need help searching for a laptop

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

i may have to replace my laptop but im not really to good with computers and dont really know what to look for other than a couple things.

i cant spend very much if i do get a new one but what do i need to look for.

main things i use it for:

web

movies/music

watching fights etc.... on tvu or sopcast

some typing stuff

suggestions and advice very much welcome and needed

things i do want are:

decent size screen

plenty of connections usb, sd card slots for different sizes would be great (my old dell had something like 8 usb's, 2 of 3 different places for sd cards, and a bunch of other things that i have no clue other than one to hook it to my tv)

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[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

New or used?

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

New or used?

i prefer to stick with new. i dont want to spend more than 500 at the most. i know that isnt that easy these days. i can give up a little on what i would like it to have in order to stay in the price range i want.

as long as it isnt slow as hell and has the things that are really needed to work well.

 

[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

Ah gotchya....check out dell, I saw them advertising one for 399.

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

i really liked my old dell for the most part. its a shame it was stolen by a worthless POS in my family. the wonderful blacksheep drunken, drugged uncle. uncle only be marriage at least. i wish my aunt would divorce his ass.

the thing was way more than i needed but at least i didnt have to worry about running out of space, it being slow, or not having enough places to hook whatever up to.

i may check their site out again

 

[maddskillzz 10+ year member]

you are right 500 isnt much...do this...find a cheap laptop...acer or compaq...and then put all the memory in it that it can possibly hold...i did this a couple years ago with the laptop i am using now..bought it for 398 and then put 2 gigs of ram in it...have never been dissapointed with it

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

Bones,

I would check with Dell,

Or if you feel a little more adventurous, look into tigerdirect.com

 

[bread0710 10+ year member]

i may have to replace my laptop but im not really to good with computers and dont really know what to look for other than a couple things.
i cant spend very much if i do get a new one but what do i need to look for.

main things i use it for:

web

movies/music

watching fights etc.... on tvu or sopcast

some typing stuff

suggestions and advice very much welcome and needed

things i do want are:

decent size screen

plenty of connections usb, sd card slots for different sizes would be great (my old dell had something like 8 usb's, 2 of 3 different places for sd cards, and a bunch of other things that i have no clue other than one to hook it to my tv)

check newegg and see what they have.

 

[Al_Capowned 10+ year member]

what ever you get, get something with core 2 duo or better. frys.com sometimes has some great deals. they have a store here so its cheaper in-store than online. you can find a decent one for around 300-500 price range. you get what you pay for.

 

[Maddogg7888 10+ year member]

tigerdirect.com is a great website, i would look around on there first, ive had dell's, hp's, gateways, but i have always had problems with them, i think its more fulfilling and worth ur money to do a little research and build ur own, its not hard at all, just my 2 cents

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

tigerdirect.com is a great website, i would look around on there first, ive had dell's, hp's, gateways, but i have always had problems with them, i think its more fulfilling and worth ur money to do a little research and build ur own, its not hard at all, just my 2 cents

i could manage to build my own probably. would it be any cheaper though?

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

http://www.kandmcomputers.com

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i could manage to build my own probably. would it be any cheaper though?

for laptops, its cheaper to buy a prebuilt one. i have yet to find a site that sells individual parts for laptops at a decent price.

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

Core 2 Duo or better. 2 Gb of RAM or better.

And, you may want to wait a bit, if possible, because Microsoft is getting ready to release Windows 7. Much, much faster and more reliable than Vista ever was. Should be out in the next few months. Just //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

geo

 

[bones22 5,000+ posts]

http://www.kandmcomputers.com

hell i forgot you build them

ill check the site out again. ill get in touch to see what you can do for me after looking a little.