Best Laptop?

Question

What is the best laptop to buy for about $800-$1000? I heard the Toshiba Satellite is good, but open to suggestions!

Answer 1

When buying a laptop (notebook) computer, you want to look for a few important details.

* Warranty
Laptop computers tend to contain be very proprietary hardware. Items such as the screen, keyboard, power supply, and video card cannot be easily replaced if they fail. Therefore, it's very important to get a long (3 year or longer) warranty with any new laptop purchase. If something should go wrong with the laptop during the warranty period, the manufacturer will most likely repair or replace it (unless damage is caused due to negligence).
* Buy from Reputable Manufacturers
A 3 year warranty isn't going to do much good if the company is out of business 6 months after you purchase the laptop. Thus, it's important to purchase a laptop from a known manufacturer who will be in business next year and the year after. Reasonably safe bets include buying from Dell, Gateway, IBM, Toshiba, HP/Compaq, and Sony. That said, I personally avoid Sony and HP/Compaq. In my experience (granted, this is experience from 2+ years ago), Sony support is poor and can take several days, more likely weeks, to repair a system sent back to them. In addition, they have in the past limited their warranty to 90 days if you do not register the notebook with them. HP/Compaq (Compaq in my experience) has declined to support their products - even relatively new products - if you want to upgrade the operating system of the laptop. Theey have, in the past, taken the attitude of "it didn't ship with it, we won't help you with it.
* RAM
Today, RAM is crucial to system performance, but many computer makers will actually sell systems with what most technicians would consider too little RAM. For a balance of price and performance, any computer, not just a notebook, should have 512 MB RAM. More if you intend to do video editing or play high-end games. The upgrade from "base" memory is often a $50-$100 upgrade, but usually well worth it.

And remember, even the worst rated products will work flawlessly for some people and the best rated products will fail on occasion. When buying you want to buy with the best odds of having a good experience.

Answer 2

Go with the Toshiba

The old IBM Thinkpads used to be the best, but they are CHEAP now. Dells stink... exploding batteries, and the mechanical design is frail. HPs are a good second choice.

Toshibas are well made, sturdy with good parts inside. Their Tech support is awesome.

Laptop computer theft is very high, in fact, the most stolen item in America. A drug user can turn them into CASH quickly. But the Toshiba has that new FINGER PRINT thing. When you teach it how to read your finger(s), then you can set it to let ONLY YOU use it.

Answer 3

Do you want to buy a laptop. I request to you buy acer laptop. Because I use 2 years no problems show.

Answer 4

Dell Inspiron i7559-763BLK 15.6"

Answer 5

laptops go boom all the time .battery recall

this pc is good >>>>

ask for 1024mbr to be put on the system & ask for the windows xp .cd to be sent with the order
From... $549.99 *
Featuring AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core technology and optional NVIDIA graphics card for running multiple applications at once
Windows Vista Capable
Processor
AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processors
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when you have the pc set it up put it on then do this
HP computers no1 they have the verry best recover system of all

click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery tools-cd
noW click on
creat the recovery tools cd
use a cd(r) disk ...to creater the pc tools cd
then click next
and wait for it to creat a
system tool recovery cd
do not stop it at all
when the system tools
cd is created your have
a system recovery tools
cd- this cd will reinstall
all the software that came with the pc and
now coz we have reset the software it will
restall the software that is on the pc and
reinstall windows xp home and set it back up
windows xp will be reinstalled and set back up

the
hp-pc-tools cd
this just reinstall's the software that was on the
the hard drive at the time you buy the pc it will also
install windows xp. os .with out asking for the windows xp cd
creat multiple partitioins




hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery creater cd
use a dvd (r)disk .do not stop this till the .hp-recovery .creater cd's have been made.then your have your .hp-recover creater cd's



what.hp-creater cd's do
hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
use a dvd(r) disk
to create the revovery creater cd
you will have 2 options
options 1: to just install the windows xp & the software that was on
the hard drive from day 1 without for mating the hard drive
options2: will format the hard drive
and reinstall windows xp with out asking for the windows xp cd
& install the software that was on the pc from day1




hp-cd's & windows & product key cd
your windows product key
can be fond on the side of the pc or on the top
or at the back of the pc
now its best to write that windows product key
and keep it in a safe place

and put that windows product key in to a notepad
and copy the notepad
to a back up cd put the
product key cd. in a safe place with windows xp & the hp-pc-recovery cds
all in a safe place

now you can make back up copy's of the recovery cd's you have made
with the hp.cd creater cd's you use sonci my dvd to make copy's of them cd's
with hp-pc-recovery cd you can use windows burner or sonic my dvd
to make a back up copy of that cd
then make them as the cds for what they are but make as back copy cd's
then your not get any of them mixed up then put them all in a safe place/with
windows xp cd so no one can damage them