I want a new laptop, but not sure what to get. I want a Dell, and I don't want it to be more expensive than 1,300. I would like it to be able to play games fast, like Sims 2, so it doesn't take forever to download. I would also like it to have a cd and dvd player. Have any ideas. Please be specific. THANX!!!!
2006-10-29 10:19:10 · 8 answers · asked by ILTASKWAMH 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
recently bought a toshiba with a dual core processor for less than $1000. check them out they are great!
2006-10-29 10:26:58 · answer #1 · answered by ndyou 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let me start by enumerating why you should not but these brands:
1.) HP/Compaq - does not have good quality control of parts from supplier like optical drives, TFT's etc. According to a supplier (I can not mention names), he said that he is pissed off with DELL because they reject 40 to 50% of his optical drives due to quality issues but happy with HP because he accepts them with a discount. I have two of this before an Armada M300 & HP Pavillion and sold them both after having so much problems and no help from stupid HP. Don't buy this. Offer this to your enemy.
2.) IBM - which is now LENOVO. I have so many customer complaints about IBM notebooks now. It seems it's not as good as the original thinkpad and getting replacement parts is very difficult. A Lenovo officer informed me that they have so many internal problems because the owners are concentrating on margins rather than customer satisfaction. Remember Lenovo bought IBM PC's & Laptops and they want to get their money back fast.
3.) ACER - This is a clone company trying hard to play in the branded market. This brand has been failing technical testing from large corporate customer. A lot of business establishments does not recognize this brand and wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
4.) Toshiba - This is actually a good brand. Because they only concentrate on the portables. Known for their quality but a lot of times very pricy. Check for the nearest support center and the parts are a little bit hard to get hold of.
5.) Fujitsu - expensive Japanese made notebook but I honestly do not recommend it.
6.) Sony VAIO - Now this brand & model is very good but it's too rich for my blood. It's like buying a Porsche but a regular Ford is already OK for the same job. I had one of this before and I sold it.
Now this is my recommendation - DELL - For me this is the best buy and good value for money. I've seen how DELL assembles and test their units and they are so bloody strict. If they find fault in one component they stop the assembly line (liking stopping the presses) remove the ssuspected batch problem and replace it with another batch and they could do that in less than 2 hours and test them again and again. Their back-end or support is fantastic. DELL was the first one who informed the world of the battery problem which they get from Sony. They have the website and replaced the battery fore free. Only after several months later other brands follow and finally admit it. I am so sorry but I started using DELL only May this year and it extremely good. I have torture tested it and never failed on me. Get the Dell XPS M1210 or the Inspiron E1705.
Good luck and so sorry for the long comments.
2006-10-29 21:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by George S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
believe it or not depending on where you live there is a rather nice laptop for 400 dollars at walmart that me and my sister found to be very good it has 512 ram which is rather fast, with 60 gigs of hardrive space which is rather nice too so if you have one that is taking part in that one time sale id take advantage of it
2006-11-06 04:09:38 · answer #3 · answered by fuderpod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look for a dedicated graphics card with its own memory .. dont get shared or integrated graphics .. i would get at least the 7400nividia graphics ... if you custom configure it and add the graphics and remove all the software bundle you should be fine, just download any software u need later ... any of the coreduo processors should be fine so dont waste ur money on upgrading that
2006-10-29 18:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get one with a lot of memory ie. 1GB + so that it will run faster when running programs like Sims and bigger apps like that. And like someone else said a graphics card that runs independintly so it doesn't eat up your memmory when your playing games etc.
2006-10-29 18:33:32 · answer #5 · answered by campbell_9292 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try acer they are under £400.. and they have everything u could ask for the cheapest in comet.. mines been running for the last 2 years.. no prob at all
2006-11-06 08:56:50 · answer #6 · answered by saajan_1982 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't diffrent between brands.but DELL is best choose.
if you want play games like that, you should have a good VGA (512m) & good RAM(1 GB).
2006-10-29 19:55:41 · answer #7 · answered by Farnaz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i got a toshbia and it kinda sucks.
so im thinking ur best bet is a h.pb ! make sure it has enough memory and battery life !!!!
compac is another great one.
i go to best buy and the simple ones are no more than 700.00 or 800.00 and there good.
good luck !
2006-10-29 20:14:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋