New Computer

[Acidburn 10]

alright guys, i'll be heading off to college in the fall and i need to get a new computer, so im looking for your suggestions

i'm looking for a laptop, i dont really care if its uber lightweight since i most likely wont be carrying it around to classes but i do want to be able to take it home during breaks

needs to be fast, i HATE slow computers

a good sized HDD would be nice

wi-fi ready and all that good stuff

CD/DVD player/burner... can you get DVD burners in laptops? if not, not a biggie

a good screen, i do like to mess around with photoshop

and i think thats it, so let me hear your ideas

TIA

[EFFENDI 0]

Toshiba Satellite or Dell Latitude. I've also heard that Averatec makes decent stuff, and they pretty cheap a well.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

I love my new Gateway. HUGE widescreen. 1.25" thick. It is pretty heavy, but. . .

2.8 P4, 512DDR, 40gig HD, CDRW-DVD rom, built-in wireless. yadda yadda.

Battery doesn't last too long though. I can get 3 hours just surfing the net or something else, but once I start multitasking and listening to music, it sucks the juice. It does charge rather quickly though, and has every in/output you could think of. And I only paid $500 for it.

[jntar 15]

Toshiba's are great... but expensive

Gateways are very good too...much less

Dell=poo, you can only get parts from dell which makes it a pain.

Go here www.compusa.com

PM me if there is anything that you like

[Supa_c 1]

Toshiba

Has everything you listed

[chinny 0]

toshibas or ibm, or build your own, or i can build you one

[Supa_c 1]

IBM is for old people and they have crappy software

[Acidburn 10]

im mainly looking at Toshibas right now

my dad has one and i like it

can you do DIY laptops?

and also, this isnt for gaming so dont worry about that, minesweeper is pretty much the only game i play

and thanks Justin, i'll keep that in mind

[Supa_c 1]

DIY laptops, dont think so

[chinny 0]

im mainly looking at Toshibas right now

my dad has one and i like it

can you do DIY laptops?

and also, this isnt for gaming so dont worry about that, minesweeper is pretty much the only game i play

and thanks Justin, i'll keep that in mind

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have built about 6 computers, although i never built a laptop im 100% positive i can do it. But look into IBM,Toshiba and HP if you dont want gaming PC's

[chinny 0]

Here are some for great prices. Also, the Acer Aspires are awsome laptops too.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...8377&CatId=1345

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...2547&CatId=1345

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...1221693&CatId=0

[EFFENDI 0]

you cant build a laptop, but you can upgrade one.

[dennisp 0]

dells are good if u dont plan to upgrade and are on a budget. however, on the bigger models the fan is loud, cant be taken to class IMO.

(honestly, theres no point to taking a laptop to class other than games)

in december i bought my dell for $1k

3.2 p4 w/ ht

512 ddr

40gig hd

cdrw/dvd

wifi

15.2" sxga screen (1400x1050)

blah blah blah

downside: its like 9lbs, fan's too loud, battery life is about 3 hours with normal usage (i bought 2 batteries anyways)

and u can get a dvdr drive on a laptop if u wanted.

some sites let u put whatever you want in your laptop and they build it for you.

newegg.com is one of the more popular sites to buy this stuff.

[Jmac 24]

Yeah, listen to Pennis ...

Dell is to the computer industry as Emo is to the music industry ...

[dennisp 0]

lol leave my emo alone dammit

[chinny 0]

Do this, buy a mother board and put everything in it, no case or anything, just watch out with the CPU fan, it has ripped my finger and made me bleed 3 times already, i have scars. Take the mtherboard anywere with the box it came with, built that is, and just plug in a monitor to it, and thats it, you have youself a motherboard comp.

[ngsm13 1]

DIY laptops, dont think so

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yeah you can...

you cant build a laptop, but you can upgrade one.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

and...yeah you can...

Acer M5/M6 and M5ne/M6ne

NG

PS: I've heard LOTS of reliability problems with Toshiba, and witnessed it as well. My roommate has had WORLDS of problems with his Satellite series...overheating and more...

[chinny 0]

You could build laptops, you can build anything now these days.

[Jmac 24]

In this month's Consumer Reports, they had a laptop comparison ... Toshiba and Sony ranked as the most reliable ...

[Acidburn 10]

those Toshibas are mighty tempting

any kind of Toshibas in particular? Satellites? or that Q-word?

[dennisp 0]

my friend has a satellite and it looks really sleek, but is a heavy mofo. it used to work nicely till he looked at too much pr0n and now its effed up the butt.

[EFFENDI 0]

DIY laptops, dont think so

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yeah you can...

you cant build a laptop, but you can upgrade one.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

and...yeah you can...

Acer M5/M6 and M5ne/M6ne

NG

PS: I've heard LOTS of reliability problems with Toshiba, and witnessed it as well. My roommate has had WORLDS of problems with his Satellite series...overheating and more...

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I couldn't find any information online about those Acer notebooks. I'm guessing there are replacement/upgrade parts available for them, but do you truly build and assemble everything ??

[Acidburn 10]

alright, time to bring this back

anyone see anything wrong with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16834115179 ?

[jntar 15]

alright, time to bring this back

anyone see anything wrong with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16834115179 ?

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Spec wise that is a good machine. I just hope you are not going to pay that much

Here is basically the same machine spec wise(except the toshiba has 1g ram ), but its a toshiba and $400 cheaper...

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_in...328881&pfp=cat3

[KickinAudio 5]

Im not to fond of the acer brand, any feedback on their warranty dept?

I'd suggest Sager Laptops.

http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.html