Jester Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 So I am in the market for a new laptop. My current one is nothign special. I am looking to play games and what not and looking for the best rig for the money. I have looked at the new ibooks which are quite expensive but something I havn't messed with really. What does everyone else think is the best laptop retailer? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbjazzman Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I have a dell referb. It's nothing to write home about, but it's a solid machine and was pretty affordable. If you don't like Dell, I'm sure some of the other manufactures have referb sites, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Yeah I was gonna say Dell... the laptops I've had have mostly been older though, my Toshiba was nice and I've had a few Compaq laptops (err... yeah, this was a while back...) I've heard Toshibas aren't that great these days though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainchick Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 <snip>I've heard Toshibas aren't that great these days though... I havent ever really liked Toshiba's laptops. One i had, didnt have enough cooling on the processor, and kept over heating. and they arent really meant for gaming either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbjazzman Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I got a P2 something Toshiba from a buddy of mine for free, and the fan is louder than hell. I need to look into making it quieter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Work supplies us with laptops. I would've preferred desktops since they give more performance for less money, particularly in the longer term, and we work mostly from the same place anyways. But having a lappy has its uses. So, up until now I've only had Toshiba's. First one was a 320CDT. I think it had like a P100 or something silly like that. It was a BRICK. Square, gray and heavy. They got replaced by Toshiba Satellite (Pro?) 4030s. Those were pretty sweet. Celeron CPU, more ram, nice display and pretty sleek design. But then, disaster struck. We switched to Toshiba Tecra S1's. Man-o-man did those babies suck ass. I mean, yeah, they had the big screen, 40 gig harddisk (was 20 up until then) and a gig of ram, but the backlight on my first one died after a month, the cooling broke down on the second one and I didn't notice until it was too late. My current one just had the CD drive die, and the performance of the harddisk somehow has degraded to something resembling that old 320CDT. I'm using smartd to keep an eye on that thing. Not trusting it at all at the moment. The plan right now is that this one will soon get replaced by a Dell... Yeah, my sentiments exactly. I'm really going to need some stickers soon. Supposedly this is going to become an 820 (all I remembered) with 2 gigs of ram and a 1.83(?)GHz Pentium M. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallis Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Yeah, mine is a Dell Inspiron refurb. I think my parents bought it using our business account with them, so that gets them a few more cents off. It was pretty cheap, and I love it, never given me a problem w/ overheating, backlight, anything like that, very dependable. If you were going for games, perhaps instead of a inspiron get a percision. My dad has a M60, and its wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Get something with decent graphics, NOT integrated. This will make the laptop seem faster than it is in a few years. Oh, ya, its for games, so you prolly were gonna do that anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadaender Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I'm a fan of the HP laptops. I've had my zv6006 for over a year now and it's still running beautifully. When purchased, the price tag was 800 bucks. AMD 64 3200+, 512mb ram, 100 gb hdd, 15.4" widescreen with built-in wireless. It was one of those "back-to-school" deals. Now you can get the tourons for about the same price, those are quite well-built. In all honestity I'd stay away from Dell only because I've seen so many go back to the retailer because of hardware problems (faulty mobos, bad batteries, dead ram, burnt chips). I wouldn't take the chance with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakish Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Check out Acer notebooks, around $1000.00 for a pretty good laptop. I saw a kickass tablet notebook that I want now. http://global.acer.com/products/tablet_pc/tmc310.htm Damnit I'm going to have to get a job when football is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunytunz42 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I just bought my wife a new laptop for basic gaming and school work. It is a compaq v3000z it isn't breaking any fps limits but it is playing Oblivion nicely as well as all the rest of her games. Whatever you get try to find the best Nvidia geforce go card or ATI. My wife had a 17 inch toshiba with a 3.33 ghz p4 with an intergrated graphics chip, it wouldn't even handle the 3d of the character builder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetabix Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Alienware do the best ones for specifications. But the price is a bit steep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 you pay more for the name on Alienware then anything else on the system besides I have been hearing bad things about them lately. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Alienwares are nothing now but suped up dells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetabix Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Well, I did hear about the one type of Alienware having an integrated graphics card, which gave me a giggle, but I guess even though you're paying for the name,if you've got money to burn then it's what I'd buy...minimum effort me, very very bad I know-should learn to mod! Haven't Dell bought out Alienware recently (hence them doing integrated graphics cards on the one Alienware)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 dont get a toshiba! They used to be good but the three most recent ones ive had have just been worse and worse for around the same price (I go through quite a few laptops :p) Have a HP too and thats pretty sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technologique Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I must admit, that whilst it's not the most popular choice out there, my Vaio's never steered me wrong. .. . Well, apart from when trying to play Oblivion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbjazzman Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 There was a person in my Visual Basic class that had one of the really tiny Viao's and it looked kick ass. I've wanted a small laptop ever since I got my first laptop. (An 25mHz Acer affectionaly nicknamed Chunk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Chunk. Must have been heavy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbjazzman Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Extremely. I bought it thinking I'd be able to program with it (got it for like $35, so no biggie). Well, it earned that nickname after I installed the JDK on it, it took 20 minutes to reboot, then 20 minutes to run a program I had wrote to only have it crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalito Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I use a Dell Inspiron 1405. I Run Linux on mine so there is no gaming going on. For everyone to know now, if you plan on running Linux on any laptop you buy, Please stay away from Dell. There laptops are great but there on-board wifi cards are really hard to get working without knowing the proper drivers ahead of time. Although if you plan on gaming on a windows laptop why not go with the XPS? I have had some time to play with one a buddy owns and it's not bad. He actually replaced his crappy desktop with it. But then again he only plays two games, Counter Strike Source and World of Warcaft (btw WOW tolly pwns TICHONDRIUS FTW). Do yeah in my opinion Dell Laptops + Linux = Big headache, but Dell XPS laptop + Windows XP = Good time Gamming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 The XPS line is overpriced, I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
degoba Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Compaq makes a pretty solid laptop. We have one on the shelves right now for 749. Its gott the turion processor in it with a 100gb harddrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 I say HP/Compaq I use their laptops/tablets and there very well priced, I manly use ThinkPad’s but I like HP products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azurith Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Yea. I have an hp notebook. Hewlett Packard used to make some really, really horribly crappy PCs in my opinion.. ever see the 'pavilion' line? Nothing but shit rolling off the assembly line. I have a tantra against fixing ANY HP machines, because of that fact. (HP Pavilion Desktops used to be pure crap, don't know if they still are.) And my original computer was a custom desktop, but I'm going to college now and decided to switch to a laptop. My pick: HP Pavilion dv2020us 'Entertainment PC' AMD Turion 64 X2 1.6Ghz (Always upgradable.. right? xD) 1024MB DDR2 (533Mhz) Ram 80GB HDD (I have a 40GB usb backup drive..) It's all really sweet, but has an Nvidia Geforce Go 6150.. which is a built-in graphics card. And it uses a broadcom wifi adapter, which isn't linux compatible. Other than that, it's 'awesome'. My friend got an AMD Athlon 64 2.6Ghz laptop, and thinks it would beat mine.. maby in 'single-threaded' applications.. but give me some multi-threaded aps, and it'll rape his. ~~Azurith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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