Help me pick out a laptop!

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

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[casper97ta 10+ year member]

I really love my Acer. I bought an aspire 5100. it was $600 new, and i have no probelms at all. its fast as shit and overall a really great laptop for the money. unless you really into gaming and want to spend a ton of money for big on-board graphics theres no need to spend a ton of money. one thing to check is the FSB speed of the laptop. It's such a big factor on how fast the laptop is going to run that people overlook all the time. The reason i wont buy a toshiba is because of this. Their FSB speed is only 533mhz. My acer is 1600mhz. Just some friendly info.

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

What do you guys think of Asus?

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

i like some of the asus laptops ive seen

they make some great motherboards for computers imo

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

Yea I really like their A8N SLI mobo I have right now.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

all the asus pc parts i have used over the years have been top notch, but i havent had an asus laptop

i have a compaq r4000 now and have never had any problems with it

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

i have a bottom of the line HP, it gets the job done.

i dont game, i just wanted it for the internet and ****

would be fine if i didnt drop it and break the disk drive.

 

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

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[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

HP DV6000T

instant savings − $100.00

price after rebate $1,033.98

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit)

Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5300(1.73GHz/2MB L2Cache)

Display 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)

Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7400

Personalization Free webcam included with HP Imprint + Microphone

Memory FREE Upgrade to 1.0GB DDR2 (2x512MB)!!

Hard Drive FREE Upgrade from 80GB 5400RPM to 120GB 5400RPM!!

Primary CD/DVD Drive LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD+/-RW w/Double Layer

Networking 802.11b/g WLAN

TV & Entertainment Experience No TV Tuner w/remote control

Primary Battery 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Productivity Software Microsoft® Works 8.0

HP extended service plans 1-year HP Accidental Damage Protection with Express Repair extended service

plan

*I'm thinking of getting the same thing as above, except with 2 gigs of Ram, and the 2.0 ghz core 2 duo.

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

Okay just found out that around 1200 is hte magic number, and cheaper is better.

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

An I guess Vista is okay too.

 

[Element432 10+ year member]

Alienware

 

[Orion Man 10+ year member]

Were getting a Dell Inspiron notebook for school. Done alot of research and they seem to be pretty nice for a descent price. Just my .02.

 

[funkyab 10+ year member]

IBM/LENOVO thinkpads have the best service and warranty in the business.

a bit pricy but you can get something decent in the 1500 dollar range.

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

HP DV6000Tinstant savings − $100.00

price after rebate $1,033.98

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit)

Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5300(1.73GHz/2MB L2Cache)

Display 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)

Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7400

Personalization Free webcam included with HP Imprint + Microphone

Memory FREE Upgrade to 1.0GB DDR2 (2x512MB)!!

Hard Drive FREE Upgrade from 80GB 5400RPM to 120GB 5400RPM!!

Primary CD/DVD Drive LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD+/-RW w/Double Layer

Networking 802.11b/g WLAN

TV & Entertainment Experience No TV Tuner w/remote control

Primary Battery 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Productivity Software Microsoft® Works 8.0

HP extended service plans 1-year HP Accidental Damage Protection with Express Repair extended service

plan

*I'm thinking of getting the same thing as above, except with 2 gigs of Ram, and the 2.0 ghz core 2 duo.

As someone else mentioned, the Dell Inspirons can be had pretty cheap too..

Dell Inspiron 9400 - $1,199

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)

Genuine Windows Vista™ Business or XP

17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ TFT Display with TrueLife™(glossy)

2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz

120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory

Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps)

Integrated Audio

Media Direct 3.0

My Accessories

53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Decent price for this, of course the video card isnt the best, but should be adequate. Add $100 for 1 year accidental damage protection as well, which I would recommend. All in all, I personally like the HP's a bit better. They look better, have slightly better video card options, and from personal experience are a little more reliable. I'm also looking for somthing in a 15.4 screen, as the 17's are a bit bulky and heavy for my tastes. I think it sucks that most places are forcing Vista on you. I would be fine with my pirated copy of XP Pro. From what I hear, Microsoft is going to end it's support of XP by the end of the year.

I would suggest checking out this link: http://www.edealinfo.com/tech.shtml

EdealInfo has a ton of good deals on Dell Laptops, and a few other brands.

Also, If anyone is interested in getting a older used laptop/desktop for general use for a few hundred bucks, check out this site: http://www.ombligo.com/epp/amo/loginaol.php Login-AOL Pass-EPP