Laptops

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My girlfriend is looking to buy a good cheap (price wise) laptop. She'd be using it for school so that means she'd be on the internet (wireless capability) and would be using a word processing program.


(No Windows bashing in this thread please.)
 
hp is ur best bet, slickdeals.net ftw u might get lucky on a deal.
 
dont' go for dell...best price but either sales is bad or initial quality is bad. tech support however rocks. I just bought a new toshiba for under $500. However with only 512 megs of ram vista is a total slug..luckily this isn't staying a winders machine for long..it was bought solely for use as a Linux machine.

fi you are only doing inet and work processing..buy something Linux friendly and run Linux on it. you'll be able to run openoffice which is office compatible and run FF and TB as well...or any other browser(minus ie0 you want to.

I almost bought a notebook from computer renaissance. They offer a 90 day warranty on their refurbs but upgrading to a 1 year is a minimal and very reasonable price. You can also get refurb machines from hp for a steal if you catch the refurb inventory right that will run linux like a champ.
 
The asus laptops are very good from what ive heard. I don't know if they will have any models in the price range tho.
 
dont' go for dell...best price but either sales is bad or initial quality is bad. tech support however rocks.
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Except for the 500 dollar dell laptop we tried to get my dad. Vista just ruined the whole thing, it wouldn't run well, and it took them three months to refund our money. Oh yeah, and tech support was all in India with people that barely spoke English.
 
ChickenSoup said:
Except for the 500 dollar dell laptop we tried to get my dad. Vista just ruined the whole thing, it wouldn't run well, and it took them three months to refund our money. Oh yeah, and tech support was all in India with people that barely spoke English.
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I sorta like the toshibas except for how clunky they feel and the mouse pad. HP seems a solid bet and they have a higher customer satisfaction then the other "big manufacturers"

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Vista is crap, I ran it for about 1.5 months to prove so. After about 3 weeks the thing would take about 30-40 minutes to be usable. After 8 or so weeks it wouldn't boot unless you did so on 800x600 res. I also loved the random video drivers "crashing" which just about killed any 3d type reliant program you have open. (really bites if you have something like 3d modeling and a game open and it just decides to blow up and you loose work)

Reinstalled fedora and am happier then I've been in awhile.
 
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Vista is crap, I ran it for about 1.5 months to prove so. After about 3 weeks the thing would take about 30-40 minutes to be usable. After 8 or so weeks it wouldn't boot unless you did so on 800x600 res. I also loved the random video drivers "crashing" which just about killed any 3d type reliant program you have open. (really bites if you have something like 3d modeling and a game open and it just decides to blow up and you loose work)
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(No Windows bashing in this thread please.)
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so yeah...
 
The absolute most important thing when buying a laptop is going to be the warranty/support. Everybody's hardware is going to die. And getting it fixed is not cheap. In some cases it can cost as much as the laptop itself. My advise is to stay with a big brand like Dell, or HP. (stay away from gateway) Go with the guys with the best support, and splurge a little on it.


I've worked on pretty much every manufacturer's stuff...they all have problems. If you go with dell, or hp, or one of those, try to get the business model opposed to the home model. The quality is usually better.
 
I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 with a GeForce Go 7800 and I love it. A few months after I first received it as a graduation present, I lamented not upgrading to the TruLife screen, but after seeing how much glare there is on the TruLife screens, I learned to be content.

My dad bought a 17" HP laptop and it came with a full laptop keyboard--it includes a numpad like a regular keyboard would. If I had waited a few months, I probably would have asked for a HP instead of a Dell, but I'm still pleased with my decision.

Speaking of warranties, I have a four-year warranty on my Dell that expires May 2010, so I don't have to worry. That's especially nice since my desktop is starting to show its age and my notebook is now my gaming machine.
 
i have a $400 black friday laptop that i love soooo much. great machine from compaq. 512mb ram, 60gb hd, 128mb graphics card, and xp dual booted with xubuntu, trying to get beryl to work and im having trouble.
 
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