My laptop crashed just before school ended last year, so now I'm in need of a new one. I was leaning towards the Gateway MX8738, as Best Buy had it on sale a few weeks ago, but now I'm reading that it's battery life isn't the greatest, mainly because the 17" screen. I need one that'll last at least through the 2 hour classes, and I would like one that has many of the same features the MX8738 has, as well as not cost to much (i.e. somewhere below $850). Any ideas or suggestions?
2007-08-09 06:05:58 · 8 answers · asked by izzy5_rose 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Sorry, adding to above needs: whichever one I get has to have a decent amount of memory. My song collection is of decent size (at least 20GB) and growing), as well as pictures.
2007-08-09 09:18:03 · update #1
You can always replace the battery with a better one (more cells).
There are also other way that I think you don't want to take like under clocking your cpu so it consumes less energy.
But get a laptop with lesser specs or just buy a better 9 cells battery and it should be fine :). I have a dell inspiron 2200 and it can go through 2 hours :).
2007-08-09 06:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Battery life will always be less than desired. Normally they function great when new, 4+ hours. This will quickly goto about 2-3 hours with a year.
Laptop Batteries are famous for this.
I wouldn't spend so much time worrying about the ram. At the price point you are looking at, make sure it has at least 1 gig of ram. Otherwise Vista will be less than impressive.
2007-08-09 13:10:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest the hp 6 series, check on hp.com for 6291ea, thats the one i have got and it is really good and its battery will live to more than 2 houres.
2007-08-09 13:14:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should not get a Gateway because Gateway makes low quality computers that are not reliable. If you want a high quality and reliable computer, you should get a Toshiba laptop. I would highly recommend a Toshiba Satellite M65-S9092.
2007-08-09 13:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try to find a Tablet PC laptop. You will just love it. Trust me.
The price are a little bit high but it's all worth it.
Cheers.
2007-08-09 13:12:52 · answer #5 · answered by Sagun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go Dell Toshiba or HP
2007-08-09 13:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by mdigitale 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get dell vostro 1500 for under $699
2007-08-09 13:09:02 · answer #7 · answered by coolguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check craigslist for your city/town; peeps should be selling something...
2007-08-09 13:14:27 · answer #8 · answered by camel2575 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋