought this laptop in July 2015, for $269:
HP 15.6" laptop - AMD A6 CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD
Sure, it was a refurb laptop, but I was buying it directly from Newegg, and I trust their support. I also trust HP's refurb process. Also, it was only $269.
It came with Windows 8.1, which in my mind was a major point against it, but Microsoft was offering the free Windows 10 upgrade at that time, and my plan was to take full advantage of that. Once I got it, Win10 was installed within 2 hours of opening the box.
I still have the laptop today, and I still use it regularly. It still works great.
This article was talking more about laptops that are made new to sell cheap where many corners are cut to make it cheap. Nothing worse than keys that studder or a space bar that has to be pressed exactly in the middle to work.