looking for a laptop

[thebarber]

anyone know where to get cheap laptop w/ good value?

not doing anything too crazy w/ it....mainly surfing the web, some photo editing, etc

nothing like online gaming and stuff

any ideas?

[Tamago]

www.circuitcity.com has some pretty good deals.

www.newegg.com too

www.compusa.com too

[buddyjim]

^ LOL

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by PK198105

get a netbook, perfect for what you need. future shop has some good deals lately.
you can get a a netbook like mine Acer Aspire One for 349$ it has 1.6ghz Atom chip, 1GB of ram and 160GB of harddrive. I use it for everything, the movies i made of my yaris were done with the netbook

compusa has a lenovo ideapad S10 (better than the acer) for $329

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by PK198105

what are the specs of the lenovo? or is it just the name

between the two, i chose the lenovo as the screen and keyboard were nicer. the touchpad had a better feel too.

unfortunately they all come pre-loaded with vista now instead of xP, which means the first mod you'll want to do if you keep the vista is more ram. IIRC there's one slot that'll accept 2GB max ?

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by PK198105

i know the acer has 500MB hardwired into it so yo cant change that , but you can add a 1gb bar to bring it up to 1.5GB.

yes, that's what the S10 had as well. it's 1.5gb now running xP.. quicker than my 2gb toshiba running vista lol :(

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Tamago

between the two, i chose the lenovo as the screen and keyboard were nicer. the touchpad had a better feel too.

unfortunately they all come pre-loaded with vista now instead of xP, which means the first mod you'll want to do if you keep the vista is more ram. IIRC there's one slot that'll accept 2GB max ?

No they don't, if you buy from the manufacturer directly or at PC Connection.
DELL charges $100 to downgrade to XP but I think the downgrade is actually worth it.

Look into it as XP is far better than Vista IMO.

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by PK198105

get a netbook, perfect for what you need. future shop has some good deals lately.
you can get a a netbook like mine Acer Aspire One for 349$ it has 1.6ghz Atom chip, 1GB of ram and 160GB of harddrive. I use it for everything, the movies i made of my yaris were done with the netbook

we don't want a netbook as we're looking to replace our aging desktop...

[buddyjim]

Sorry to nitpick but Lenovo is not IBM, they are a chinese company that IBM sold their consumer computer division/brand to. Think pads and the like have not been made by IBM for some time.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by buddyjim

Sorry to nitpick but Lenovo is not IBM, they are a chinese company that IBM sold their consumer computer division/brand to. Think pads and the like have not been made by IBM for some time.

Er, that's true, and I forgot to say that their support sucks. But the computer is built solid so you shouldn't need service.

Why don't you get a Vostro from DELL and custom build it?

[thebarber]

actually it looks as though my wife is really itching for an imac...id be happy w/ a regular laptop

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by thebarber

actually it looks as though my wife is really itching for an imac...id be happy w/ a regular laptop

imacs


for people who don't understand how to use REAL computers



lol


no offense to your wife of course.

[silver_echo]

just so you guys know, it is still possible to find a new computer with windows xp... i JUST got a new laptop with xp from hp... $949+tax & shipping...


http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/Mid...D=19701&SBLID=


it is also possible to find an xp desktop... sorry i don't have a link for that though...

[Sir A.Y. Atoyot]

Originally Posted by thebarber

actually it looks as though my wife is really itching for an imac...id be happy w/ a regular laptop

You'd be a whole lot happier with the iMac. For a bit more money, you could compromise and get a Mac laptop - for example, a MacBook Pro.

[yaris-me]

You should buy a desk top and not a laptop. There are small and very versatile desk tops that can handle multimedia.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by thebarber

anyone know where to get cheap laptop w/ good value?

not doing anything too crazy w/ it....mainly surfing the web, some photo editing, etc

nothing like online gaming and stuff

any ideas?

I usually order from DELL, but the last one (IBM Thinkpad) I got at PC Connection. I really like PC Connection much better than BestBuy, etc. CompUSA's pricing was always off so I avoided them most of the time.
I've ordered a bunch of stuff from PC Connection and never a problem.

http://www.pcconnection.com/



You might look at their mini laptops these days. They're really, really cheap.

[Thirty-Nine]

Man, this couldn't be a timelier topic! I'm looking at getting a new laptop, too.

Anyone had good luck with Toshibas?

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

Man, this couldn't be a timelier topic! I'm looking at getting a new laptop, too.

Anyone had good luck with Toshibas?

My information may be outdated but as far as I know, Toshibas are still considered good business machines (business machine = not the one with the most bells and whistles, not necessarily the most updated one either, but the one considered the most reliable). I can't tell you what they're like from the consumer's view point, but businesses like them. They also buy DELL (business line is somewhat superior from the reliability viewpoint), LeNovo, Sony's.