Calling all lap top guru's

[xwill112x]

I'm about to buy a lap top, going to try to stay uner around $650.

bigger screen is a must. what do you guys think is the best out there for that kind of money.? was looking at dell's and im not sure if they're the brand i should go with?

any advice appreciated.

[george graves]

What are you going to use it for?

[Vince30]

I hate dells, I have an acer laptop I payed $400 for over 2 and a half years ago. Started to slow down a lot so I thew in a $60 ram upgrade and I still couldn't be happier with it. But all depends on what your doing, I don't do anything but surf the web listen to music and stream porn.

[aaron325ix]

I just got an HP pavillion, that I am on right now, and I love it. The screen is 13.3", but i love having the HDMI output for watching movies on my tv via internet, thumb drive etc.

[Naplm00]

I work for Samsung..and like our laptops. PM for more info

[Maluco]

emachine for $299! Installed Office 2007 and I was ready to go, cheap college notebook FTW!

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0320718

- Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
- Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor TF-20
- Processor Speed 1.60GHz
- Level 2 Cache 512KB Level 2 Cache
- Front Side Bus 667MHz Frontside Bus
- RAM Installed / Max RAM Supported 2GB DDR2-667 RAM (Expandable to 4GB)
- Hard Drive 160GB 5,400RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive
- Multimedia Drive 8x SuperMulti Double Layer DVD±RW Drive
- Display Type 15.6" HD Widescreen WXGA High-Brightness Display
- Internal Max Resolution 1366 x 768
- Video Card ATI Radeon(tm) HD 3200
- Video Card Memory Up to 1919MB of HyperMemory(tm) Supporting Shader - Model 4.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 10

[aintnothang]

I'm running a studio 15, and I agree HDMI is nice.

[Wh33lhop]

I'm running a studio 15, and I agree HDMI is nice.

I like the studio 15 a lot, and I really want one, but the reviews I've read all say that shit breaks left and right. :(

[b*saint]

My wife's asus ended up being a good buy.

[xwill112x]

What are you going to use it for?

r3v, pr0n, something to keep my photo's on, etc. i just want a decent laptop thats durable enough for everyday typical use. i dont want anything that over heats all the time, or when you look at it wrong it breaks, or is suppperrr laggy and user un-friendly.

[Ryan Stewart]

For that money you might be better off sticking with a netbook of some sort.

The problem with laptops is it gets really expensive to get desktop functionality/usability in a laptop. For that money you are going to get one that is power hungry and runs hot. Tts also going ot be all plastic, not durable.

[xwill112x]

hmmm any opinions on the Dell inspiron?

[pureaudio]

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/def...px?EDC=1892132

Just got 1 of these in at my work so I haven't had a chance to really check it out but we will be ordering a lot more pretty soon. We have had amazing results with Acer the past 2 years and the price is fantastic for what you get. Dell is fine but while everyone else's prices have dropped recently, Dell hasn't. Before mostly buying Acer, we bought a ton of Dell and comparably had way more issues.

The only thing I do not like about this laptop is the Athlon processor. I would always go Intel if possible but everything else was so good on it for the money, I made a gamble and selected it. The little bit I have messed with it I don't think the decision will be regretted.

[Wh33lhop]

I have always been a PC elitist but I think the new Macbook Pro is calling my name. 2.26 Core 2 Duo and 7 hours of battery life for $1k FTW (not to mention ,yes, the aluminum unibody case).

[equate975]

You're not going to find any good 17" for less than $650. It's hard enough finding a good core2duo for under that.

My mother needed to get a new laptop for her job, I ended up ordering this:

http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd

I got the package one for $569

Acer, Gateway, and E-Machine are all the same compnay, and they are complete worthless garbage.

Edit:

Also I would never buy an AMD laptop unless my life depended on it. They don't hold a candle to anything intel. UNLESS you maybe spend like $3k on a laptop, it might be better then.

Edit2:

I take the $650 back,

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Dell+-+Studio+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B2+Duo+Processor+-+Jet+Black/9168134.p?id=1218041998093&skuId=9168134

Also check out the dell outlet center, they have some pretty decent deals.