MHizzle85 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Okay, since i'm starting at an actual 4-year this fall i'm going to need a laptop. Does anyone have any suggestions? PC or Mac? Which brand to stay away from, anything specific I should be looking for in my search for one, etc. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Ive had several laptops over the past few years. The one I have liked more than all of the others combined was a Vaio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonik22 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Toshiba, but the IBook is sweet! I'd just get a windows Operating System to feel more comfortable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daa84 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 09:01 PM) Ive had several laptops over the past few years. The one I have liked more than all of the others combined was a Vaio. just bought a new vaio....love it so far...its the thinnest and lightest one ive found and came with all the toys and good processor, big hard drive etc....and relatively cheap for a computer with the specs that it had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Over the past 10 years I've used every major brand and found stuff I loved and hated with each one. So find one that you think you will like. My son just went over to the dark side and bought a Mac. I'm not enthralled with the keyboard, but it seems like a solid machine. Currently I have a Dell desktop repalcement E1705. Giant laptop display. If I had to do it over again, I would have saved a few dollars on the laptop and gone with a smaller display and bought a 17" LCD display and went with a dual display set up. The smaller screen would be nice when sitting at Moon Beans sipping coffee and checking my email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 11:06 PM) Toshiba, but the IBook is sweet! I'd just get a windows Operating System to feel more comfortable though. ^ Toshiba. Have had no problems. They're light, thin, sleek, and have everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 (edited) QUOTE(Sonik22 @ Aug 10, 2007 -> 12:06 AM) Toshiba, but the IBook is sweet! I'd just get a windows Operating System to feel more comfortable though. Now that they are Pentium-based, you can boot the Macs to run Windows native with BootCamp or Parallels, so you can do the Windows stuff you need to do that way. My PowerBook Core 2 Duo runs XP better than a lot of PCs. If you go PC, either stay the hell away from pre-loaded Vista altogether make the service people sell you one loaded with XP if they can, or have both systems installed on partitions. My wife tried for 3 months to learn to like Vista on her new laptop and she just gave up, but it has been a real hassle uninstalling and getting a clean XP on the machine. Edited August 10, 2007 by FlaSoxxJim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 I've been using Vista without any issues. The more I use it the more I am liking some of the little and not so little features. What throws me more is when a certain web site upgrades and I have to relearn for like the 10th time board commands and the f***ing green font machine isn't easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Really depends on what type of laptop you're after. cnet.com is a good review web-site, and I think they do different categories for laptops e.g ones under $1000 etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
He_Gawn Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 A guy at Best Buy told me to go with the Toshiba or the HP. I went with the HP because the Toshiba's were out of stock and I didn't feel like waiting three days for one to come in for some reason. I've had no problems with the HP though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed in '05 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 People like Toshiba's, but I don't. All computers come from the factory with adware. Not exactly the harmful kind, just the annoying trialware and small apps they add. Toshiba adds about 20 processes of their proprietary software on top of all that garbage. I have to use many of them at work. HP's are okay, but make sure you don't get stuck with the laptops without the traditional PCMCIA slots. HP has come out with their own "expansion slots." I don't know if they have done that to all their new models, but I have seen it on some. Dell usually is solid. They also come with some garbage software, but not as bad as Toshiba. Even though I always use windows I would get an Apple because of the boot camp. Having Mac OS and windows on one computer seems pretty handy. Most important of all. Get what you will use. If you need something simple then get it, but make sure that's all you need it for. Don't go spending lots of money on stuff you won't use. If you will use it a lot and demand a lot from a computer make sure you get plenty of memory and a Core 2 Duo processor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHizzle85 Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 Thanks for the info guys, I'm heading out today to price and if anything catches my eye i'll most likely buy today too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I bought a Macbook this summer and I am loving it so far. They also have a sale going on, free shipping and you get a free ipod nano when you buy a macbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I won't be much help here. I bought a Dell Inspiron 8200 about 8 years ago, and I still use it today. I've done all my own upkeep on it though, but its still trudging along. Talk about an absolute rock though. They made my lappy before the thoughts of "Lightweight PC" even were around apparently. NOT fun to lug around airports, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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