What kind of laptop do you and and what are its pros and cons?

Question

I have an HP dv5000 that I am very happy with and no problems. However, I am preparing to drop another $2000 on another laptop to use for web design, database design and minor gaming and such.
I'd like to know what kind of laptop you have, its specifications and its pros and cons. (Please note, I'd like some serious replies. I'm really not interested if you have a $400 Acer that's really great for chatting and email.)

Answer 1

LOL, I do have an Acer, but it's close to the $2000 mark than the $400. It has the dual core cpu with 4g of DDR2 memory (not sure if you can ge tthat in the US, I got the memory in China) integrated 100mps a/b/g wireless, bluetooth, 3g, etc. etc. etc. The biggest drawback is a lack of serial and parallel ports, that and it chews through batteries pretty quick (I get about 7 hours on the upgraded battery, about 3 on the stock one)

Before you completely disregard this one, I do web design, desktop publishing, movie editing, etc. and have never had a problem. It will render a full length dvd quality movie in 30-45 minutes, or I can have every adobe program open and doing things at the same time with no noticeable slowdown, this while using emule and utorrent to download things and a virus program running in the background.

Oh yeah, and I do a little light gaming as well. :)

Good luck

Answer 2

I like HP for the money. The dv9000z might cost more than what you want to spend though. I ordered it from Hp and it cost $3200
with tax and everything including rebate.
I got a lot of options that made it cost more though. You could get it for a little over $2400 if you don't get all of the high end options.

It has the AMD Turion Dual Core TL 64 (2.2 ghz)
17" wsxga bright view
NVidia Go7600
2048mb ddr2 (2dimm)
HD dvd rom with the supermulti double layer
it has the Roxio creator premier v.9
100gb x 2 7200 rpm hard drive sata
it has the vista ultimate
and 2 high capacity 8 cell batteries, and a lot of other stuff along with the 3 year warranty for damage and everything.
I looked at Dell and Gateway, but they don't compare and don't offer the quality support that HP does.
None of the others like Toshiba or Acer even come close.
It is better than my old desktop I had a year ago before I got a new one. Yes, it is HP too.
If I had the money I would get an Alienware laptop, but that is a few more thousand. Too much for a laptop.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

i say go Sony Vaio they are pretty light weight and they look sexy and come with some good software

Sony Vaio vgn-s460
1.73Ghz
128mb nvidia video card
512mb ram- upgraded to 1gb ram
80gb harddrive
13.3 widescreen
$1,700- two years ago

pros- lots of movie and song editing/transfer software, lightweight (4.3lbs), very quite

cons- battery life isnt very strong (2hrs) and i dont think the screen is as bright as most other comps but thats why it doesnt weight as much

Answer 5

Dell 1501 (AMD dual core TL-56, 1GB RAM, DVDRW, 15.4 WXGA...etc). Was £650 (about $1000).

Pro's: Nice matte screen (not glossy thank god, that glossy finish does my head in!), 5+hours battery life, heavy but therefore sturdy, widescreen, quick as a bullet

Cons: Its a laptop, so its bound to go wrong sooner or later!

Answer 6

i am having ibm r-51 series laptop ,its fine having 512 mbram ,40gb hard disc,1.6ghz processor.my friend is having dell laptop having 1gb ram,duo-process0r,60gb harddisc, it would be fine for ur use.