Laptops

[stan03]

I want to try to convince my parents to get me a laptop. What good brands are there besides those like dell, sony, etc? I recently heard of pctorque, and it seems like thier laptops are way cheaper than a comparatively equipped laptop anywhere else. also, i really like the "xbrite" screen sony has. does any other manufacturer have something similar under a different name?

[ajrettke]

Not sure on the xbrite, but for high quality laptops IBM and Sager are supposed to be very very good.

[mribnik]

with laptops it really depends on what you are going to use it for and what you value. I've heard from a number of people that IBM is the best, but you pay for it. I also hear that pctorque is a great place to buy a laptop. They also have a notebook forum which could be useful as well. As far as the screen goes, the newer fujitsu screen is supposed to be better than the Sony.

[Cheesehead]

ibuypower's are great deals. For 1000$, you can get a decent 4-lb Centrino-based notebook, and for about 1300$ you can get a laptop with a 9700 Pro and and AMD64 3000+ processor.

[stan03]

ibuypower's are great deals. For 1000$, you can get a decent 4-lb Centrino-based notebook, and for about 1300$ you can get a laptop with a 9700 Pro and and AMD64 3000+ processor.

oh those are nice too...wow really cheap :eek:



is fujitsu an oem supplier to any other companies, or do i have to by a fujitsu branded laptop?

this laptop will probably be for school work, games on the side.

[cursor]

How much are you looking to spend? That will make a big difference? Also, do you want a svelt laptop (4 lbs?) or do you care if it's a bit heftier (7 lbs?).

One thing I can tell you is that AMD's laptop CPU's get HOT. After I had a duron, I have gone with Intel every time.

On the low end, Toshiba's Satellite models do pretty well.

[JDXNC]

I have played around with a few Averatec's and they seems to be very nice and well made.

I will agree, the Sony screens can't be beat :attn: But The new Toshiba's screen's are very similar.

[stan03]

i hope its around 1.5k... i would prefer a lighter laptop.