my budget is no more that $1,000; looking for use in college and want it with at least 512Mb RAM and fast enough processing speed for watching movies/DVDs and listening to music (so like 2.4 GHz at the minimum); at least 3 USB ports; wireless card enabled (either internal and/or port); a DVD-ROM drive; long lasting battery (8+ hrs); prefering 15" screen but can be between 13"-17" (prefer widescreen version); good video and audio cards; at least 60-80GB hard drive
for whoever can name the laptop, its price, where to purchase, a URL, and list of specs (that fall in range that i have given); the best one (not necesarily the CHEAPEST one) will be awarded 10 points.
NOTE: if there are better options out there and/or if i had placed an impossible range, plz also point that out (am not really the genius when it comes to computers)
thank you for helping me out !!
2006-06-22 14:26:58 · 15 answers · asked by Tarvold 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
yeah Steve ^_^
the long lasting battery (8+ hours, precisely 8:32), at least Dell promise this with the 9 cell battery for its Inspiron E1405 (btw, idk under what conditions). This notebook fulfill all demands except gaming (but this isn't required) due to the GMA 950 that can't be upgraded. But all in all a powerful and well transportable notebook.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/entnb_e1405?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn
n.b. the E1505 with 15.4" screen can not fulfill the demand of 8 hours running on battery.
2006-06-22 15:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by moonlightdancer_72 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can consider a Gateway MD2601u, it look quite pretty and cool in red(check the images). It has almost all the things you would want, a dual core processor (AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72* dual-core mobile processor), 3gb ram, 250 gb hard disk (you can buy a external hard disk later if you want to store more stuffs since they are getting really cheap.), and a decent graphic card (Ati radeon HD 3200 is much better than Geforce 9100m, intel GMA 4500MHD, X3100). It is not very small though (15.6 inches) but a 14 inch laptop would usually cost more and netbooks (12 inches or smaller) does not have a dvd drive and have low specs, thus they can only surf the net and do word processing.
2016-05-20 12:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got one for the same reasons.. Dell has great coupons on the Inspiron E1505. They start at $749 but you can upgrade the battery and the video options and still be under $1000.. Not bad for a Dual Core laptop, which is what you will need if you want to watch movies, play games, burn cd/dvds.
2006-06-22 14:50:57 · answer #3 · answered by GravyPlaya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Power Notebook has excellent user ratings, customer support, and great product for your money. I highly recommend this company. Check them out!
I have included two links for computers ranging in price from 1040.00 to 843.38 in price. Every computer is customizable.
Read through the site and see what they're about. Contact them and talk it over. You won't be disappointed.
The computer costing 1049.00 has the following features-
Intel® Centrino® Core™ Duo Mobile Processors T2300 (1.66GHz), T2400 (1.83GHz), T2500 (2.0GHz), or T2600 (2.16GHz) w/2,048k L2 On-die cache (667MHz Front Side Bus Speed)
What is Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology?
15" XGA (1024x768) TFT Active Matrix LCD Display w/Intel® GMA950 w/Up to 224MB Dynamic Video Memory (Shared Memory Architecture)
512MB DDR2/667 Memory (Expandable to 2,048MB Dual Channel Memory)
Azalia Intel High Definition 7.1 sound with 7.1 analog output and SPDIF digital out
Up 120GB SATA/150 Hard Drive
6-cell battery standard (Hot Swappable)
Built-in 4-in-1 memory card reader (MSPro/SD)
Built-in 56k V.90 Modem RJ-11
Built-in 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet RJ-45
Built in Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11A/B/G
Built-in IEEE-1394 Port (4-pin)
Combo 8x DVD/24x10x24 CD-RW Drive w/Softwares
or Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares (Optional)
Express Card 54 slot
3 USB 2.0 Ports
Windows XP Home or Professional available as Options
2006-06-22 14:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by steves_wifey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this system:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/Applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1908085&Sku=A180-1196
Actually I found something better:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/Applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1543207&Sku=H25-L2105NR
Compaqs are not that bad, for this price, its not bad at all. It fits all your specification:
Specifications
Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Platform Learn More Notebook PC
Expansion Ports 1 - Type I/II PC Card Slot
PC Card16 Support
Processor Brand AMD
Processor Class Turion 64 ML-32
Processor Speed 1.8Ghz
Additional Technologies PowerNow! Technology
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 512MB (256MB x 2)
Memory Speed DDR333 (PC2700)
Memory Slots (Total) 2
Memory Slots (Available) 0
Capacity 80GB
Optical Drive Type DVD±R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double Layer Support
Graphics Description Integrated Graphics
GPU/VPU ATI RADEON ® XPRESS 200M IGP
Video Memory 128MB Shared
Communications Description Integrated Modem
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless LAN
Interface Type 54g 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support
Width 9.1"
Height 1.29"
Depth 13.15"
Weight 5.38 lbs
Display Type WXGA with BrightView technology
Viewable Screen Size 14"
2006-06-22 14:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Sean I.T ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice is go to HP.com and look at the HP Pavilion or Compaq Presario Laptops. I got a sweet Dell Inspiron laptop for 800.00. Lenovo (IBM) has great secure laptops with fingerprint scanners for under 1000.00. Just buy from web sites its alot easier. Hope this helps
2006-06-22 17:43:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check HPshopping.com it's Hewlett-Packard's online store., i don't remember all the specs right now, but the Pavilion DV2000T just under $950 and the DV5000T slightly under $1,000 are what you might be looking for.
2006-06-22 14:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by lelekid4ever 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go with Dell Inspiron e1505 you can't go wron with it. I have 5 Laptops it my works. I love dell the most.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/entnb_e1505?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
2006-06-28 19:08:19 · answer #8 · answered by cooldude_91801 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pshaw! I win!!
*grin*
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d820?c=us&cs=RC956904&l=en&s=hied
Enjoy!
2006-06-22 14:37:05 · answer #9 · answered by dancing_in_the_hail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for all of the specifications that you want, you are going to have to save up all of your money because what u r looking is going to cost around 1200-1600.
2006-06-22 14:32:28 · answer #10 · answered by NC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋