Help choosing a laptop

**uselesscrap** · January 10th, 2006, 07:11 AM

I will have enogh ca$h coming up in Feburary to buy a new laptop. I am wondering what is good. I am not a gamer, but I do want a nice machine. I can spend up to $3000 canadian, but prefer to keep it around $2000. What do you people recommend?

**pimpinaman** · January 10th, 2006, 07:51 AM

get something with a 64bit CPU to help future proof your machine and make sure it is expandable to at least 1gb of ram for the same reasons.

**uselesscrap** · January 10th, 2006, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by pimpinaman

get something with a 64bit CPU to help future proof your machine and make sure it is expandable to at least 1gb of ram for the same reasons.

I am definitely looking at the Athlon 64 bit cpu. I would like a gig of ram, at least an 80 gig HD, preferably a high-cap battery, dvd all-in-one, and maybe 128 mb graphics. Is this too much to ask for that price. Extended warranty is important to me also.

**Lehk** · January 10th, 2006, 12:04 PM

check out the Acer TravelMate line. i get 5-6 hours on a charge and everything works great.
avoid the Acer Aspire line they don't have good battery life.

btw mine is a 1.6 ghz pentium M (NOT A P4-mobile) the pentium M is a pentium 3 on crack with the good features from the p4 but not all the crap that made it slow.

**B@lle** · January 11th, 2006, 01:30 AM

or else check out some of the www.alienware.com s labtops

**uselesscrap** · January 11th, 2006, 07:10 AM

Those alien ones are very cool, but what is their warranty and service like in canada?

**tomars** · January 11th, 2006, 07:33 AM

MacBook Pro!
And then send it to me. Thanks

**uselesscrap** · January 11th, 2006, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by tomars

MacBook Pro!
And then send it to me. Thanks

I have considered a mac, but where would I get my free software for educational purposes?

**moneoa** · January 11th, 2006, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by uselesscrap

Those alien ones are very cool, but what is their warranty and service like in canada?

Top notch but as you can see with the Aliens they are also top dollar.
I personally recommend a Toshiba, I own one and it has always been a good machine and versatile.
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.gr...t=3410#spectop
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.gr...t=4370#spectop

**uselesscrap** · January 11th, 2006, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by moneoa

Top notch but as you can see with the Aliens they are also top dollar.
I personally recommend a Toshiba, I own one and it has always been a good machine and versatile.
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.gr...t=3410#spectop
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.gr...t=4370#spectop

I am leaning towards Toshiba or Acer. Thanks for all your input.

**tomars** · January 11th, 2006, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by uselesscrap

I have considered a mac, but where would I get my free software for educational purposes?

Demonoid (not that I would know) :D
AND you can dual boot Windows on the new MacBook's so...

**Auggie2k** · January 11th, 2006, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by moneoa

Top notch but as you can see with the Aliens they are also top dollar.
I personally recommend a Toshiba, I own one and it has always been a good machine and versatile.
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.gr...t=3410#spectop
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.gr...t=4370#spectop

Yeah for sure. You need a drool bucket to look at their latest models. There's a class one with a fully adjustable screen.

**moneoa** · January 11th, 2006, 12:32 PM

oh wow thats pretty...

**pimpinaman** · January 11th, 2006, 05:50 PM

...the bad part is that laptop with the graphics capability you want is going to eat up your battery life and most likely be kinda heavy to lug around.