Laptop Recomendation

[Lionel Tabris]

HB Games Community,
I need a laptop that meets the specifications:
Other Info:
Uses: Business
Musts

Brand:HP
Price Range: 1$-500$
Have at least 100GB of HD space
Have at least 1.5GB of RAM
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium Genuine 64 bit
Type: New, no used
Wants
Good Hardware

You will be given a virtual huggle and a surprise if found, and the laptop bought be me.
The Surprise is an unstable Application Script

 

[Daxis]

you should really specify much, much more.

Price range is really, really important here.
What are you going to be using it for? Casual use, multimedia, gaming, etc?
What type of brand do you want? Some cost more/less, different values, etc.
Does video card, screen display, input output scecifications, hardware, wifi and wireless card capability, does any of that matter?

 

[candle]

You do realize that fits nearly every notebook out there now, right? Also, you don't need a 64-bit OS unless you plan on getting more than 3GBs of RAM.

 

[DeM0nFiRe]

This laptop here should last you at least a couple years:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834114803

If you want it to last longer, or you want to do some heavy gaming, try this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834220695

 

[Cait]

I got my laptop at Tigerdirect.com, and trust me, it's good. At least, what I paid for it. It has a duel core, and was only 499.99, and new. But I could have gotten one that was better and more expensive. It's where my brother suggested I go, and I don't regret it at all. :cheers:

 

[DeM0nFiRe]

Buying a cheaper laptop just means you have to pay more to replace it sooner. You can only upgrade RAM and HDD space on a laptop, and your bottleneck is going to be video and CPU, so you might as well get something decent. The Core 2 Duo is already old, and won't be useful for much longer.

 

[Jason]

Yeah but it depends what it's being used for, I know people who are still getting along just fine with single core processors on their computers, I mean, if you're only using a computer for the internet, emails, and writing word documents, you don't need a powerful computer.

Then again, Lionel hasn't really said what he'll be using it for, and hasn't made the requirements too specific.

 

[Cait]

:grin: I am so happy I don't have a core 2 duo, but you know when you're buying anything, it doesn't hurt to have options. I could have gotten more memory than I did, and such, for almost 200.00 dollars more. However, since I am just using this for one to two things: what I got is enough. I wanted something 64 native, which is what I got, and I refused to go lower than I did. If you're going to use it for a lot of things, native 64 duo core is the way to do; if you can't afford a quad core that is. :cheers: Now, that's the way to go. Or something my brother calls an estate core? I know I got the name wrong, but it is really expensive, no one can afford it.

EDIT: Just to make a point, but my lap top has.
Brand:ACER Aspire (DUO CORE - AMD Athlon)
Price: 499.99
Has: 3.20 GB of HDD space
Has: 4 GB of RAM
OS: Windows 7 Genuine 64 bit
Type: Brand New

 

[DeM0nFiRe]

AMD Athalon < Core 2 Duo :P

Intel i7, maybe i5, is really the way to go. The i7's for the most part are really priced very well for what they do. I mean, you don't want to go for an extreme edition, because they are just overpriced, but the one in that first link I gave is nice.

 

[Daxis]

My sister advised me that toshiba is really crappy; all her friends' toshibas broke after a year or so.

I'm personally thinking of buying this:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/pr ... =dhs&cs=19

awesome processor, good ram, long battery life, and 1 gig vid card. Although I'm pretty sure that dell is overpriced, i'll probably be doing the monthly payments thing, and buying them over the months of july/august/september are purportedly cheaper. I'll be doing moderate/high gaming so-so often, with messing around in photoshop and maya.

So lionel, how's all the advice so far?

 

[DeM0nFiRe]

Toshiba's are finicky sometimes, but anything that breaks should be under warranty as long as you didn't kick your laptop.

Dells are ok, but they are overpriced and some of their lines of laptops get really cheap parts that die on you like nothing. I definitely recommend going with one of the i7 models, if anything, though. Like I said, once you buy a laptop, you basically can't upgrade it.

 

[Daxis]

by the way, lionel, http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/note ... 45_anav2~~

Intel® Pentium® Dual Core™ T4400 (2.2GHz/800MHz FSB/1MB cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Bright, glossy widescreen 15.6 WLED display (1366x768)
8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
250GB1 SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell 1397 Wireless-G
6-cell battery
Jet Black
1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
Integrated 1.3 MP Webcam


dell, how about this one? customizable as well if you desire to do so.

 

[DeM0nFiRe]

Pentium Dual Core? Avoid it like the plague! It's actually a core 2 duo with the pentium name, but you still want to avoid it.

 

[Daxis]

;o;
well then, I've got nothing immediate. Toshiba, newegg, hp, and other sites can probably help find the specifications lionel'd put up there; got there, search laptops, price, check on windows 7, and that's easy enough to find(admit it, the specifications are easy as crap to fulfill nowadays)

that's all I got, demonfire can probably help better.

 

[Lionel Tabris]

by the way, lionel, http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/note ... 45_anav2~~

Intel® Pentium® Dual Core™ T4400 (2.2GHz/800MHz FSB/1MB cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Bright, glossy widescreen 15.6 WLED display (1366x768)
8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
250GB1 SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell 1397 Wireless-G
6-cell battery
Jet Black
1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
Integrated 1.3 MP Webcam


dell, how about this one? customizable as well if you desire to do so.

I'll probably get this one.

 

[Daxis]

:thumb:

 

[Lionel Tabris]

I got the HP G70

 

[Tdata]

Did you go for a stock Laptop or one that you customized? In other words, which G70 Series Laptop did you get? ^_^

 

[Lionel Tabris]

A HP G71 from Staples...