Laptop buying

MonkeyBiz · Aug 1, 2007

I am looking to buy a new lap top. Don't really know what I should be looking for. All I need it to do is be fast, have wireless, be able to run active GPS mapping software and have a loud speaker. Oh, and alot of space to store p0rn0. Price range anywhere between 500.00 and 1,000.00. What do you guys recommend?
Ps. Not really a Mac/Apple guy.

Hacksaw · Aug 1, 2007

You should buy my truck instead.

MonkeyBiz · Aug 1, 2007

Yeah, I know. Sell it for 500-1000 and you got a deal. :naughty:

Hacksaw · Aug 1, 2007

:stan:

cglenn · Aug 1, 2007

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147453
Don't know much about Celeron M though. Acer seems good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115361
That Acer has 40 gigs more HD space and 1 gig DDR2 along with 2.0 GHz CPU, the HP has 512 DDR2 and 1.46 GHz CPU. However, the HP has 1MB L2 cache whereas the Acer has 512KB L2 cache.
I like the Acer better, seems better price and lots more space for teh pronz.

TealV6 · Aug 1, 2007

MonkeyBiz said:
Ps. Not really a Mac/Apple guy.

:stan: what are you trying to say

TJrockdogg · Aug 1, 2007

I just purchased a Toshiba, dual core does everything I need it to do.

not a big gamer, I do use it for GPS through Delorme software.

on sale this week at Circuit City for $479

here's a link to the ad:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=185199&cm_keycode=85

yellowjeeperman · Aug 1, 2007

Don't buy laptops off Newegg. Tried that once. Man was that a nightmare. Much happier going to BestBuy. And whatever you buy, make sure you got an extra copy of XP lying around to give it a good clean wipe to get rid of the venomous Vista. :thumb:

Lothos · Aug 1, 2007

roflmao!. stay the hell out of bestbuy for computers. You can get pretty sweet acer's dirt cheap off tiger direct believe it or not. the hassle with laptops is how to get support for when they break. thats why the dell's run as much as they do. they're the same price product just with alot of support cost overhead. what you want is at least a 2ghz dual core or 3ghz single core with preferably 2gb of ram, but can get by with 1gb of ram. drivespace is just however much you think you'll fill.

FORD FLARESIDE · Aug 1, 2007

check out www.tigerdirect.com

ScOoTeR · Aug 1, 2007

IMHO, from the feedback I've seen on www.bensbargains.net, Tiger Direct almost NEVER honors the rebates they list, and the always list prices after rebates.

MonkeyBiz · Aug 1, 2007

That the other thing... I need it by monday.. I will probley end up at Circuit city or Best Buy... What should I look for?

BooGTS · Aug 1, 2007

Make sure you like the screen. go higher res if you can. I have a 1200x1900 WS Dell thats 3 years old now. It runs every bit as fast as I need it to be, the screen is like high def for computers, and it has XP. I see no need to buy a new laptop until this thing flat out dies.

jeepfreak81 · Aug 1, 2007

Got my ACER from Circuit City, I love it, $500 OTD almost 2 years ago now with a Free all in one printer, no issues. I did call tech support and they were helpful when I called IIRC they were even American....

Lothos · Aug 1, 2007

Since you'll get vista, I would make sure you had 2gb of ram.

RockyMTN05 · Aug 1, 2007

Other than ram/hard drive space...they are fairly similar. Just depends on what big name packages up the generic parts and puts their case on it.

Compare the storage space - if you plan to dl music/movies/high megapixel photos - you will obviously want a large hard drive (80GB+)

You can never have too much RAM either. With Vista, 1GB or ram is the BARE minimum to run it soothly.

Oh yea, and get a DVD burner. They are standard on most machines, but not *all*. You may think you might not use it often...but when you need it, you will be glad you got one.

Weasal · Aug 1, 2007

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?MfrId=325&CatId=17

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