Hey everyone I am going to be getting a laptop for college and I want one that meets these requirements below, I have found one but I was wondering if anyone knew any good websites or good deals going on, or if there is going to be a better time to buy. Anyway here is what I'm looking for.
1. At least 160gb HD
2. Decent GFX card at least 8500gs, I prefer Nvidia
3. 14"-15.4" screen
4. 3-4 gigs of ram, damn Vista
5. At least 2.0ghz cpu most likely Intel but amd could work
6. Price - $1000>$1500
Here is a good one I could find but I would be open to any suggestions.
The camera sucks. Very low resolution and it's just unnecessary anyway. Besides that I've been mostly pretty happy with my laptop. I paid too much for it but that's probably just because of where I bought it. Sometimes when I get excited about buying something new, I fail to shop around for the best price. Caution is recommended.
Yeah that is what I'm trying to avoid, I want to get a good deal on it since it will be a large chunk of cash out of my pocket. Especially when I need to pay for college soon. :rolleyes: Thanks for your help though.
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My personal favorites, as far as laptop goes when it comes to price to performance ratio's has been the toshiba satellite series laptops,
Here's a pretty good one housing 2x nvidia 8600M GT's, a 2.10ghz core 2 duo intel processor, and 2 gb ram. Vista can run just fine on 2 gb of ram when it comes to desktops etc., but these laptops are running 667 instead of the usual 800mhz+
This computer is on the broader end of your affordability. at 1599.99 but it'll run all of todays games. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114446
And then there's this one which is perfect for what your looking for.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114471
8700M GT nvidia graphics card,
Core 2 Duo 2.00ghz processor
3GB of DDR2 667mhz ( can run up to 4gb so the scalability and upgrade option is there )
Beautiful 17in wxga+ display (basically crystal clear picture in an outdoors)
Max resolution of up to 1440x900 which is pretty good, thats what my old monitor ran at, I'm running a 42inch 1080p OLED lcd at the moment.
And it has a 320gb hard drive, the laptop also has VGA and HDMI out, which is super nice so you can hook it up to any hi-def source
I really like those toshiba laptops they're good for just about anything as far as lappy's are concerned, and at a fair priced compared to similar price products with far less performance. If you have any other questions about computer crap you can send me a message I know a thing or two, ( I build computers as a hobby, fun stuff )
Oh, and excuse my horrible punctuation / grammar, bit sleepy and I whipped this up from what I've been planning on snagging when I need to pick up a new laptop.
Or you could go with that acer deal you posted there, thats a good computer too, depends on if you want the bigger display or not i spose.
Added: You know what, go ahead an stick with that acer, thats one helluva deal, 2.50ghz core 2 duo 800mhz FSB an 6mb L2 cache is a lot better. Totally didn't check that computer out before I posted my recommendations.
Best laptop brand is Toshiba, followed by IBM. Acer is fine, but I would stick with Toshiba at all costs.
As far as AMD/Intel goes, I recommend whichever you prefer personally. I wouldn't get a TK series AMD chip though. The TL series chips are fine though.
As for the other requirements, you seem to have your choices pretty much decided.
The only other things I would change personally are the OS and memory. I would get 2 GB of PC-5200 or higher and run either XP or Kubuntu. I would not run vista, but if you'd like to, that's your prerogative.
1. At least 160gb HD
2. Decent GFX card at least 8500gs, I prefer Nvidia
3. 14"-15.4" screen
4. 3-4 gigs of ram, damn Vista
5. At least 2.0ghz cpu most likely Intel but amd could work
6. Price - $1000>$1500
Here is a good one I could find but I would be open to any suggestions.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16834220272
Thanks for any help.
(where are you Goodguy?)
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Because I won't be using the camera for anything...
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Here's a pretty good one housing 2x nvidia 8600M GT's, a 2.10ghz core 2 duo intel processor, and 2 gb ram. Vista can run just fine on 2 gb of ram when it comes to desktops etc., but these laptops are running 667 instead of the usual 800mhz+
This computer is on the broader end of your affordability. at 1599.99 but it'll run all of todays games.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114446
And then there's this one which is perfect for what your looking for.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114471
8700M GT nvidia graphics card,
Core 2 Duo 2.00ghz processor
3GB of DDR2 667mhz ( can run up to 4gb so the scalability and upgrade option is there )
Beautiful 17in wxga+ display (basically crystal clear picture in an outdoors)
Max resolution of up to 1440x900 which is pretty good, thats what my old monitor ran at, I'm running a 42inch 1080p OLED lcd at the moment.
And it has a 320gb hard drive, the laptop also has VGA and HDMI out, which is super nice so you can hook it up to any hi-def source
I really like those toshiba laptops they're good for just about anything as far as lappy's are concerned, and at a fair priced compared to similar price products with far less performance. If you have any other questions about computer crap you can send me a message I know a thing or two, ( I build computers as a hobby, fun stuff )
Oh, and excuse my horrible punctuation / grammar, bit sleepy and I whipped this up from what I've been planning on snagging when I need to pick up a new laptop.
Or you could go with that acer deal you posted there, thats a good computer too, depends on if you want the bigger display or not i spose.
Added: You know what, go ahead an stick with that acer, thats one helluva deal, 2.50ghz core 2 duo 800mhz FSB an 6mb L2 cache is a lot better. Totally didn't check that computer out before I posted my recommendations.
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As far as AMD/Intel goes, I recommend whichever you prefer personally. I wouldn't get a TK series AMD chip though. The TL series chips are fine though.
As for the other requirements, you seem to have your choices pretty much decided.
The only other things I would change personally are the OS and memory. I would get 2 GB of PC-5200 or higher and run either XP or Kubuntu. I would not run vista, but if you'd like to, that's your prerogative.
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