For those computer-savvy people out there

[krisrt4tin 0]

If anyone here has any suggestions on a pretty good, yet not too expensive, laptop and would like to help me out please let me know.

Thanks!

[BruinsFanRI 0]

What are you looking to spend?

[LegoDoom 0]

What are you going to be using it for?

You can configure a Dell fairly specifically and they do have some decent deals on them.

[krisrt4tin 0]

mostly for school and internet use as well as the usual music, movie, and pic downloads.

i'm broke so i cant really spend more than $1100 unless there is a good deal on financing.

[Chadd 916]

With the rebate this comes in at your price. Not a bad unit for the price.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/f...50_1&l=en&s=dhs

[foppa21 0]

I've had my Averatec since May, and you can't beat the price as far as thin and lights go. It's great for class.

http://www.shipitforyou.com/cgi-bin/sgin01...004081521000524

[kosydar 0]

I'd stay away from Gateway. We bought one less than a year ago and its continually had problems and we've had to ship it back to Gateway. We also have a HP which is pretty nice.

[Chadd 916]

I've never had a problem with a Toshiba laptop. Every company that I know that uses Toshibas notebooks has had very good luck with them. Every other brand has had somewhat mixed results. DOn't get a Thinkpad, no matter what you do.

[denverbronco86 0]

Just this month I bought a new laptop for school, after extensive shopping online and a trip to Best Buy, from HP Shopping.com. I used an e-coupon code I found for a hundred bucks off on the HP site from this site, http://cheap.typepad.com/cheapster/compute...ware/index.html, and then a fifty dollar mail-in-rebate so that the computer cost me $898.

My HP Pavillion ze4800 came with:

Windows XP Home Edition

AMD Athlon XP-M 2800+ 2.133 GHz

15.0" TFT XGA (1024 x 768)

256MB DDR SDRAM (1x256MB)

60 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive

DVD/CDRW Combo Drive

ATI Mobility Radeon

54g Integrated Broadcom 802.11b/g Wireless LAN

Microsoft® Works/Money

8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Free Shipping

My brother gave me another 256MB of RAM he had for free and we already had a multi-licensed Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition, so that saved me another $250 . I am very satisfied with the computer so far, but if I had had more to spend I don't think I would have regretted getting a higher model then the ze4000 series.

[krisrt4tin 0]

Thanks guys for all all your input. I think i'm going to go with a toshiba since my sister and uncle have had pretty good luck and no complaints.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_...oduct_id=175352

there should be $200 in toshiba rebates and $100 in Visa rebates if I open and purchase it on the Visa card.

Thanks again

[Thockey17 1]

thats a solid computer for that price without those deals. My dad has had his toshiba for a while now, and hasnt had one problem yet.

[Vapor 0]

No!!! Im tooooo late! 1100 you say?! You can get an iBook with that stack of cash. Plus with student discounts, you will end up playing about 800, 900 bucks. Plus, everybody knows, apples are best for music and pictures, not to mention being virus free!

[mack 44]

For argument's sake I checked out Apple's laptops since our company has a rate with them and they lacked...power. Unless something doesn't convert right, they didn't seem worthy of the $1K price tags.

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

Damn, Vapor...

When she posted the thread, I was like "Be sure to specify that you DON'T want a Mac, b/c Vapor will try to persuade you to get one..."

:)

[LegoDoom 0]

For argument's sake I checked out Apple's laptops since our company has a rate with them and they lacked...power. Unless something doesn't convert right, they didn't seem worthy of the $1K price tags.

It doesn't convert right. Because of the RISC chipset, Mac's can run with less heat generated. If I needed a laptop just for music, pictures, and other multimedia, then I'd get a Mac because they run faster while using less power. Too bad I need a computer for more than just that.

[krisrt4tin 0]

I have yet to purchase a laptop. There aren't too many deals on rebates out there now so I figured that Labor Day weekend someone will have decent rebates to offer. Thanks guys for your input.

[mack 44]

For argument's sake I checked out Apple's laptops since our company has a rate with them and they lacked...power.  Unless something doesn't convert right, they didn't seem worthy of the $1K price tags.

It doesn't convert right. Because of the RISC chipset, Mac's can run with less heat generated. If I needed a laptop just for music, pictures, and other multimedia, then I'd get a Mac because they run faster while using less power. Too bad I need a computer for more than just that.

So it'll still play DVDs then, assuming it has a drive? If it only had games then I'd be set.