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11-10-2005, 04:02 PM
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blah
Join Date: May 2005
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Looking for a decent laptop
Im going to be going to college soon and I travel ALOT, im looking into buying a laptop mainly for listening to alot of music, playins some rts's (civ IV, AoE3, Rise of Nations) and maybe a couple of mmos, not very likely but anyways.
I need a laptop that I could listen to music, internet, instant messaging, games listed above and without the thrid party bullshit that comes with computers like Dell which is what I have now. Help is apprectiated, ty
Price range, im trying to be around $1,000 with a definite limit of $1,300
Thanks
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11-10-2005, 07:20 PM
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Dell has some pretty good deals once you get their higher education discount, something like 12%, plus any outstanding previous offers. More money off if you purhcase a prebuilt recommended setup.
I've done a lot of research into this, and they're what I plan on investing into, but I don't plan on putting a lot of money into it. THe rate for laptops getting stolen is outrageous. :/
So, look at dell. Toshiba has some good deals on their satallites, or some select acers, but its a bitch trying to find an easily navigatable site. (acer, that is)
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11-10-2005, 08:06 PM
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blah
Join Date: May 2005
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But these Dells come with so much third party shit I dont know if I want another one
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11-10-2005, 08:09 PM
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I just shit! (Still Sexy) *BOOM*
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Albany, NY
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Originally Posted by Fierce Llama
But these Dells come with so much third party shit I dont know if I want another one
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Reformat and Reinstall
That gets rid of that issue 
newegg.com usually has good laptop deals for under $1000, check there first to see if they got anything there. |
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11-10-2005, 08:35 PM
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gravity is just a guideline
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Originally Posted by InnerLogic
Reformat and Reinstall
That gets rid of that issue |
This is one rule I follow with new hardware. Makes it soooo much easier.
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11-10-2005, 08:32 PM
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The Jaded Gamer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Providence, RI
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I said it before and I'll say it again. I love my Dell inspiron 9300. The 256MB GeForce 6800 makes gaming great.
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11-10-2005, 10:12 PM
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blah
Join Date: May 2005
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Oh and dont forget the price limit, can you guys recomend a laptop for around that price for what i need?
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11-10-2005, 10:17 PM
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blah
Join Date: May 2005
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Originally Posted by Zane
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That looked great too!
thanks |
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11-10-2005, 10:43 PM
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teh great
Join Date: Oct 2004
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base model IBM Z
im gonna be buying one of these soon myself, based on the IBM T series which is the best laptop ever made. has an ati x300 or close to that, great screen, good battery life, pentium M, decent ammount of ram and disk space, and its ZOMG ALUMINIUM like the powerbooks. and you get A/b/g/ wifi with every model of it, and a lit keyboard for fapping at 2am.
i would also recomend looking at toshiba satelites(havent used one personally, but both of my parents have them and beat the crap out of them, one of them is 8 years old and the battery even still holds a charge like it should) and possibly the basic alienware's, which are close to straight up $1000.
whatever you do, never get a dell. they use the worst quality everything. |
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