Help me buy a laptop FFR

[madmatt621]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Best Buy

Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Notebook with AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50

Reg. Price: $1,049.99
You Save: $100.00 Sale: $949.99

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8216441&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050015&id=1166236072024

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Gateway Notebook with IntelŪ PentiumŪ Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2060
Our Price: $849.99

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8309984&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050015&id=1173578008196

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Walmart

Toshiba Satellite P105-S6147 17" Laptop PS w/ 1.60 GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor 2060

Our Price: $992.00

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5633168
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Circuit City

Gateway 17" Widescreen Notebook PC

Our Price: $849.99

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Gateway-17-Widescreen-Notebook-PC-MX8734/sem/rpsm/oid/177521/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

[BLAZZ3]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Price isn't a HUGE concern, but I have 981$ in the bank. I could always earn more but I don't want to wait any longer.

[soulofcerberus]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

DON'T BUY GATEWAY. GATEWAY = CRAP.

This has been a public service announcement.

[BLAZZ3]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Oh, about the Toshiba Sattelite crap. Would there be like a monthly fee for that?

[g4z33b0]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Just buy a wireless card and steal wireless internet.

[Shashmakito]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

stfu go play css

[Biff_tech]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Why arn't you banned^ And ya I was also thinking about getting a laptop but all that came to mind was AlienWare so.....

[nforcer06164]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Okay, Lenovo is ****. We have two thinkpads at our school for two projectors. They were tablets, priced around $2000. Absolute ****. The tablet functionality is irrelevant; the design is ugly as can be (it perpetually looks like secondhand ****), and it refuses to work like the top-notch laptop $2000 bought it for.

Gateway has some sexy designs, but they are ****. We have Gateway desktops at my school that overheat or bluescreen constantly. If you can't depend on a desktop, which is supposed to be able to tolerate so much more in so many different ways, how can you trust a laptop from the same company?

Any AMD processor is ****, because it comes with a ****ty AMD motherboard. Intel-only is the way to go. AMD is considered a "budget" processor because it simply can't match the same-generation Intel processors in benchmarks by a long shot. DO NOT get an AMD processor.

My suggestion is to go with an HP or Dell. Both have sexy designs and are known for delivering quality in their notebooks. I'm on a Dell right now and love it, but I would've gone with HP too. Dell just had a better deal, but you'll be satisfied with either.

[soulofcerberus]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Toshiba is actually pretty good too.

Sony is good, but only when you get into the very high price range.

I'd go with Dell before i went with HP.
Acer is also good but i wouldn't really go with them for gaming of any kind.

[nforcer06164]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

I forgot to mention Toshiba. Toshiba is very good.

You can't trust anything from Sony. It'll self-destruct on you. You've been warned.

Acer really hasn't made much of a name for itself. I've seen some good deals on Acer notebooks, but I really haven't heard enough feedback to make a judgment call.

[0:)]

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DON'T BUY GATEWAY. GATEWAY = CRAP.

This has been a public service announcement.

He's right.
Toshiba is good, like I've told many people, the P105 is what my brother has, awesome laptop.

[soulofcerberus]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

Supposedly Acer makes some pretty good notebooks, but I haven't had much personal experience with them.

Sony is weird, they out date their parts way to fast. And they also tend to have a lot of problems, yet sometimes they actually get it right. My notebook has been amazing since i got it, but that might be because it was $2,500.

[TD_GenoCid3]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

myne was around that price

[Tps222]

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I don't know if AMD is really a budget proc. Before the conroe's came out, their FX-62's were the best you could find. I wouldn't count AMD out of the race by any stretch of the imagination, just because Intel has Dell.

[Cuzzi]

Re: Help me buy a laptop FFR

http://newegg.com

you can customize a notebook with newest technology for <$700