Laptop suggestions

[Bingo]

So I'm tossing around the idea of picking up a laptop.

This would be a companion to my desktop which will still run just about anything, so I don't need anything high-end.

This would primarily be used for light gaming (Nothing cutting edge - that's what the desktop is for), wireless internet access so I can get my GameMecca fix, and just general duty crap.

I'm thinking something able to run SSFE/SSSE and maybe CivIII type graphic duty at the max.

Any suggestions? I've not even LOOKED at laptop stuff before, so it's like a whole new world for me. I'm not even sure how the mobile chips compare these days for crying out loud.

Help me!

B

[Pure_Evil]

how much do you intend to spend?

best research can be done here
http://forum.notebookreview.com/index.php?
there's a thread that's a questioneir, post what you're looking for in that format.

check this place twice a week
http://www.deals2buy.com/

Fragetti and I bought our Dell 7300's through there and save $750. we have gaming laptops with 17" screens and nvidea 6800 cards in them that run ANY game :D

Dell makes solid laptops!

[SASQUATCH]

Go here too ok

http://www.pcmag.com/products/0,,qn=Laptops+Notebooks+Top+Rated,00.asp

Dell and Toshiba I would go with either one. They are known to be the best laptops

SAS

[ME BIGGD01]

Bingo my brother brough over his dell which had a dell duo core chip in it and I was impressed considering he got it for 11oo bucks with savings. You need to look for those deal. It had an ok vga also which was ati200 which is similiar to 9600 card. If you want to do lite gaming I would suggest looking for the best vga instead of looking for best cpu. If 64 bit is important then you should just look into AMD because intel offers only 32 bit in mobil processor. If you are looking just for a laptop to do office work I would say look for the cheapest laptop and maybe add ram to it when you get it. Some can be found for 500-600 bucks which is pretty good for mobility. Frags and pures laptop were pretty sweet and the got them for good prices. Their laptops are faster then most desktops in gaming (my e-machines/gateway is still better until it comes to the video card).

Speaking of gateway, they usually have good laptops with good vga which are very reasonable. Ask pure about the one he got for his lady. 15"4 wide screen crystal clear, and turion chip.

I think the dual core chips are the way to go along with the ability of 64 bit. I think you may want to run vista next year so make a wise descision. This time around there will be plenty of 64 bit support.

[Pure_Evil]

Speaking of gateway, they usually have good laptops with good vga which are very reasonable. Ask pure about the one he got for his lady. 15"4 wide screen crystal clear, and turion chip.
She got it at Circuit City for $950, 1 gig o ram, 100 gig HD, AMD 64 chip, dvd burner, beautiful screen and the ATI 200 chip. Great rig, she loves whe wifi too. great bargain for 15.4" screen

[MassacreAL]

She got it at Circuit City for $950, 1 gig o ram, 100 gig HD, AMD 64 chip, dvd burner, beautiful screen and the ATI 200 chip. Great rig, she loves whe wifi too. great bargain for 15.4" screen
tnx for information, if i will go for laptop this summer, this one seems reasonable :thumbs: (and i wont bother with another "which laptop" thread. plus for gm ;) )

[Bingo]

Thanks a bunch for the tips.

I'm poking around now. I'd like to stay sub-800 bucks at the max, especially since this would be part-time use at best.

I'll let you know if/when I make a choice!

B

[Pure_Evil]

I would avoid Toshiba, a friend of mine says her company uses them, and not reliable at all.

[Fragetti]

Pure there 9300 :)

And I love it... You can get them with 7800 now

If I had the funds

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1710?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~section=specs#tabtop

[Bingo]

Well crap Frag, if yer gonna go that far, then I'd go with this.

Heh.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ntbkx64sli.asp?v=d

B

[Fragetti]

I orderd one from there and sent it back. it wasnt that new model but I was not happy with it. I beleave they are built by MCI. It does look nice. I like the 19" monitor and the Dual nVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX 256MB GDDR3 (in SLI)
sweet

[Bingo]

Really? You didn't like it?

I'm curious to hear more. I bought my desktop from them, and I still love it even 2 years later. I've also sent a couple other folks to them for desktops.

However, I've never done any laptop business with them, so I'm particularly curious to hear what you didn't like?

B

[Fragetti]

Bingo my bad....

I wanted to look up the thead I started on it and found out it was a IBUYPOWER
not cyberpowerpc

http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=177

[ME BIGGD01]

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[SASQUATCH]

I would avoid Toshiba, a friend of mine says her company uses them, and not reliable at all.

Well I know many people and companies who are using it and are very pleased with it.

Toshiba has had great reviews for the past few years and have been making them lately much better, I still would go with Dell or Toshiba.

SAS

[SASQUATCH]

Bingo my brother brough over his dell which had a dell duo core chip in it and I was impressed considering he got it for 11oo bucks with savings. You need to look for those deal. It had an ok vga also which was ati200 which is similiar to 9600 card. If you want to do lite gaming I would suggest looking for the best vga instead of looking for best cpu. If 64 bit is important then you should just look into AMD because intel offers only 32 bit in mobil processor. If you are looking just for a laptop to do office work I would say look for the cheapest laptop and maybe add ram to it when you get it. Some can be found for 500-600 bucks which is pretty good for mobility. Frags and pures laptop were pretty sweet and the got them for good prices. Their laptops are faster then most desktops in gaming (my e-machines/gateway is still better until it comes to the video card).

Speaking of gateway, they usually have good laptops with good vga which are very reasonable. Ask pure about the one he got for his lady. 15"4 wide screen crystal clear, and turion chip.

I think the dual core chips are the way to go along with the ability of 64 bit. I think you may want to run vista next year so make a wise descision. This time around there will be plenty of 64 bit support.

The dell duo core chip I have been looking into it and I am very impress by it.