New laptop

[supersid]

I am getting a new laptop soon I was wondering Wat make 2 get

[HunterSteele]

Whatever sounds the nicest.

As long as you get one with specs that meet your needs, the make is just a brand.

[Greg1994]

I got the macbook pro with retina... IT'S AMAZING!

[ackmedsgirl666]

anything of the Dell, asus, or acer family
dont bother wasting money on a mac because there is a new program thats out called hackintosh where you can turn your pc(anything with an operating system of xp or above) into a mac. you can make it have the same operating system
ive had it in the past
works pree good

[supersid]

anything of the Dell, asus, or acer family
dont bother wasting money on a mac because there is a new program thats out called hackintosh where you can turn your pc(anything with an operating system of xp or above) into a mac. you can make it have the same operating system
ive had it in the past
works pree good

Thanks I was thinking dell or acer anyway

[Cblood]

I've got a Dell that Is absolutely perfect. So much better than my old Gateway.

[Cognizant]

I could reccomend any laptop to you, but it'll be easier to get one that you'll enjoy if you tell us your uses for it...
If you're just doing 'typical internet' stuff (e.g. VT, Facebook, YouTube, schoolwork, and light online gaming), this laptop (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+2GB+Memory+-+320GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/6087023.p?id=1218716259407&skuId=6087023) doesn't sound like that bad of a choice.

[thetechguy2]

Lenovo's are very good and powerful PC's. Lenovo are in partnership with IBM I believe.
Other PC's are also very good, such as Dell , Acer etc.
If using it as a heavy user, I would get an Intel CORE I3/5/7 Processor, AT Least 4GB RAM, and a 500gb-1tb hard drive.
Just my opinion.

[Bumpin Bass]

Not hp! I like Macs the best. Mostly because they don't catch PC viruses and they are compatible with other apple products.

[Skyhawk]

I eat, shit, and sleep computer hardware. I know literally everything about what's on the market today.

Brands to go for: HP Business, Sager/Clevo, Dell, Acer, Sony, Apple, Lenovo
Brands that are just OK: Samsung, Toshiba, HP Pavilion
Brands to avoid: Gateway
Brands I don't really know: Asus (they make great hardware, unsure of customer service and laptop reliability)

Lenovo - I haven't had any personal experiences with this brand, but they are the modern day IBM...basically. Business grade, durable, recommended by anyone. :)

Samsung and Toshiba put a disgusting amount of bloatware on their computers, but Samsung isn't as bad as Toshiba. Samsung makes almost everything in their computers....their hard drives can be rather slow., Toshiba doesn't provide recovery media, Samsung does.

I haven't had a Gateway, nor am I very knowledgeable about them, but everyone and their dead grandmother runs from them.

HP - The business laptops (Probook, Elitebook) are very durable, and are built to a higher standard than the Pavilion notebooks. The Pavilions have cooling problems. HP packs the most price:performance. The bloatware is a little annoying. They come with a built in recovery partition in the hard drive, I'm not sure if they provide recovery media.

Dell - Eh. Average. Customer Service is outsourced, and they run a risk of a major failure (remember the disastrous M1330 and the 8400m GS?). Otherwise they're simple, not too much bloatware (some of which is actually useful!). Affordable.

Apple - High quality, expensive. Excellent customer service and operating system (love/hate it). Stylish. Current MacBook Pros are very sturdy. The 15" runs hot when playing games...most Sandy Bridge laptops with a thin build do.

Sony - The Windows twin of Apple. I think they're gorgeous. They don't seem very common anymore, and any performance from these come at a premium, much like Apple. I don't know anything about the customer service nor bloatware, and reliability is 50/50.
I think most of them come with backlit keyboards--super bonus.

Acer/eMachines - Customer service is pretty good. Outsourced, but good. Last time I checked they don't provide any recovery media. eMachines brand has lower quality hardware. Acer owner eMachines.

Sager/Clevo - High end gaming computers. They're a bit unknown and are custom built. They provide the best price:performance. Great customization. Great customer service.
www.sagernotebook.com

With desktops you don't need to worry too much about the brand, but with laptops you really do. Laptops use custom hardware manufactured by either the company itself or it's designed by them and manufactured by a company like Foxconn (*hint* Apple).

The laptop Toy Trains picked out is shit. The Celeron at 1.7 GHz is plenty for one tab open in FireFox and Yahoo! Messenger in the background, but nothing more. It's like a half step up from an Atom. 2GB of ram is tiny for today, and will be impossible to use in the future. 320GB is fine for a hard drive.

I recommend a laptop with AMD's A6 or A6 (though A4 is fine, too) because of the fantastic integrated graphics compared to Intel's already impressive HD Graphics 3000. They seem to be a bit cheaper, too.

Intel's drivers are messed up. Some brands use a special driver instead of the Intel ones so you can't update to the latest Intel one but the latest one from your brand. In my case, I'm stuck with old drivers on my Samsung laptop. Most people won't care, but it pisses me off.

4GB of ram is highly recommended because it will come with a 64-bit of Windows in case you need more ram in the future , you won't need to worry about the 3.75GB limit in the 32bit verison.



So, tell us what you do on the computer! We can't give specific advice unless we know what you need so we can help you choose the best one for your needs. :)

I picked out this Samsung with the AMD A6. It has a quad-core processor for better multitasking and game performance, the graphics are good for integrated graphics and are capable of playing most games (lower settings, probably) and plenty of RAM and hard drive space for whatever you need. :) The processor is a 1.5GHz but AMD's Turbo Core technology can speed it up to 2.3GHz, which is fine for anything. The reviews for this laptop are great, too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131323

[TigerBoy]

I spent a long time reviewing laptops with my uncle when I got mine. The way I went about it was to work out what I wanted and make a list of 'can't live without' specs. Then I just worked out what the priorities were.


The biggest and smallest sizes tend to be more expensive for equivalent features - if you want a big screen, would it be more effective to plug in an external monitor.
The latest technology will always cost more : is it established enough to be useful and reliable?
Marketing likes bigger numbers and newer versions : just because something appears 'better', does it actually do much more for you as a real user?
Robustness and reputation are important : a 'budget' manufacturer may appear to offer more for the money, but if the laptop is flimsy or there is no customer support then its a false saving.



The first big decision for me was size - i.e. screen size. I actually went for a pretty small screen because I wanted a really portable laptop, and the clincher was that the size I was looking at were cheaper (go smaller and thinner and they were getting expensive again).

I realised I didn't need as much power as I started out wanting but I did want a reasonable battery life so I could trade those things off. Hard disk space wasn't so important for me. At the time blue ray was an expensive option so I skipped that (if it bothers me I can upgrade anytime).

The choice came down to an HP or a Sony and went with the Sony and have been very pleased with my choice. I think I hit the perfect balance for me between power and battery life. The bloatware was not as bad as some I've seen - mostly to do with connecting to sony TVs etc which is all very nice in theory, but I uninstalled / disabled most of it anyway. As a brand new model I expected some problems early on, but there was only one scarey one was a random crash which related to a wifi driver. Because they have an automatic update feature and a very good support site, I easily found that they had a workaround up for this issue and then there was a fix for it, so it didn't really cause me any real problems.

Hope that helps some.

[thetechguy2]

Not hp! I like Macs the best. Mostly because they don't catch PC viruses and they are compatible with other apple products.

I have to agree with you there.