Which Lap Top is the Besy Buy for My Teeneage Child?

Question

I am looking to buy my kid a lap top for Christmas. Which brand and model provides the performance I want at a decent price?

Answer 1

EVEREX XT5000T AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50(1.60GHz) 17.0" Wide XGA+ 1GB 100GB Dual layer DVD Burner NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 NoteBook .Very vibrant 17" display. Dedicated Video Card.Dedicated 256MB Video Memory.Dual HDD capable. Upgradeable CPU. Vista Home PREMIUM. Relative Clean Install. CHEAP $699

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=XT5000T&x=20&y=35
http://www.everex.com/products/xt5000t/xt5000t.htm
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1174232
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3405848&sku=E80-XT5000TRB

Answer 2

You hav to suit your needs (weight is a big issue if your mobile)

info to get you started
This is from my notes, hope it helps..

Choosing a laptop
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You have to decide on weight and battery criteria.

1. Weight - If you are going to carry it to and fro to school/office then consider getting a lightweight model. An external CD drive may be an option as if you not into burning disks or watching DVD then you hardly use the CD drive. Something about less than 2 kg is a lightweight.

2. Battery Life, - if you never going to use it on batteries then you can go bigger processor and larger screen. You can consider not buying the battery if appropriate. You can have two power supplies; one at home and one in the office is good for large heavy laptops.
If you want to use the laptop on batteries then you may have to choose a smaller processor and a smaller screen so you can get the hours required out of the battery.

3. Minimum specifications –
Games will require more specifications – more ram and –more video card specs – more processor power.
Generally though:
-a decent video card (for projection of power point presentations)
-Wireless networking
-Ethernet
-Consider a high speed hard drive
- Consider 80GB Hard drive or larger
- Consider an external DVD drive or an Internal Burner -depending on your needs
-Consider 1 or 2 Gig RAM
-Software able to update from their websites
-Internet security and
-Antispyware (free from net) is a must for internet use.
-Easy accessible USB ports
- built in webcam
- A Mouse
- a keystone lock
-A carry bag. Sometimes the manufacturer’s bag is the best buy

Consider getting the hard drive partitioned to C: and D:. The C drive can be 30 gig minimum (eg on a 60 gig hard drive) to 50 gig maximum. D drive is extended across the remaining.

When looking at laptops in the shop do this:
(this is written for XP but should be able to do it in Vista, ask the attendant for assistance.)
Click Start – help and support.
Type in Processor in the search

Go through the results you can see what hardware and what Microsoft products are installed in the laptop/ computer.

Google luck!!!

Answer 3

It depends...

For recreational purposes anything will do so long as it is rather current: Usually it's good to have at least 1 GB ram and a harddrive of 80 GB or more.

If it's for gaming, you'll want to also ensure the processor is a decent speed at least 1.4 GhZ

If price isn't an object you may want to consider a Dell as their support and warranties are the best I've personally dealt with,

Otherwise a refurbished notebook is always nice, or for a new brand of computer Toshiba often has a good deal for a low price.

Answer 4

Dell offer a good price for laptops compared to some of the other companies, starting from around AU$1100 ish. Or if you are looking for a really cheap one Compaq do some for under AU$1000 however I wouldn't recomend one of these as they are frustratingly slow. You would the fastest processor that you wanted to pay for 1.8Ghz or 2Ghz minimum as it is running windows vista which is slow on computers. Also an absolute minimum of 1Gb of RAM.

Mac computers are good, I am a fan of Mac but a lot of people don't like it and it's harder to get games and other programs for. Also they are inclined to be a little more expensive than Windows machines.

I hope this helps,
/aw4lly

Answer 5

If mobility is a major consideration go ahead with the laptop. If your kid is more of a gamer, he will just get disappointed pretty soon with gaming on a laptop. Upgrading graphics performance, which is so easy in a desktop is next to impossible in a laptop.
Long hours of laptop use has freebies too:
1. Carpal tunnel syndrome (severe wrist pain) due to awkward arm/hand position on its keyboard.
2. Neck pain from always looking downwards on the screen.

Answer 6

Ok you are so awesome for buying ur kid a computer for christmas thats mad chill lol
ok so anyway

I HIGHLY advise u get a mac for your child
It is proven to be the fastest laptops
go to www.apple.com/macbook

that is the one i am getting on sunday yay =]
It is [perfect for speed, lightweight, hard drive space, it is just amazing

Go to a local apple store and test drive one because they are definitely worth it!

There are also cheaper ones on ebay that are also macs.

These are the cheapest ones.

Powerbook G4
Powerbook G3
Macbook 1.83 ghz
Macbook 2.00 ghz

Those are so amazing

IF you want to go higher in price, you can get

Macbook Pro 15' screen
Macbook Pro 17' screen

To find all of these except the powerbooks, go to

apple.com/macbook
apple.com/macbookpro
apple.com/mac

TRUST ME!
they are amazing laptops look at my questions about mac's and look at the reviews. They are just amazing machines!

Especially with the new operating systems!

The new operating systems for mac are BRAND NEW and came out Oct. 26

No problems yet, and comes with iLife 08!!!!!!

Everything is amazing that comes with it

If your child is into movie/music/photo editing, THIS IS THE LAPTOP FOR YOU!

apple.com/macosx

Please trust me
Ive been looking at them for a year and a half and i am THRILLED to finally get one

BTW to learn more!
go on youtube and find some macbook reviews!
They REALLY help too!

Answer 7

nicely, there won't be a great thank you to respond to that question. The Dell refurb has been examined and ought to have a guaranty. that's the main secure thank you to bypass. On Ebay that's a crapshoot. you may desire to locate an extremely good deal or be caught with a lemon. No thank you to renowned till now hand. Plus you in all probability won't get any application discs, alongside with a duplicate of the OS, and the computing device may be a stolen one in case you purchase it on Ebay.

Answer 8

If you wait tell the day after thanksgiving black friday you'll get the best prices and a decent PC or laptop. atleast 1GIG Memory and 80GIG HD

Answer 9

I am sure u want a cheap and good laptop for your kid...
Try this website,I'm sure u'll love it...
It provides all the information u need...

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/

Answer 10

if you want the quality buy a Mac or a sony.