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I need a laptop. Recommendations?
fallacy:
Like Blanka was saying it hardly matters the specs are so high now with 8 gigs of memory and i7 processors. Only thing that would matter is the displays in which case if you are doing photo shop work hook the laptop up to your monitor and optical mouse.
If you wanted one for gamming that would be a different story because usually graphic cards in laptops are behind the curve.
I would say go to best buy and see one that feels and looks right. Then buy it online for cheaper.
BadMouth:
Had a $375 Acer and hated it. The keyboard keys were flat and felt weird. I literally could not type correctly on it.
The speakers were the worst in any device I'd ever owned, including my cell phone.
The cover would fall off the dvd drive and the drive itself sounded like it was going to shake the laptop apart. They're just cheap.
From what I've heard, Sony charges to download Vaio drivers.
I'm not 100% sure it's true, but you might want to check into it if you're going to be messing around with other operating systems.
hypernova:
Had one Toshiba, until it was stolen about 18 months later from our house.
Replaced with a bigger and better Toshiba for the last 3 or 4 years. Been happy with it. Battery seems a little suspect the last few months. Still works rather well besides the rare problems with the battery doing something weird about once a week or so. It's been my main PC choice since I've gotten it. I use it about 95% of the time.
RayB:
Thanks everybody. Toshiba and Thinkpad seem to be the definite front-runners here.
knave:
I've bought 3 Dell notebooks over the past 5 years for various family members, all still perform well. I've bought one Acer and while the computer is great the build quality is lacking. I've fixed a few HP's and Toshibas and while I can't speak for longjevity they both seemed to work well enough.
If I were in the market for a new notebook today I would let price + Spec's be my guide. Most likely though I would still buy from dell because there are always good deals and the order process is so easy not to mention that I can use all of my existing chargers.
As far as specs I would get an i5 or above, 8gb ram 1gb descrete graphics with a 1080p screen (HDMI out is a must), I'm also a fan of a 9 cell battery and backlit keyboard but while nice they are not required. For less than a grand you can get a pretty loaded i7.
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