Looking for suggestions on laptops.

TKE Super Dave · 2007-05-28T11:34:21

I'm sure you guys are tired of people asking for advice on which PC or labtop that they should get, but this is another one of those threads. I'm looking into getting a laptop for both school and personal use, and bussiness soon. Things I'm looking for: BUDGET-I'm looking roughly to spend about $1500, however $2000 is my absolute max. Of course like most people I would like cheaper than my target spending but I know I need to be realistic. TYPE-I'm not an Apple fan, just not. I'd prefer it to not be something obscure and hard to find and repair if it ever breaks, as I'm by no means a hardware type guy. OS-Since Vista's been out a little while I'd like it to be Vista compatable and have Vista on it, but if it comes with XP that's fine by me. GRAPHICS-I don't need the highest end graphic card, however I do play a select few games on my computer but not many and none that need the high end graphic card. I also am going to attempt to learn some graphics programming but to be honest I'm not 100% sure if I'll end up doing that. RAM-Now this is the thing I'm the most worried about as I've filled up every computer I've ever owned. I'm looking for at least 1GB or more, preferrably more but I'm willing to sacrifice this if it means I get something better for my particuliar uses. WHAT IT WILL PRIMARILY BE USED FOR (in order from top to bottom from most likely to least): -Surfing the internet -School work (Power Point, Word, excel, Adobe are all I really need for school) -Game Programming (I'm still a student but I'm still working on a few games for my resume and for school) -Playing Music (I store all my music on my computer and making back up cds) -Making Videos/watching them (I do a little video editing of home movies) Thanks for your suggestions. TKE Super Dave

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Started by TKE Super Dave May 27, 2007 04:23 PM

9 comments, last by Ravuya 17 years, 5 months ago

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May 28, 2007 11:34 AM

Quote: Original post by Michalson
[all Apple laptops are actually from Asus, as well as many Sony and other boutique brands]

This is no longer true. Apparently some models of the MBP are assembled by Quanta and the old 12" Powerbook by Acer. Asus continues to assemble the Macbook, which is actually a rebadged version of their W5 series with some extra modifications and better parts.

Reportedly, though, Apple is pretty pissed at Quanta for the whole thermal-grease thing and they're going to switch suppliers.

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