Help buying my first laptop! ?!

[alex3kicker 10+ year member]

My old computer broke down months ago and i am tired of logging on from my phone. I need someone to recommend me a laptop that looks good and also has what i need. I like the looks of alienware and sonx vaio laptops.i have about $1500 to spend.(will most likely be buying from ebay) I dont know jack about computers but heres a couple of things i want it to have. I want windows not mac. I want it to have a microSD slot. i have a TV with VGA input so i want to be able to hook my laptop up to it. I will be saving ALOT of videos,music,and pictures. I also will be playing the sims 2 along with other games that take up alot of memory. I have never had a laptop before what king of internet service do i need? This took forever to type on my phone so please help. Thanks

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[alex3kicker 10+ year member]

Oh and vista is preffered

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

I will never buy a laptop, they are too hard to work on and repair. If it were me, I'd get a desktop. Not only is it cheaper, but you can get so much better stuff than what you'd get for the same price of the laptop.

But that's just me.

 

[alex3kicker 10+ year member]

I will never buy a laptop, they are too hard to work on and repair. If it were me, I'd get a desktop. Not only is it cheaper, but you can get so much better stuff than what you'd get for the same price of the laptop.
But that's just me.

i would buy a desktop,but i dont have any room for even a small desk. Why was it hard to work on?

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

b/c theres no room to upgrade...i feel the same way. I had a laptop grew to hate it now I have a desktop and its 100000xs better(not just performance wise)

 

[kickerfan07 10+ year member]

I love my HP laptop, has everything I'd ever need, and in two years of alot of use the only thing needing replaced was the battery. Just dont get a laptop with a Intel mobile processor or a celeron processor, make sure its the full blown Intel Pentium.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

^yes but only if you dont need long battery life. The reason they made the mobile editions was to save power

 

[alex3kicker 10+ year member]

I love my HP laptop, has everything I'd ever need, and in two years of alot of use the only thing needing replaced was the battery. Just dont get a laptop with a Intel mobile processor or a celeron processor, make sure its the full blown Intel Pentium.

full Pentium. Got it.

 

[kickerfan07 10+ year member]

^yes but only if you dont need long battery life. The reason they made the mobile editions was to save power

True, but they are dog slow.

 

[alex3kicker 10+ year member]

^yes but only if you dont need long battery life. The reason they made the mobile editions was to save power

i wont be traveling with it or anything. I just want it mainly to save space. So battery life isnt a big issue.

 

[kickerfan07 10+ year member]

All i have experienced is my HP, and i can say i am greatly satisfied. It does all the media i would need it to, has a SDslot..Not micro but that wasnt out when i bought it. It has been used alot for games (I have the sims on it as well). It also has many access panels. My dad has a toshiba Satellite which is equally impressive. My Bro had a dell lattitude laptop and it was pretty nice but the motherboard took a dump New dells are pretty nice though i heard. Make sure the processor is a Intel Pentium like i said and the rest of the stuff you want are add ons for any of the above stated brands.

 

[connersdad19 10+ year member]

how much do you have to spend on one? alienwares are by far the best even though they are mainly for gaming but they are about the best...other then the dell xps.

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

what the hell is a full blown pentium?

 

[connersdad19 10+ year member]

what the hell is a full blown pentium?

i just read over that and was thinking the same thing lmfao....

what is a full blown pentium lol

 

[kickerfan07 10+ year member]

i just read over that and was thinking the same thing lmfao....
what is a full blown pentium lol

Not mobile...

There is a intel pentium M processor that sucks..dont get it unless you want a long battery life and little performance.. Get a intel pentium 4 HT or up like a core 2 duo etc.