need advice on which laptop to buy[views:24681][posts:131]_______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 6:42am - Messerschmitt ""] i don't know shit about them. i don't want to pay more than 5 or 600 bucks. does anyone know of any good deals? |
| _______________________________ [Nov 18,2006 7:34am - Mess ""] how's'bout this one? http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?...023&sourceid=1500000000000002028760 |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 8:59am - nDUG - nli ""] go to best buy on black friday. decent HP one for cheap. plus they are giving free upgrades of vista to all vista ready computers when vista is released. |
| _______________________________ [Nov 18,2006 9:11am - Mess ""] is that every friday or something? |
| _______________________________ [Nov 18,2006 9:12am - Mess ""] oh it's the day after thanksgiving gobble gobble |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 9:43am - the_reverend ""] that Centrino M is the same computer that I'm using right now and I carina bought this for me nov 2004 for $750. that laptop you linked would be a good deal for $399. I would suggest paying about $699 and getting a good laptop from dell. this dell I'm using right now is the computer I've been using for EVERYTHING and it's been fine (granted I was a faster one now). go to http://www.dell.com and build a lattitude and then just wait for a deal. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 9:58am - the_reverend ""] http://www.compusa.com/products/product_in..._ite=generic%20120gb&ref=performics similar lappy for $199 |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:02am - the_reverend ""] $499 for a dell with similar specs http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/con...s=19&kc=6V440&l=en&oc=DNDWDA1&s=dhs better processor if I rememeber |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:06am - Granny_Monster ""] I'm thinking about getting a Mac at some point in the near future... any thoughts? |
| ___________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:10am - thegreatspaldino ""] yeah... Don't. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:38am - the_reverend ""] there is no reason to get a MAC now. they dummifier their hardware to use any crap. Get a $2300 pc lappy instead of the Mac and you can do anything with linux running elightenment and wine or windows and cigwin or something. Mac's USED TO kick ass with the whole faster memory channels and stuff like that, but now it doesn't matter. anything that Macs do, PCs are just as good at. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:39am - Messerschmitt ""] thanks for the advice Rev |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:39am - the_reverend ""] To Mess, you can buy a dell coupon on ebay too. around this time of the year, dell typically has 50% off laptop coupons.. but I didn't see them yet so they might not be doing it this year. http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?s...v=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1&fsoo=1 |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:44am - the_reverend ""] oh if you look at the Dell prices, you see one that is crossed out, that's the price the the 20% coupon comes off of. so if you look here http://www.dell.com/content/products/categ...ry.aspx/inspn?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd you see $449 when you apply the coupon it's off the $549. since the $449 is already 19% off the $549, then buy the coupon from dell does nothing for you. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:47am - Messerschmitt ""] does this mean it's got 2 cd/dvd drives? 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability that would be a plus so i could copy my cd's or whatever to another disc without having to rip the cd and then burn it. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:48am - the_reverend ""] I want a new laptop for my photo-stuff, but I want a duo core 2 with a SATAII drive. that's not going to happen now. I don't think it would make my picture processing better/faster enough to merrit it. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:49am - the_reverend ""] no. that means you get one drive that does it all. I have one that does all that, but DL (dual-layer) DVD-R too. I don't have any DL DVDs yet... yet.. they are 8GB per disc. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:52am - the_reverend ""] I'm going to convice carina to get this one: http://www.dell.com/content/products/featu...x/xpsnb_m2010?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd ha! |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:54am - Messerschmitt ""] i don't need it for anything special other than the interwebs and music and windows xp office would be nice too like word and excel? a few pics here and there vids too. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 10:56am - Messerschmitt ""] the_reverend said:I'm going to convice carina to get this one: http://www.dell.com/content/products/featu...x/xpsnb_m2010?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd ha! that thing's insane. don't they outdate themselves within months anyway? |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 11:09am - Anti-Racism ""] [img] |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 11:09am - Messerschmitt ""] here's a black friday deal from office depot? http://www.blackfriday.info/item/4370 $299 after rebat? |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 11:28am - the_reverend ""] I typed out a long thing about being on the road and what to post, but it disappeared.. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 11:29am - Messerschmitt ""] huh? |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 18,2006 11:29am - Messerschmitt ""] this one's from staples available on "blizack friday" Compaq Presario V5303NR Notebook PC - $399.98 (After Rebate) |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 19,2006 1:29pm - Messerschmitt ""] this dell looks nice. it's a little pricier than i want to pay but i may have to say "fuck it". maybe i should keep an eye on their website until black friday comes and see if the price goes down or if any other deals pop up? http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/con...s=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bndwe4c&s=bsd |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 19,2006 2:38pm - Todd NLI ""] That Black Friday site is awesome |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 19,2006 2:48pm - the_reverend ""] I made up a lappy to replace my mobile lappy. $1797 for what I want. ahaha. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 9:45am - Messerschmitt ""] best buy looks like the place to go on black friday. there are only 10 of these laptops per store. i know i'm going to get into a fight. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 9:50am - Messerschmitt ""] oh and i forgot. i'll probably still be drunk from the night before so there's no telling what i'll bring? mace? a bat? rope? duct tape? |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:01am - the_reverend ""] yeah, people usually line up at 4am. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:08am - Messerschmitt ""] the_reverend said:yeah, people usually line up at 4am. fuck! i hate people:gun: seriously this is going to suck but it will probably be worth it if i can actually get one? if i don't get one and i was standing in line for that long (be prepared to see some asshole "me" on the news). i just won't go to bed. i'm trying to find a best buy out in the sticks somewhere where there is less people but... no such luck.:itchy: |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:11am - the_reverend ""] that's what carina and I did for the passed couple years at staples. but then they moved the staples with everything else. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:17am - Messerschmitt ""] how long would you wait in line? |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:22am - the_reverend ""] I wouldn't, but that's just me. sometimes (especially with best buy) they will pass out tickets for what you want to buy. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:24am - Messerschmitt ""] tickets? what do the tickets do? |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:28am - the_reverend ""] like if they have 10 lappies, they will go down the line and give out 10 tickets to the first 10 people who want a lappy. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:34am - Messerschmitt ""] oh... so that should help control the flood of assholes when they open the doors right? |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:36am - Granny_Monster ""] the_reverend said:there is no reason to get a MAC now. they dummifier their hardware to use any crap. Get a $2300 pc lappy instead of the Mac and you can do anything with linux running elightenment and wine or windows and cigwin or something. Mac's USED TO kick ass with the whole faster memory channels and stuff like that, but now it doesn't matter. anything that Macs do, PCs are just as good at. I guess I'm partial to them because we've always had them at my house so it's what I'm used to. My foster dad is some sort of Mac advocate so I've heard a lot of praise. Also, I've heard (from many different sources) that Dell laptops generally suck. Has something changed or...? |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:38am - the_reverend ""] every lappy sucks if you ask the right (or wrong) person |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:41am - Granny_Monster ""] Fair enough! I think I might just go with a desktop, anyway. Thanks for the help, though. |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:47am - Messerschmitt ""] i'm always "on the go" so i need a laptop in order to give the coordinates to blow up the world when the time is right. |
| _______________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 10:51am - the_reverend ""] I'm never trusting you with intel again. |
| _____________________________ [Nov 20,2006 1:22pm - pam ""] I've had a Dell Inspiron for almost 5 years now. I've replaced hard drive, power cord and modem and the battery is totally dead, but the fucker still works pretty well. From what I hear, Dells have improved a lot, however they have the worst customer service ever. Don't count on talking to ANYONE who speaks English. And get the extended warrenty. |
| ________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 2:14pm - xmikex ""] thegreatspaldino said:yeah... Don't. I stand behind my iMac G5. That thing has worked gloriously for me. And Dell laptops are atrocious. I watch people at work cause more headaches for themselves because of their cheap Dell laptops than anything else. When I was shopping around for computers 2 years ago everyone was trying to push Dell laptops on me because they were so cheap. If I'm gonna skimp on anything it's gonna be condoms because I'd rather have AIDS than lug my computer down to Best Buy every other month to get it fixed. |
| __________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 2:15pm - davefromthegrave ""] hahaha, I just clicked on this thread to ask a question, read Mike's response, and forgot what I was gonna ask. |
| __________________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 2:15pm - davefromthegrave ""] oh yeah! Are sony laptops any good? |
| _____________________________ [Nov 20,2006 3:09pm - pam ""] I heard the Vaio's are awesome. |
| __________________________________ [Nov 20,2006 3:43pm - succubus ""] if you want to get a black friday deal on a laptop...know that quantities are VERY limited... know of people going to wait in line after eating thanksgiving dinner...it used to be bad when people got in line at midnight....but now it's the day before....give me a break! what also sucks is that certain store managers hand out the tickets whenever they want...if they have a lot of people the day before, they'll just hand them out and then if you go at midnight you have no idea that everything's spoken for...aaron and i have been lucky so far...the best deal so far being $500 bucks for the TV in our bedroom that i see people still buying it when it goes on sale for $799 now... haha |
| _______________________________ [Nov 20,2006 3:47pm - Mess ""] i'm wondering if i should even bother trying |