advice on laptop <500

pairenoid · Jul 27, 2012

I actually have a laptop an acer 5420, but 2 inches of top of the screen is not working because i raged one time and well it still works but its pretty slow and messed up

some months it doesnt even turn on, sometimes it works flawlessly, but one things for sure, its on its last breath

I want a new laptop to play with linux, i know i dont need to buy a laptop just for this but thing is i want a new laptop, and i want to learn and play with linux

i already have a 700 dollar gaming pc with w7, i do not want to dual boot or do anything with it other than game

right now I am thinking 400-500 is a good price for a laptop with 4gb(is 2gb fine for linux?) and i dont care about the OS, but i would like a decent processor

Ill prob install fedora or ubuntu immediately. So things i will do
browse
youtube
possible movies, but ill be on my pc more than my laptop
learn linux
eventually become my work laptop so i want it to be light, easily portable, like at least 2 hours of battery with light use unplugged..my current laptop lasts 40 minutes so this is important.

any suggestions at all? thanks, i can wait for sales, but would prefer to buy it this month

feel free to suggest which linux distro's to try as well

thanks!

nightelph · Jul 27, 2012

Great opening line.

Since you have a gaming desktop, a great compliment would be something small, like sub- 15" screen, but thats up to you. You could buy an older m11x but honestly anything in that size range without discreet graphics should fit your budget. I suggest the m11x because its small and looks nice.

pairenoid · Jul 27, 2012

thanks for the suggestion, I tried looking some up but i guess the old model is dunzo i can only find info on the new ones

I have a new consideration, since they are all generally the same spec, what about design
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131320

this any good?only 6 reviews =[

marketpantry · Jul 27, 2012

pairenoid said:
I actually have a laptop an acer 5420, but 2 inches of top of the screen is not working because i raged one time and well it still works but its pretty slow and messed up

some months it doesnt even turn on, sometimes it works flawlessly, but one things for sure, its on its last breath

I want a new laptop to play with linux, i know i dont need to buy a laptop just for this but thing is i want a new laptop, and i want to learn and play with linux

i already have a 700 dollar gaming pc with w7, i do not want to dual boot or do anything with it other than game

right now I am thinking 400-500 is a good price for a laptop with 4gb(is 2gb fine for linux?) and i dont care about the OS, but i would like a decent processor

Ill prob install fedora or ubuntu immediately. So things i will do
browse
youtube
possible movies, but ill be on my pc more than my laptop
learn linux
eventually become my work laptop so i want it to be light, easily portable, like at least 2 hours of battery with light use unplugged..my current laptop lasts 40 minutes so this is important.

any suggestions at all? thanks, i can wait for sales, but would prefer to buy it this month

feel free to suggest which linux distro's to try as well

thanks!

i strongly suggest saving up and getting an asus if you have rage issues. they will replace a laptop that h as been accidentally damaged within the first year (only once though). i strongly suggest self gratification or perhaps a zen garden to control your anger.

pairenoid · Jul 27, 2012

lol well thanks for the advice, it will be nice to have a laptop to work after a punch it but i wont punch them any more D:

here is what i am looking to buy in order of preference
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6834131320

so sexy basically the only reason i want it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215345

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...grabb3r-_-Notebooks-_-Acer+America-_-34215190

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