I'm looking to pick up a new lap top for school, and I'm looking for the best deal I can get. My sister managed to get one bundled with a tablet of some sort, but it was a local place to her, and it's just not worth the drive, is there any similar offers online that you know of? Also getting something preloaded with Microsoft Office (Not the trial version!) would be nice to.
It doesn't need both, but that would be nice, of the two though I think I would prefer office if I had to choose.
It MUST have an internal optical disk drive, and decent WiFi. Windows 8 sucks dick, I would prefer Windows 7.
A fast CPU, Lots of RAM, and nice video would be nice to, but this is mainly for utility so it's not essential, but I don't want an obsolete dinosaur either.
Here's the catch: I'm on a very tight budget, ideally no more than $500.
Anyone have any suggestions?