Laptop Help!! (any help is appreciated)?

Question

I've been saving for a laptop for about 3 years, and I finally have about $1,300 to spend. I would like to get a really good laptop and hopefully a printer, too. If anyone has any advice on which brand or specific laptop to get, I would really appreciate it. I've been looking into Dell Laptops the most, but I really don't know whats the best. Even if you're not an expert, but you have a laptop that you really like, please tell me. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

I would not be discouraged by the answers before me, even though they may seem true. Dell sells most & hence there r bound 2 be few bad cases.

I am presently using a Dell XPS M140
I chose this notebook after careful study into many aspects
Bought in mid April '2006. So far so good.

This model has since been withdrawn & replaced by the XPS M1210, which is slightly smaller & on the pricier side 4 u.

I wanna make a specific choice 4 u - stick 2 dell, they give u value 4 money, & more so hard earned money !

The Dell Inspirion E1405
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/entnb_e1405?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

base price is $ 689
but i prefer a duo-core processor over a solo core for multi-taskin

so select the model with base price $ 859
lottsa extra's too with this model
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=E1405S2&s=dhs
Intel® Core™ Proc Duo T2400 (1.83GHz/667MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache)
Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
60 GB Sata Hard Drive
8 X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless

now configure this model to add few components,
i. WXGA+UltraSharp TFT Display with TrueLife, add $ 10

an extra $ 10 & u have a truely remarkable & wonderful machine, which is equally good at work & at home 4 entertainment !

Mind you, these are limited time offers, so check on them quick

You also have somethin in hand 2 spare 4 printer ($ 74 offer)
>> best of luck

(please feel free 2 lemme know if u have any further querries)

Answer 2

Congrats on saving up all that money!

I have several friends who've had trouble with their Dell laptops so be careful, you may want to consider some other models. IBM (now Lenovo) ThinkPads are really great, but they tend to be on the more expensive side. Perhaps you could try Toshiba.

Regarding a printer, the thing to realize is that you may be able to get one for very little money (possibly even for free as a part of a deal with the purchase of a computer/laptop), but the real costs will come when you have to buy new cartridges for printing. They can be very expensive. So be careful about that.

Answer 3

Good job, I saved about 40 dollars in 2 years.

I agree with Ladida, Dell laptops and desktops are good, but i do not recommend it. Some of them look so good, one would buy it just because it has an extra which makes it extra special in front of people. I dont think the machine itself is a good worker - i mean that the Dell may not be as good as the other.

My brother has a ThinkPad by IBM for 2 years and its still working great. He bought it for about 1000 dollars, its as small as any regular laptop you can find now and powerful. At one point, he installed a game which reqiered a 1.5 gig processor. It worked, but it did not work on my desktop with the same processor.

Anyway, I recommend an IBM ThinkPad, they are good stuff, i dont know much about the other computers. I just know that i see the other brands the most when I am at school; average cost about 600-800 dollars. IBM costs more because it works better.

I wrote too much for so little. Simply, thinkpad is recommended. I dont know if they come with printers.

http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10000001&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&categoryId=2035724&met=qapromo-s0len-b0len-l0tp-d0-o0-g0usen

this is the site for the IBM laptops, i am trying to find a laptop with a printer.

I did not find any printers that go with IBM laptops, but you can always buy the printer separately. I found some HP printers.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF02a/18972-236251-236261.html?jumpid=re_R295_prodexp/busproducts/printing/color-inkjet-printers&psn=printing_and_multifunction/printers/color_inkjet

Go more towards the bottom of the page.

Basically, if you want to buy a Color Inkjet Printers, the cartidges are around 10-40 dollars, depending on what kind of printer you buy which depends on how much you will print.

Any more questions, just ask.

Answer 4

I'm very satisfied with my S7020D Fujitsu laptop that I purchase last Christmas on eBay at the Fujitsu store. I got it for less than 1/2 price and it was new. With shipping, tax, and purchase price I spent less than $900.00. I finally got a good deal after waiting for about 9 months for the bidding to be in my favor.
Since then laptops have become available with dual core processors (2 processors on the motherboard instead of the historic 1 only).
You should do a lot of research into what you are interested in and not just jump into this in my opinion.
Alienware is probably the best out there. Pun intended. You can start at the top and go down in different features, price, etc.

http://www.alienware.com/

http://www.laptopadvisor.com/

GOOD LUCK SHOPPING !

Answer 5

Any of the Pentium M's are nice. Don't be too concerned with speed. Instead, look for features. You'll want a large Active Matrix LCD display, DVD burner, and a top-of-the line GPU (that's the video processor). You'll probably have enough to upgrade the battery as well, if you plan on being mobile quite a bit.

And don't be discouraged by the speed rating of the Pentium M Centrino. A 1.8GHz Centrino can outperform a 2.8GHz P4 desktop. As for Windows, get the PRO version if you ever plan on using it on your company's network or if you plan on controlling your laptop using "Remote Desktop". Remote Desktop can only be hosted in Windows XP Pro.

Answer 6

There is no one ideal computer. Figure out how you will use it and go from there. Are you graphics intense? Game player? Word processor? Internet surfer? Whatever. This will tell you which components to emphasize and hence how to divvy up your money. Dell is pretty good about explaining its components. But FIRST, know what you want and need and then you can make good decisions.

Edit: Don't forget about Macs, many people swear by them and they have the beauty of being much more integrated.

Answer 7

I use a Dell Inspiron 6000. You should be fine with a laptop for about $800 or less of you only plan on using it for common computer related tasks (word processing, email, internet) Just make sure that you get one with at least 512mb of RAM and a decent hard drive at about 60GB. Then you should be fine.

Answer 8

You can consider the HP Compaq Presario V6000.
Although its a AMD processor, it feature great features.
Comes with 3 USB ports,
Video output,
Card reader,
Firewire port,
PCI card extension slots,
Networking (RJ 45) port,
Modem (RJ 11) port.
And its bundled in S$1,200!
The remaining S$100 with a little top-up can be used to purchase a small printer.
*Reminder*
This system build will not be a good choice for gaming or high resource programme.
But for normal usage will be excellent.

Answer 9

cellular Broadband. a tremendous kind of the major information superhighway businesses along with AT&T provide the service. you purchase a card for round $one hundred-$100 and fifty that matches right into a slot on your computing device and pay the month-to-month service various from 50-70 a month. then you honestly get severe p.c. information superhighway just about everywhere without wifi or plugging right into a modem.

Answer 10

Wow 3 years and only 1300??

Probably dell then. Otherwise i would say apple