Looking to buy new laptop. Want most of bells and whistles, want to use as daily computer as well. Any advice?
Best Laptop???
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I'm using my IBM R40, it's great. it has bigger screen but is a little too thick.
But I can live with that.
But I can live with that.
If you're looking for something to use daily, I'd recommed checking out PCTorque, and grab a Sager notebook.
My notebook specs from a few months ago :
full size keyboard
17" screen
P4 3.4 CPu, gig ram, 2 80Gb hard drives
cd/dvd and burner
all the connectors and gizmos.
Ran me under $2800, and I've been quite happy with it. Can run Photoshop just fine, office apps, games (ATI Mobility 9700) etc. I'm sure there's a newer version out now that's got even better specs.
The laptops from Sager are high quality and low price - you just don't get a Dell badge on them. AFAIK, the only major company selling laptops that makes them themselves is IBM.
My notebook specs from a few months ago :
full size keyboard
17" screen
P4 3.4 CPu, gig ram, 2 80Gb hard drives
cd/dvd and burner
all the connectors and gizmos.
Ran me under $2800, and I've been quite happy with it. Can run Photoshop just fine, office apps, games (ATI Mobility 9700) etc. I'm sure there's a newer version out now that's got even better specs.
The laptops from Sager are high quality and low price - you just don't get a Dell badge on them. AFAIK, the only major company selling laptops that makes them themselves is IBM.
If you're not a PC guy, .. the Apple notebooks are great! (wish I can get one for christmas .. :biggrin: ). But if you want to stick with PC-s, I've been very happy and will highly recommend IBM ThinkPads (Although it won't be IBM-s any longer .. ). The T series is the best compromise between performance and weight, IMHO.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Best for what? What you want to do with it will define what will best meet your needs. For Instance, I run solid modeling. I need a ton of RAM and a decent video card, but could care less how big the hard drive is or how good the sound quality is.
is weight and battery life an issue?
fairly small and lightweight, with decent battery life. Will spend a lot of time with work, some personal. As primary work machine, needs good memory/hard drive. Currently been using hp compaq nc 4000.
