Advice on buying a laptop...

[Justinw303 10+ year member]

I know basically what specs I need, but where can I get the best price, and is there a brand that really stands out? Price range is under $800, need it for college.

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[BassAce 10+ year member]

I would go with HP or Dell. I have a Gateway and it is ok, I don't find it very sturdy and windows XP takes a while to boot up. Whereas I bought a used Dell that is two years old than my gateway and it boots up XP quite fast. But the gateway is still faster in games and apps.

Try and get a laptop with it's own memory for the video card.

 

[irkorn18 10+ year member]

go to tigerdirect.com, try to stay away from HP and Compaq, they're definately last resorts, but any kind really is good, but Toshiba builds decent ones, and if you can find a Dell worth it, usually they do the trick too. This could help you http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133016/article.html

 

[vettelovr1124 10+ year member]

I've looked at the new hp's, and I can tell you that I am a fan. For $800, though, I don't know how good it gets for that price. A $1000+ model was demonstrated to me.

 

[jiggy2dmax 10+ year member]

Dell has some really good sales going on. I picked up a 1.8 ghz Core Duo2, 80gb, 1gb ram, and 256 ati video card with a buncha extras for 600

 

[lrgnation 10+ year member]

I hate my sisters hp, its slow, heavy, really cheap feeling and did i mention heavy. Battery life is horrible.

macbook ftw.

 

[bk12321 10+ year member]

dell ftw

just remember to pick up a warranty

you can get some crazy deals ESPECIALLY with some of their coupon codes

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

no, go to http://www.delluniversity.com

see if they have your school, you get some off and they have 200$ off any inspiron notebook

i configured a xps m1330 for 2500$ and with the education stuff dropped to around 2000$

and you get 5%alienware discount

 

[bombledmonk 10+ year member]

go to http://www.notebookreview.com for some advice and research opportunities.