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coldmine16

Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:15 am


going to get a new laptop

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hey im getting a new laptop just wanted to know what you guys recomend i want it for a bit of gaming watching movies and some work stuff money really isnt a prob as long as its under like 2G 
Thanx


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md

Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:47 am



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Do a search, there have been plenty of threads like this. I vote for a thinkpad.


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we64

Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:48 am



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There are lots of asus fan here, so I am sure they would recommand you that. And Asus is quite good itself, so I would recommand it too.
Just don't buy Gateway, HP, Dell, and the worst of all, Acer. Of course, all the small brands are definilty not in consideration I would say.
I am a big thinkpad fan, look up here:
http://caipsgws001.can.ibm.com/store/selectsystem?type=kw&action=search&keyword=thinkpad+t60

The T60 is very nice, I am sure you won't regret it. However, don't bother with the R-series, it is very crappy.
Toshiba, my current one is a Toshiba, it over heats a lot, lol, I had to put a metal bar under the laptop for better airflow. It is a 3 year old laptop, I have used some newer ones and they dont' have the over heating problem. For 2G, you can get a very very powerful one if you go for toshiba.


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we64

Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:50 am



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And of course, you can always go for a Mac. :D
I am going for a Mac for my next laptop, lol, next year though, around my co-op term.


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coldmine16

Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:35 pm



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you think macs better than pc? cause ive never really used a mac b4 i mean like ive seen it but never really got into it and i duno if the same programs for pc can be used on mac to? such as like some of the programming languages or the games i have i duno if they'll work for mac? I also hear that mac is realy amazing with video and picture editing? is that true


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md

Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:16 pm



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Mac's have gone to intel processors; if you want int install windows XP on a mac you can. Why you'd want to I have no idea...


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Hikaru79

Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:02 pm



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I very recently got a Macbook Pro. It's great, although it does suffer from all those problems that have been discussed on the net. (Whining power supply, super hot, etc)

I suggest waiting until the next revision before jumping on the Apple bandwagon.


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octopi

Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:00 pm



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I bought my dad(me) a new acer laptop for christmas, I'm kind of regretting it.
I've owned an acer in the past (1999), and it had problems with the screen hinges, and power supply.

The laptop withing the first 10 days, the screen had a band go on it, it looked like a verticle band about 2 inches wide, that had messed up contrast, apparently something went, so they gave me a new laptop.

The new laptop worked for a few days and the power supply went on it, or something....wouldn't turn on, thing was completely dead-no lights at all.  So they gave me the laptop I originally had (which had just returned from being RMA'ed (I bought from a local store, that I used to work at(got a deal on it, cause I'm friends with the owner))) 

SO anyways....this laptops alright, however I'm starting to notice problems I originally had with my 1999 laptop....the hinges are starting to crack, where the power supply plugs in is starting to get sloppy (loose). I'm gonna try and see if they'll fix the hinges while its still under warranty but I dunno, cause its acctually physically cracked-and they don't like fixing that kind of stuff (I've been rough with the laptop, but never dropped it or anything. It just gets used alot, and moved around alot.)

Oh well, so....the only thing I regret is buying from the local store, lol, I would have rather bought from bestbuy or similar, as I probally could have pushed a little harder with the warranty/return issues I've had, like I can't get my friend to foot the bill for anything, but I might have been able to get bestbuy.

anyways, its a nice laptop, but I use it more than my dad does, so I think its time I buy another one for myself and give him this one.

A friend of mine bought a laptop from HP, from bestbuy, its a pretty nice laptop, although I've had to format it a few times from so much porn  :twisted:  

My advice is as follows:
goto bestbuy check out what they've got, look around, try them out.
buy from a big box store, over a local store.


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coldmine16

Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:55 am



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yea i know what you mean my dad bought his old pc from a local store it was good for a while then everything started crashing hes good with comps so he fixed it but everything was just messed up and when he went to return it the store was outa buisness

hey i was just wondering is the software for mac really diff than for pc


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octopi

Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:24 am



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AFAIK. Yes, it is, although most of the common apps work on both, like you can get a mac version of microsoft office, most open sourcey projects come in mac/windows/linux such as firefox.

However the new macs are running on intels, so you can just dual boot windows/mac osx, when you want it to be a mac let it be a mac, when you want it to be a windows machine let it, I think thats the perfect solution as far as compatibility.


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iamcow

Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:21 pm



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Like a couple of people here, i myself would opt for a thinkpad. Asus is something to consider as well. Toshiba has been rated by consumer reports as the most reliable (if thats what you value)

Hp tends to have extremely short battery life
Dell...lets not go there
Sony why pay the "sony" price for a mediocre machine?

And macs, I agree to the suggestion to wait a while before getting one


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rdrake

Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:09 pm



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I am a big thinkpad fan, look up here:
http://caipsgws001.can.ibm.com/store/selectsystem?type=kw&action=search&keyword=thinkpad+t60I second that.
The T60 is very nice, I am sure you won't regret it. However, don't bother with the R-series, it is very crappy.Interesting... considering this message is brought to you by the Thinkpad R60.  I absolutely love it, and many, many other people I know have the exact same model.  In fact, there's about 4000+ of them at my school.

Remember, you can customize most laptops out there on the website.  Just because the base model has lower specs, doesn't mean that any derivative from that model will be poor.


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Cervantes

Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:24 pm



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The T60 is very nice, I am sure you won't regret it. However, don't bother with the R-series, it is very crappy.Interesting... considering this message is brought to you by the Thinkpad R60.  I absolutely love it, and many, many other people I know have the exact same model.  In fact, there's about 4000+ of them at my school.

Is that the laptop your school forces you to buy? ;)


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rdrake

Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:03 pm



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The T60 is very nice, I am sure you won't regret it. However, don't bother with the R-series, it is very crappy.Interesting... considering this message is brought to you by the Thinkpad R60.  I absolutely love it, and many, many other people I know have the exact same model.  In fact, there's about 4000+ of them at my school.

Is that the laptop your school forces you to buy? ;)You bet!  Only those in part-time programs may opt out of the program.

Oh, and another word of note.  As mentioned before, do not buy no-name brands unless you know they're damn good.  I made that mistake, and right now have a laptop without a working screen, power button, and CD-ROM drive.

I hear good things about IBM, Apple, and Toshiba laptops.


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md

Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:27 am



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Lenovo customer support is wicked. My dad has a thinkpad and he has had to get some things fixed on it (thought more then normal wear mostly... laptops and boats don't mix too well...) and they were excellent about it.


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bugzpodder

Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:11 pm



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There are lots of asus fan here, so I am sure they would recommand you that. And Asus is quite good itself, so I would recommand it too.
Just don't buy Gateway, HP, Dell, and the worst of all, Acer. Of course, all the small brands are definilty not in consideration I would say.
I am a big thinkpad fan, look up here:
http://caipsgws001.can.ibm.com/store/selectsystem?type=kw&action=search&keyword=thinkpad+t60

The T60 is very nice, I am sure you won't regret it. However, don't bother with the R-series, it is very crappy.
Toshiba, my current one is a Toshiba, it over heats a lot, lol, I had to put a metal bar under the laptop for better airflow. It is a 3 year old laptop, I have used some newer ones and they dont' have the over heating problem. For 2G, you can get a very very powerful one if you go for toshiba.

whats wrong with gateway hp dell and acer?


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we64

Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:13 am



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Gateway, my gf's gateway shuts itself down one day after 2 months while browsing Internet. And it never turns back on again... She has the top line up one too, looks very nice indeed, but never saw that coming. Also, the designs on there is really not convient and user friendly.
HP, the quality should be decent, but I dont' like the battery life, too short compare others in the same class. By short, I dont' mean short by half an hour, but by about 2 hours, come on. And they are quite heavy. I highly recommand it if you are looking for a desktop replacement though, you would love the performance.
Acer, people around me have bought a few Acer laptops beacuse of the price I think. And most of them have problems within the first month. And by reseraching online for a while, seems like Acer's quality is really not that great. After all, you get what you paid for.

Of course, Mac has their problems, over heat, hot power supply and stuff, but that is a Mac, no comparison can be made to other makers really.
Thinkpad, indeed it has problems, but it is about how many have problems, how much poeple complain, how much people put in good words for it, how much peolpe enjoy using them. I am sure you will find more people put good words in for Thinkpad than any other laptops in the world. Their design, layout, quality, performance, and service are far in the lead than any other laptops makers on average.  I still think Thinkpad 600 back in the pentium 2 days had, and still has the best laptop keyboard ever designed.
By the way, do you ever people say they dropped their XXX laptop on the floor from X meters high and still works perfectly fine after? besides a thinkpad?


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BenLi

Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:34 pm



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a compelling argument indeed for thinkpad. However, the components in thinkpads are in general worse than even dell

If you are still considering a dell after all this, prohaps you should look at this:

https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/

i don't think you want an exploding battery


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md

Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:18 pm



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a compelling argument indeed for thinkpad. However, the components in thinkpads are in general worse than even dell

Not sure where you got that... Thinkpads are definitely made with quality components; at least as good if not better then Dell's laptops. Having had thinkpads, dell laptops and compaq laptops the thinkpad wins hands down for reliability and quality.


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we64

Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:11 pm



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Dell's batterys are from Sony, they said it is Sony's fault. lol. Good quality parts eh?


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BenLi

Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:32 pm



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reliable and good quality yes, but the thinkpad actually has cheaper components than dell. Dell has more expensive components...yet manages to screw up all the same.


Whats interesting is that Sony batteries used in other laptops have never exploded before... sony's fault eh?


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bugzpodder

Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:25 pm



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is it just me, or is thinkpad twice as much expansive than machines from other brands with similar specs?


PI = 3.14 
HAHA! IN YOUR FACE MR. WHITE!

ahh... right... =.=;


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we64

Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:12 pm



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yeah, thinkpad is expensive indeed, but you know, you get what you paid for. There are models where are cheap, like the R series, but that won't truely reflects the power of thinkpad. T and X are the way to go, however, indeed very expensive.
At the age of 1500 under per laptop world right now, thinkpads are still up in 2000 above, which is why you dont' see too many.

