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Posted: Friday November 17th, 2006 00:26 |
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| Well right now I am a college student studying Business Management and I need a laptop for school, does anybody have any suggestions on what brand of laptops I should look for? So far I've heard good and bad from everybody about laptops from Dell to Gateway to HP's and so forth... Last edited on Friday November 17th, 2006 00:28 by BlackBrainChild
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Posted: Friday November 17th, 2006 15:48 |
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Dell got some ridicolously cheap deals on laptops at the moment but I'm not sure if that extends to US as well. Check their website. My mum has a Dell and so does my workplace and no problems I know of. My next machine will be one.
Look at the Inspiron range
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Posted: Friday November 17th, 2006 16:52 |
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I would go for either HP, Sony or panasonic. I recently have bought a HP, and it is everything that i could ask for. Sony is also another good make,lots of my friends have bought some for uni. I also think it depends on how much you are willing to spend. what is your budget?
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Posted: Monday November 20th, 2006 22:48 |
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Thanks for everybody's replies. 
I was thinking about Dells, those are pretty good laptops.
My budget is something that's less than $2,000, but if there are some that's over that and worth the money, please suggest. 
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Posted: Thursday November 23rd, 2006 16:49 |
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acer do really good laptops
and i am happy with hp-compaq
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Posted: Tuesday November 28th, 2006 00:11 |
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| Acer? I never heard of that brand.
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Posted: Wednesday November 29th, 2006 07:30 |
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I am not recommending this machine but this website makes a good presentation. I don't know how many other machines they reviewed this way.
HP Laptop
There are more:
Root of Search
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Posted: Thursday November 30th, 2006 00:24 |
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| Thanks for those links. I'll have to look at them!
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Posted: Thursday November 30th, 2006 15:42 |
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I have a problem with the way you expressed your question.
If I payed attention to laptops today the way I did to stereos back in the 70's I would say something like:
If you are spending about $2000 you should buy model Q of brand C.
If you are spending about $1500 you should buy model Z of brand B.
If you are spending about $1000 you should buy model X of brand D.
Assuming an entire spectrum can be judged by brand is a mistake. Of course now I'm old and jaded and though computer advertising today reminds me of stereo advertising back then, the genre is fundamentally different. Anybody could use any stereo. You did not specify the applications you intended to run or what your budget was. The technology of computers is changing faster than I remember audio doing in the 70's. If you buy a $2,000 computer today it will be worth about $500 in two years. I would be reluctant to suggest the average individual spend more the $1000 on a laptop.
You also didn't say how much you know about using any application software already. The lowest priced laptops go for around $700 in the states. I might be able to find a decent used laptop for $300. But considering the learning curve with a computer a person could easily spend $1500 worth of time learning what they need to do. The lack of warranty and the wear and tear on the hard drive could mean the savings on a used laptop is hardly worth the slight benefit. I think the situation is significantly different with used desktops because they are much more generic.
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Posted: Friday December 8th, 2006 18:48 |
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umbrarchist wrote: I have a problem with the way you expressed your question.
If I payed attention to laptops today the way I did to stereos back in the 70's I would say something like:
If you are spending about $2000 you should buy model Q of brand C.
If you are spending about $1500 you should buy model Z of brand B.
If you are spending about $1000 you should buy model X of brand D.
Assuming an entire spectrum can be judged by brand is a mistake. Of course now I'm old and jaded and though computer advertising today reminds me of stereo advertising back then, the genre is fundamentally different. Anybody could use any stereo. You did not specify the applications you intended to run or what your budget was. The technology of computers is changing faster than I remember audio doing in the 70's. If you buy a $2,000 computer today it will be worth about $500 in two years. I would be reluctant to suggest the average individual spend more the $1000 on a laptop.
You also didn't say how much you know about using any application software already. The lowest priced laptops go for around $700 in the states. I might be able to find a decent used laptop for $300. But considering the learning curve with a computer a person could easily spend $1500 worth of time learning what they need to do. The lack of warranty and the wear and tear on the hard drive could mean the savings on a used laptop is hardly worth the slight benefit. I think the situation is significantly different with used desktops because they are much more generic.
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You have a problem with my question. Well I'm sorry to hear that, but that's the best I can do. I'm not a "computer whiz" so I can't name all the technical specifications of what I'm looking for. I gave you the best descriptions of what I need. So the excuse the hell out of me....
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Posted: Saturday December 9th, 2006 04:20 |
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I gave you the best descriptions of what I need. So the excuse the hell out of me....
Touchy, touchy
I was simply trying to explain that the entire line of one brand might not necessarily be the best at every price point.
Jeez!
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Posted: Sunday December 10th, 2006 00:48 |
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I would recommend an Apple MacBook for you. Apple also do as well generous student discounts on their computers as well. You can also dual boot and put Windows on an Apple laptop now if so wished to.
I am an Apple user i own a MacBook Pro. I switched in February of this year and i am glad that i did.Last edited on Sunday December 10th, 2006 13:36 by rachie
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Posted: Saturday December 16th, 2006 23:09 |
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rachie wrote: I would recommend an Apple MacBook for you. Apple also do as well generous student discounts on their computers as well. You can also dual boot and put Windows on an Apple laptop now if so wished to.
I am an Apple user i own a MacBook Pro. I switched in February of this year and i am glad that i did.
Oh that's good. So you can now put a Windows Operating System on a Apple? That's cool, I didn't know that.
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Posted: Sunday December 17th, 2006 17:33 |
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Apple released new computers with Intel processors earlier this year. They used to use PowerPC processors before which could run Windows as well using Virtual PC software within a window of your Mac software but it was quite slow and buggy.
Now with these Intel processors you can run Windows and dual boot with Mac OSX or you can use Parallels which is for Intel Mac computers only. Parallels works like the Virtual PC software but it performs a lot better.
I have used a PC in the past and i have found that Windows on my Mac is just as good as it was on a PC. I do prefer to use Mac software though and hardly boot into Windows but it is there if i feel that i need it.
Here is a bit more about Bootcamp on the Apple website-
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
Parallels info
http://www.apple.com/getamac/windows.html
I recommended the iMac to my sister and i think that will be that for her next computer for her family.Last edited on Sunday December 17th, 2006 17:39 by rachie
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Posted: Monday December 18th, 2006 15:29 |
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| I don't know anything about laptops, but I was given a NEC one for a gift. It works great.
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Posted: Wednesday January 17th, 2007 21:31 |
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| Thanks for all your replies. They are really helpful. I think I might be getting an HP, I'm beginning to love those.
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Posted: Wednesday January 17th, 2007 21:31 |
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| Thanks for all your replies. They are really helpful. I think I might be getting an HP, I'm beginning to love those.
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Posted: Wednesday January 17th, 2007 21:33 |
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| Thanks for all your replies. They are really helpful. I think I might be getting an HP, I'm beginning to love those.
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Posted: Wednesday January 17th, 2007 21:33 |
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| Thanks for all your replies. They are really helpful. I think I might be getting an HP, I'm beginning to love those.
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