Where to go for a Laptop?

[jrm03]

I've decided to ditch the bulky desktop and go mainstream with a notebook. Where do you guys go for the best deals on these? I've been checking out the Dell's because of the bundle packs and the customer service. Anybody have any suggestions? I don't live for my computer, just surf quad sites and burn CD's from time to time. I'm not a big tech freak, so thanks for the help.

[Raptor68]

I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with a 17" screen and would definitely recommend them. Excellent customer service and really good quality. Sony and Toshiba are also good, but Dell will come out to your house and fix whatever is wrong, the others won't.

hmm... www.fatwallet.com find whatever coupon from there and buy whatever you can. although i didnt want an IBM thinkpad laptop, i got this $3600 laptop for $1500, its got everything you could possibly need...lol

[blasterandy]

try http://www.slickdeals.net they have a lot of good deals on dells.

[yam450_53]

the new macbooks are nice..

[Honda#4]

Dell can custom built a pc to whatever you want.

[ShiftFMX]

New Egg!!! (http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=32&name=Notebooks-Laptops)

That place kick ***, you wont find better deals! They usually run some pretty sweet sales!

[jrm03]

Thanks, I will check out those sites. From what I've seen so far those prices are well within reason. If anybody has any others keep them coming. Less money for a computer means more money for the quad.

Acer, makes the best laptop for the money! Bought mine at Circuit City.

[jrm03]

Hey guy, you will have to fill me in on the Acer brand. I have never heard of them and it seems to be a pretty impressive system for the money.

[JessetheKid]

i have a dell 1505 and i really like it, if i had the money though i would buy a nice apple

Acer is I believe the second largest PC/laptop manufacturer in the world. Although not too many people have even heard of them. I bought mine which is an Aspire 5000 1 1/2 years ago from CC, it's been great, no issues whatsoever. They are sold everywhere, Walmart, NewEgg, TigerDirect, BB, Buy.com, etc. Go into a store like CC and ask the sales staff which is the best laptop for the money and most will tell you an Acer. I have two other laptops, both Dells, the Acer is my top choice for the best value.

http://us.acer.com/acereuro/page5.do;jsessionid=D354DC56943B14824442D62B0DC0B4 50?sp=page74&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=25&CountryISOCtxParam=US&LanguageISOCtxParam=en&ctx3=-1&ctx4=United+States&crc=790373818

[WhiteZrider]

I recommend building your own computer. Not you though just bring the parts somewhere. My friend has a 2 gig ram comp, wiht like 400+ gigs of harddrive memory w.e.. and he had it built for under $400

All i know is he bought his stuff from here www.newegg.com

Just trying to help. :D

[jrm03]

Yeah I'm diggin some of the deals on the Acers. I'm checking out the Travelmate 1.66GHz and 1GB RAM. Sounds about right for me. These deals are pretty sweet. I was going to try the custom built but the only guy I know of in this area that does it says that he doesn't touch notebooks. Thanks for the help

[aaronqjones]

I just got a laptop myself, I looked at Dell for custom and HP for custom, but I found the best deal at circuitcity beleive it or not. I am a systems administrator for living so I know my way around computers. I got a HP dv9005us
Processor
AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-50; 1.6GHz

Operating system
Genuine Windows XP Media Center

Memory
1024MB DDR2 SDRAM; max supported 2048MB

Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA) with up to 128MB (shared)

Hard drive
100GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

Primary CD/DVD drive
LightScribe SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

Display
17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1440x900) Display

Wireless connectivity
802.11b/g wireless LAN

Digital media
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards

External ports
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 2 Headphone out - 1 w/SPDIF Digital Audio & 1 stereo, 1 notebook expansion port 3, 1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin), 1 Consumer IR

Communications
Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)

Dimensions
15.16" (L) x 11.65" (W) x 1.57" (H)

Weight 7.8 lb.

Sound
Internal Altec Lansing Speakers

HP Finish and Features HP Imprint finish & HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone




I got all of that for 899$ It came with 250$ worth of rebates to make it 899. But a very good deal.http://www.circuitcity.com/IMAGE/product/enlarged/hp/PC.HP.DV9005US.CN.SGL.JPG

[jrm03]

Wow............is that good?? lol.
I justknow what a few of them mean so that is what I am going by. All I know is I don't want a turd when running multiple programs and a decent sized screen for viewing clips and images. and hi speed internet capability at a great price. U able to translate that into a good system for me?

[aaronqjones]

That is Excellent. Dual Processors, 17" Widescreen. I run IE 7, Photoshop and mediaplayer all day fine, and photoshop is heavy on the processor. But again, that worked for me. It was a good deal, what I needed, what I wanted.

[Ralph]

Dont get a laptop unless you need to be mobile. If its for home use buy a regular pc. you will get more power everything for your money and it is way easier to upgrade.

I have Both a laptop and a PC and i only use the laptop when i cant bring my pc with me...

[aaronqjones]

^^^^That is fantastic advice. If I did not need to be mobile, I would have built my own PC, it is cheaper and better.

[Ralph]

Originally posted by aaronqjones
^^^^That is fantastic advice. If I did not need to be mobile, I would have built my own PC, it is cheaper and better.

I was in the same boat so i still have the computer that i built and i got a acer laptop of tigerdirect.com. Its got a wide screen display, 60 gig hdd, a gig of memory, amd turion 64 proccessor and more.

It was about 750 dollars and after rebates it was about $500...

So far i have been very pleased with ACER laptops except for the fact that they come formated in fat32. No biggie. I also liked how it did not come packed with countless amounts of useless software thats hard to get rid off like dell, compaq, hp, and all the other major brands. Just a nice, clean installation of XP.

Structure wise the bottom is kind of flimsy but its a laptop. As long as you take care of it it should be fine.

[aaronqjones]

Yeah man, the forst 3 hours of using tha laptop was deleting the vongo crap and rhapsody all of that useless crapola. I wish I had gotten the XP media center cdrom, that thing would have been formatted before the battery had been charged.

[jrm03]

You do have a point. I really do not NEED a notebook. Its my thoughts that it would be a convenience factor to be able to take it with me when I go to school for training, however that is only two weeks every six months. I guess for about the same money I could get a decked out desktop Dell for about the same price. I guess a bit of reasoning is worth re-evaluating my situation. Thanks fellas.

[Ralph]

I wouldnt even go with dell. Once again too much crap and not the same value. Yeah you get a free 50$ pice of crap printer. but ur paying for it in the end anyway.

Good Comp:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2568882&Sku=SYXS-DB-989435

This one aint shabby either
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2437325&Sku=SYXS-DB-989385

Yeahhhh:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1539656&Sku=V133-3102

Hell, these are all good:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2699980&Sku=SYXS-DB-989441

[nosliw]

www.apple.com

they have a used section that come with warentees

[punker69q]

I would recommend a hp nc8430, it's a business notebook and the fit and finish is way better than any dell or acer laptop. The frame is made of magnesium, the screen is a 15,4'' with a 1680x1050 resolution, core 2 duo processor with 4 megs of L2 cache, 1 gb of ram, 100gb hard drive, ati x1600 256mb and it's very light. I paid 1950$ CAN for it, but I bet you can find it for 1200-1300$ us and it will outperform any laptop listed here. It plays nfs carbon 1280x1024 high quality very well, even with many cars on the screen.

[orca0294]

Check your PMs

[Fred55]

I've been extremely pleased with my Sony Viao with the centrino duo processor. I use it while im at school and its been great.