Good Laptop?

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

I'm in the market for a relaible laptop, up to modern standards, 512 memory, good processor... In the range of 200-800 bucks. Any suggestions for a new one? Plus, I have big fingers so the ones with a small sized keyboard generally drive me up the wall.

Thanks in advance, need help finding somthing. Built in wireless would be a plus.

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[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

I'm in the market for a relaible laptop, up to modern standards, 512 memory, good processor... In the range of 200-800 bucks. Any suggestions for a new one? Plus, I have big fingers so the ones with a small sized keyboard generally drive me up the wall.
Thanks in advance, need help finding somthing. Built in wireless would be a plus.

what is it for? gaming? school/work? or just browsing online? or like for media?

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Everything... Big storage space for music would be cool,but it will mostly be used for email, internet, and word processing. I don't do many games.

The biggest thing is reliability- I don't want it to **** up.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

i think the big storage could be solved by an xternal mini HD //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

but

http://www.ubid.com/Category/Listing.aspx?CatID=3007

^^^^ i got my laptop from ubid.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

look at the thinkpad like flakko just got..you could get with your budget..shoudl fit your needs and supposed to be reliable as all hell..not gaming rigs though..or keep your eye out for dell coupons..they relelase some tits coupons and EPP deals sometimes..

http://www.fatwallet.com

http://www.notebookforum.com (has a deals forum)

 

[iLL-Faded 10+ year member]

Everything... Big storage space for music would be cool,but it will mostly be used for email, internet, and word processing. I don't do many games.
The biggest thing is reliability- I don't want it to **** up.

my opinion would be the lower end of acer laptops, or a good deal with any name brand.

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Say ill, do you want to sell me your Viao you have for sale? or is it modded beyond my needs?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

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[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Before It got repo'd by my college (while I'm sitting out a semester), I had an IBM ThinkPad T41, it was very nice and as long as you took care of it (like my fellow students did not) it was indeed a very trustworthy machine. flakko, what did you get???

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

I've never seen anything nicer than a thinkpad... I wouldn't even consider a dell, hp, compaq etc... I've worked on them all and the thinkpad is amazing.. My fav part was installing from scratch and downloading a SINGLE program that automatically detected and updated drivers on everything. It has a nice sturdy case, nice screens (like all of them), nice kb feel.... you really can't go wrong with a thinkpad...

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

do they make thinkpads for gaming??

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

I was actually thinking of getting one of then new apple laptops... I do alot of online banking and questionable internet surfing and they are supposedly more secure, but the price, gah, it will kill ya.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

Before It got repo'd by my college (while I'm sitting out a semester), I had an IBM ThinkPad T41, it was very nice and as long as you took care of it (like my fellow students did not) it was indeed a very trustworthy machine. flakko, what did you get???

i got myself a G41... kinda outdated and bulky, 2.53 cel D 256 RAM, 2" thick but it was only 500 bucks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

I was actually thinking of getting one of then new apple laptops... I do alot of online banking and questionable internet surfing and they are supposedly more secure, but the price, gah, it will kill ya.

no just quit using IE to surf... get firefox... the reason they are more "secure" is their small market share and closed archetecture

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

A gaming laptop would hardly be portable in any case... sure they exist, and they work... but you could get a nice desktop that outruns the gaming laptop AND a nice office/personal use laptop for the price of a decent gaming laptop