Laptop suggestions

[Leona and Mike]

I am looking to purchase a "new" Laptop in the near future, Has to be at
least 3 gigs of Ram and 2.1 ghz or more processor. DVD/Bplayer and burner.
You know normal stuff lol. Mainly want it for surfing/movies/picture
editing/email...

Best place to buy? Best support? Best deals?

Suggestions?

thanks

Leona :)

[clouddreamer]

Post by Leona and Mike
I am looking to purchase a "new" Laptop in the near future, Has to be at
least 3 gigs of Ram and 2.1 ghz or more processor. DVD/Bplayer and
burner. You know normal stuff lol. Mainly want it for
surfing/movies/picture editing/email...
Best place to buy? Best support? Best deals?
Suggestions?
thanks
Leona :)

Dell, hands down.

..

[Jim]

Alienware (which was bought by Dell it seems)
http://www.alienware.com/
they have some scary powerful computers

Post by clouddreamer

Post by Leona and Mike
I am looking to purchase a "new" Laptop in the near future, Has to be at
least 3 gigs of Ram and 2.1 ghz or more processor. DVD/Bplayer and
burner. You know normal stuff lol. Mainly want it for
surfing/movies/picture editing/email...
Best place to buy? Best support? Best deals?
Suggestions?
thanks
Leona :)

Dell, hands down.
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[clouddreamer]

Post by Jim
Alienware (which was bought by Dell it seems)
http://www.alienware.com/
they have some scary powerful computers

Alienware is a gamer's computer and expensive. From what they listed
below, any Inspiron should handle their needs for 1/2 or even 1/3 the cost.

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Post by Jim

Post by clouddreamer

Post by Leona and Mike
I am looking to purchase a "new" Laptop in the near future, Has to be
at least 3 gigs of Ram and 2.1 ghz or more processor. DVD/Bplayer and
burner. You know normal stuff lol. Mainly want it for
surfing/movies/picture editing/email...
Best place to buy? Best support? Best deals?
Suggestions?
thanks
Leona :)

Dell, hands down.
..
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Or the climate will do it for us.
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signature database 4534 (20091022) __________
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[David]

I am VERY happy with my HP... and I have had mixed experiences with Toshiba. I
liked the DELL and Lenovos I have had.

Currently own a 9 year (ancient) old Toshiba, 6 year (elderly) old "IBM
ThinkPad" and have both an HP and a DELL for work.


DO NOT BUY A SONY (my opinion). Recent Sony laptops are not capable of
supporting the WindowsXP mode in Windows7.... for some unknown reason, Sony
disabled a feature of the processor which permits using certain virtualization
features.. they are supposed to be fixing it... not sure if I would trust it.

Get the machine with the specs you want. Worry more about the processor,
screen, videocard, bluetooth, HDMI-output, Wi-Fi (802.11N preferred)... and
less about memory and disk size. You can easily upgrade memory, and it is
reasonably simple to have your internal hard disk upgraded over time.

Look at a laptop as a 3-year machine at the maximum. The battery will be less
than half powered by then, the screen will be significantly dimmer, and the
technology will be old. Given that fact, buy cheap!

You can easily spend $1200 on a laptop.... but a $600 laptop will likely meet
your needs for a year or 2 and then you can simply buy another at a similar
price point... in the end it is much cheaper to by "recent" technology than new
technology.... at very little difference in performance when compared to the
much lower price.

Just my opinion of course!


David.

I am looking to purchase a "new" Laptop in the near future, Has to be at least
3 gigs of Ram and 2.1 ghz or more processor. DVD/Bplayer and burner. You know
normal stuff lol. Mainly want it for surfing/movies/picture editing/email...
Best place to buy? Best support? Best deals?
Suggestions?
thanks
Leona :)

[CCCPRedArmy.TheObserver]

Post by David
I am VERY happy with my HP... and I have had mixed experiences with
Toshiba. I liked the DELL and Lenovos I have had.
Currently own a 9 year (ancient) old Toshiba, 6 year (elderly) old "IBM
ThinkPad" and have both an HP and a DELL for work.
DO NOT BUY A SONY (my opinion). Recent Sony laptops are not capable of
supporting the WindowsXP mode in Windows7.... for some unknown reason,
Sony disabled a feature of the processor which permits using certain
virtualization features.. they are supposed to be fixing it... not sure
if I would trust it.
Get the machine with the specs you want. Worry more about the
processor, screen, videocard, bluetooth, HDMI-output, Wi-Fi (802.11N
preferred)... and less about memory and disk size. You can easily
upgrade memory, and it is reasonably simple to have your internal hard
disk upgraded over time.
Look at a laptop as a 3-year machine at the maximum. The battery will
be less than half powered by then, the screen will be significantly
dimmer, and the technology will be old. Given that fact, buy cheap!
You can easily spend $1200 on a laptop.... but a $600 laptop will likely
meet your needs for a year or 2 and then you can simply buy another at a
similar price point... in the end it is much cheaper to by "recent"
technology than new technology.... at very little difference in
performance when compared to the much lower price.
Just my opinion of course!
David.

Post by Leona and Mike
I am looking to purchase a "new" Laptop in the near future, Has to be
at least 3 gigs of Ram and 2.1 ghz or more processor. DVD/Bplayer and
burner. You know normal stuff lol. Mainly want it for
surfing/movies/picture editing/email...
Best place to buy? Best support? Best deals?
Suggestions?
thanks
Leona :)

agree about the RAM. You can buy same or better RAM (Crucial, Kingston)
for less. If you want to have more than 3.5/4 GB of RAM make sure you
get a 64-bit operating system.

Think about what you really want! If you want to be able to regularly
carry it around then a 17" monster won't be pleasant unless you are
Arnould ;-) If you want to go small but still have multimedia
capabilities look for something with HDMI out - you can get great output
to your HDTV (you might also want to consider dedicated RAM for the
video card - but I've seen a Dell Mini 10 (not the 10v) with HDMI easily
display Blu-Ray at 720p).

[Leona and Mike]

Thanks!! This helps alot.

Leona :)

Post by CCCPRedArmy.TheObserver

Post by David
I am VERY happy with my HP... and I have had mixed experiences with
Toshiba. I liked the DELL and Lenovos I have had.
Currently own a 9 year (ancient) old Toshiba, 6 year (elderly) old "IBM
ThinkPad" and have both an HP and a DELL for work.
DO NOT BUY A SONY (my opinion). Recent Sony laptops are not capable of
supporting the WindowsXP mode in Windows7.... for some unknown reason,
Sony disabled a feature of the processor which permits using certain
virtualization features.. they are supposed to be fixing it... not sure
if I would trust it.
Get the machine with the specs you want. Worry more about the processor,
screen, videocard, bluetooth, HDMI-output, Wi-Fi (802.11N preferred)...
and less about memory and disk size. You can easily upgrade memory, and
it is reasonably simple to have your internal hard disk upgraded over
time.
Look at a laptop as a 3-year machine at the maximum. The battery will be
less than half powered by then, the screen will be significantly dimmer,
and the technology will be old. Given that fact, buy cheap!
You can easily spend $1200 on a laptop.... but a $600 laptop will likely
meet your needs for a year or 2 and then you can simply buy another at a
similar price point... in the end it is much cheaper to by "recent"
technology than new technology.... at very little difference in
performance when compared to the much lower price.
Just my opinion of course!
David.

Post by Leona and Mike
I am looking to purchase a "new" Laptop in the near future, Has to be at
least 3 gigs of Ram and 2.1 ghz or more processor. DVD/Bplayer and
burner. You know normal stuff lol. Mainly want it for
surfing/movies/picture editing/email...
Best place to buy? Best support? Best deals?
Suggestions?
thanks
Leona :)

agree about the RAM. You can buy same or better RAM (Crucial, Kingston)
for less. If you want to have more than 3.5/4 GB of RAM make sure you get
a 64-bit operating system.
Think about what you really want! If you want to be able to regularly
carry it around then a 17" monster won't be pleasant unless you are
Arnould ;-) If you want to go small but still have multimedia
capabilities look for something with HDMI out - you can get great output
to your HDTV (you might also want to consider dedicated RAM for the video
card - but I've seen a Dell Mini 10 (not the 10v) with HDMI easily display
Blu-Ray at 720p).