Laptop

I need one for college.

Can you provide me with some links to good ones on newegg?

Budget: $500-750.

yeah go here >>>>http://www.newegg.com/Index.aspx


lol sorry man i know whats good,
but not whats better in the same price range this compared to that

seeing that you already waited over 12 hrs with out response

Yes, thanks for your response. But a link to newegg can't really help me unless it's points to a specific object tazz! ; D

lmao like i said "sorry"

For a laptop. I'd say look into HP's, Dells and Gateways. They usually have pretty good specs and are around your budget price. It all depends on what you plan on doing with it. I'd say Toshiba's too although they're a little pricier.

I know you can set the filters on newegg and tigerdirect for price range so give that a shot. .

I'm looking for one myself and I've found some good deals as well. Don't be afraid of refurbs either.

For example heres one that I've been considering:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 445-150013

I think a 160 hard drive would fill up quickly.

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I'm not newfag. I stream my porn.

Get a dell. You can get a very powerful dell laptop for between 500 and 750. Check the deals for them here www.slickdeals.net.

Thanks Sac.

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I have a few questions again... : )

I need more storage for my desktop. I'm planning to take my desktop to college, and I'm going to buy a laptop. I want a terabyte, and I'm not sure if I want an internal or external storage. I'm thinking I could buy an external, so it's be easier to transfer my files between the laptop.

Will I know notice THAT much of a difference between a 5,400 RPM drive and a 7,200 RPM drive?

Also, I want to spend between 1,000-1,300 while finding the best bang for my buck. I want a graphics card, 64bit Windows, and 4GB of RAM or more.



Here's a survey I found to better show my needs.
1) What is your budget?
$1,000-$1,300

2) What size notebook would you prefer?
Anything in that price range.

3) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?
Basic schoolwork, and gaming.

4) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?
I'll most likely be taking it to class with me.

5) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games?
HL2DM, TF2, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire. I'm not worried about playing the newer games on lower settings as long as they play.

6) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
Nothing that's going to break easily.

7) How many hours of battery life do you need?
At least 2 hours when I'm taking notes in class. I don't care about the battery life when I'm gaming because I'll be able to plug it in somewhere.

8 ) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person?
I can buy online.

9) Please select your country's flag as a post icon and tell us what country are you buying this in.
U.S.

Screen Specifics

10) Would you prefer standard or widescreen?
Either/Or. Depends mainly on my budget.

11) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer?

1440X900

12) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?
I don't know the difference.

Build Quality and Design

13) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
I don't care about the color or looks as long as it doesn't look girlish. : P

14) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?
I'll either be buying it in 3 weeks, or 3 months. I'm not sure whether it'll be better to buy it right after I graduate, or before I go to college.

Notebook Components

15) How much hard drive space do you want; 40GB to 200GB?
If I buy an external terabyte, I'm not too concerned about the storage as long as it'll be able to hold all the downloads of TF2 and HL2DM. So probably around 500GB should be good.

16) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD-ROM, DVD-CD/RW or DVD-RW drive?
Probably DVD-ROM if I'm to buy something on the CD's.








HP HDX 16-1140US NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8600(2.40GHz) 16" 4GB Memory 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834147922


HP HDX 16-1160US NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8600(2.40GHz) 16" 6GB Memory 500GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834147923


ASUS G Series G50VT-X6 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8700(2.53GHz) 15.4" Wide SXGA+ 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834220483


ASUS N70 Series N70Sv-A1 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8600(2.40GHz) 17.3" 4GB Memory DDR2 800 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834220543

well first off, are you going to put a router into your room? if you are i would go with an internal HD, just network the 2 machines together, reason being that would make your HD harder for peeps to steal. and if you're getting a HD as big as a TB you want one with the fastest access speed you can find. thats a lot of space, you want fast read write heads on it. also, why are you getting a laptop to game on when you are bringing your gaming machine with you? why not spend less money on the laptop for school work and such? just a thought.

Can only a router split an Ethernet cable up? If so, yes I will have one. I'm going to connect both machines to the network. I'm going to buy a nice laptop because I'm going to need a laptop to last be all four years of college. I need to buy the best I can buy right now with the money that I have.

You want 7200 RPM if you want to game with it. However as Chem said, why worry about gaming on the lappy if you are bringing your gaming rig with you any way?

A terebyte is a shitload of storage I doubt you really need that much unless you are planning on storing a lot of big files and I mean a fucking lot. You might be able to save some bucks if you go with 600 GB which should be plenty.

Also 64 bit windows can be buggy I have heard. I wouldn't rcommend Vista if you can avoid it. Might want to wait til Win 7 comes out. Dunno.

I've found a couple of reasons why I would want a gaming laptop. If I want go to outside, or go to starbuck, I can bring it with me. The keyboard may be a bit difficult to use if I were to do that, but I'd bring my mouse also. If I want to go home for the weekend, I'm not going to want to lug a desktop from the 10th floor of my dorm to my car, drive home, lug it inside, and set it up. I can just bring the laptop again.

I filled up my 320 in no time whatsoever. I'm constantly downloading music and videos. I'm going to need some place to store them. Plus, with the prices so low now, why not just buy one terabyte? From just looking at newegg real quickly, the biggest price difference I found between a 640 and a 1000GB is 20 dollars. Some external 640's are even more expensive than the terabyte!

Western Digital WDE1U6400N 640GB USB 2.0 Element External Hard Drive = $89.99

Western Digital Element 1TB 3.5" Black External Hard Drive = $89.99

Links^

How does this look?

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ ... dio-xps-13

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (3MB cache/2.4GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-bit
Edge-to-Edge 13.3" HD WXGA LCD with 2.0 Megapixel Camera
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
320GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M - 256MB
$1169

That one you posted looks pretty decent to me, the only thing I can see is the graphics card is not that great, but seens as you are only going to be playing dm and other low spec games on it you should be ok.

Yea a 512 mb card would be better. Do you have the option of putting a better card in it?

Otherwise it should be fine for what you want.

Well if you would tell us what you are planning to do with it....

If you need it for college and all you plan on doing is take note and use Office, just buy the cheapest thing around.

But if you're in college in say.... 3D, then we'd know for what kind of parts you're looking after and what deals are the best to satisfy your needs.

.conflict wrote:Well if you would tell us what you are planning to do with it....

If you need it for college and all you plan on doing is take note and use Office, just buy the cheapest thing around.

But if you're in college in say.... 3D, then we'd know for what kind of parts you're looking after and what deals are the best to satisfy your needs.

I want to take notes and play computer games. If I don't use all the money, then I don't get it in the form of cash. It's better for me to use all the cash. I want to be able to take it to every class, but also be able to play DM and TF2 on it.

No, I don't have the option of putting a better card in it. The only two options are the one I provided and a 9400M.

Think you would do better with their Studio XPS 16 so you can get the 512 card.

Can't post a link, Im on the cell phone.

Price starts at $1099

I think I'm going to go with a netbook. There's no point in me to buy a nice laptop when it can get stolen at college easy, and I'll have my desktop. So, could you guys help me with finding a netbook? I want something with a 10in screen because I went to bestbuy, and the 8in screen netbook's keyboards seemed too small. I'm also going to need an external hard drive, and I want to upgrade my desktop a little bit. I'll have around $300 for the desktop, $350 for the netbook, and $100 for a external. Could you guys help me again please?