toshiba portable hard drive 640gb image
Lexie
I am looking for a new laptop. So far, I am looking at a Dell and HP. I have been researching, and it seems to me that Dell has better reviews.
I am looking for..
-Something that is portable and possibly thin
-Has very good battery life
-and one that is fast with internet, and computer itself
Right now I am looking at a Dell Inspiron 15 and a HP Mini.
any opinions??
help..
thanks.
Answer
Mini computers, also known as netbooks, often have 10" screens and run a slower CPU (usually ATOM based). They are great for people on the go, but not as your main computer. If someone liked to surf the net on a bigger device than a smartphone (Blackberry, iPhone, etc.) as well has have more computer functionality than an iPad... then the HP Mini would be a good choice.
I would, however, recommend against it.
Sony, IBM, Toshiba, and Acer all offer better machines than Dell. HP and Dell's quality are suspect and Gateway is right there with them.
If I were you, I'd check "deal" websites like slickdeals.net and fatwallet.com and do searches on "notebook" and see if anything good has popped up on their pages. They find sweet deals and you just have to click the link and purchase goods from places like Best Buy, Office Depot, Fry's, etc. They only point you to where the deals are.
Apple Macbook is not a bad option (as someone mentioned). However, you better have the money to do this. If you go to school you can get a $100 discount. The last 2 years around memorial day weekend, apple offered a promotion where you could also get a free iPod touch 8GB with the purchase of a mac.
Use shop discover (if you have a discover card, or use your debit/credit cards website if Best Buy is listed as a company they deal with) and it will get you 5% cash rewards as well.
You also get a free printer in the deal! A standard Macbook would set you back $899 with the education discount. Macbook Pro 13" would cost you $1099. Selling that iPod touch for $150 could further extend you dollar if you want that mac badly enough.
However, if you aren't a mac fan (I'm not) you go with a PC. I probably wouldn't recommend any laptop PC without an i5 processor (CPU). Yes, there are AMD fans around and I like those processors as well...but the Intel i5 screams and is worth the cost. Your computer will pwn with an i5 over most other CPUs.
Make sure the computer has 4GB of RAM (DDR3 would be best).
The hard drive can be 250GB or greater. The fact is, you can purchase a 640GB hard drive for $60 on sale and $80 or so at regular price these days and it is a quick swap. Do not overpay for a hard drive "upgrade" that will cost you significantly more.
Blu-ray drive is nice if you have an HDMI-out port on your notebook computer and an HDTV at home. If you don't want blu-ray, no big deal. Do not pay extra for it.
One of the most important things in your computer will be the onboard video card. "Integrated graphics" is OK for most online things, but a dedicated video card from ATi (Radeon) or GeForce (NVIDIA) will help your computer actually play some modern games quite well. If you plan on playing WoW or other graphics intensive games, you need to ensure your laptop has decent onboard video. This will cost you big as you move up the ladder of quality on these items.
You can get a budget computer for $400-$450 that will be low end. If you get a great deal on a mid-grade computer, it could be anywhere from $500-650. A laptop of $800 should have decent onboard video capabilities. Anything more and you better have great stats on those machines.
I'd personally stay away from Dell's lower end machines. They are terrible. I know someone who bought one for way too much money and it had a 4-cell (!!!) battery that barely lasted a month. The RAM was cut to bare minimum standards for Windows XP. It was a solid built machine, but it sucked on the inside!
Here are some recent "deals":
MSI A6200-038US 15.6" Notebook: Intel Core i3-330M, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, Win 7 Home Premium $450 after $50 MIR + S&H($8) @ Frys (EXPIRED)
Toshiba Satellite L555-S7008 Notebook PC - Intel Core i5-430M 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, 17.3" - $571.99 (With -$78 "Bing cashback rewards!)
http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=6142909&sku=T78-17311&srkey=l555-s7008
This is a 17" model with an i5 CPU. This is a great machine for the price. And you register a bing "cashback" account, click on "circuit city" (Yes, they are alive after someone else purchased the old circuit city website and name) and you'll get a percentage cashback. NICE!
Good luck. You'll find a great deal and a nice laptop if you do your research. This place is a great start!
Thanks for your question. I have decided to make a website dedicated to giving people advice on what kind of computers are available and what they should buy for themselves. No domain name set yet, but I should be up an running in a week. Good luck!
Mini computers, also known as netbooks, often have 10" screens and run a slower CPU (usually ATOM based). They are great for people on the go, but not as your main computer. If someone liked to surf the net on a bigger device than a smartphone (Blackberry, iPhone, etc.) as well has have more computer functionality than an iPad... then the HP Mini would be a good choice.
I would, however, recommend against it.
Sony, IBM, Toshiba, and Acer all offer better machines than Dell. HP and Dell's quality are suspect and Gateway is right there with them.
If I were you, I'd check "deal" websites like slickdeals.net and fatwallet.com and do searches on "notebook" and see if anything good has popped up on their pages. They find sweet deals and you just have to click the link and purchase goods from places like Best Buy, Office Depot, Fry's, etc. They only point you to where the deals are.
Apple Macbook is not a bad option (as someone mentioned). However, you better have the money to do this. If you go to school you can get a $100 discount. The last 2 years around memorial day weekend, apple offered a promotion where you could also get a free iPod touch 8GB with the purchase of a mac.
Use shop discover (if you have a discover card, or use your debit/credit cards website if Best Buy is listed as a company they deal with) and it will get you 5% cash rewards as well.
You also get a free printer in the deal! A standard Macbook would set you back $899 with the education discount. Macbook Pro 13" would cost you $1099. Selling that iPod touch for $150 could further extend you dollar if you want that mac badly enough.
However, if you aren't a mac fan (I'm not) you go with a PC. I probably wouldn't recommend any laptop PC without an i5 processor (CPU). Yes, there are AMD fans around and I like those processors as well...but the Intel i5 screams and is worth the cost. Your computer will pwn with an i5 over most other CPUs.
Make sure the computer has 4GB of RAM (DDR3 would be best).
The hard drive can be 250GB or greater. The fact is, you can purchase a 640GB hard drive for $60 on sale and $80 or so at regular price these days and it is a quick swap. Do not overpay for a hard drive "upgrade" that will cost you significantly more.
Blu-ray drive is nice if you have an HDMI-out port on your notebook computer and an HDTV at home. If you don't want blu-ray, no big deal. Do not pay extra for it.
One of the most important things in your computer will be the onboard video card. "Integrated graphics" is OK for most online things, but a dedicated video card from ATi (Radeon) or GeForce (NVIDIA) will help your computer actually play some modern games quite well. If you plan on playing WoW or other graphics intensive games, you need to ensure your laptop has decent onboard video. This will cost you big as you move up the ladder of quality on these items.
You can get a budget computer for $400-$450 that will be low end. If you get a great deal on a mid-grade computer, it could be anywhere from $500-650. A laptop of $800 should have decent onboard video capabilities. Anything more and you better have great stats on those machines.
I'd personally stay away from Dell's lower end machines. They are terrible. I know someone who bought one for way too much money and it had a 4-cell (!!!) battery that barely lasted a month. The RAM was cut to bare minimum standards for Windows XP. It was a solid built machine, but it sucked on the inside!
Here are some recent "deals":
MSI A6200-038US 15.6" Notebook: Intel Core i3-330M, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, Win 7 Home Premium $450 after $50 MIR + S&H($8) @ Frys (EXPIRED)
Toshiba Satellite L555-S7008 Notebook PC - Intel Core i5-430M 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, 17.3" - $571.99 (With -$78 "Bing cashback rewards!)
http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=6142909&sku=T78-17311&srkey=l555-s7008
This is a 17" model with an i5 CPU. This is a great machine for the price. And you register a bing "cashback" account, click on "circuit city" (Yes, they are alive after someone else purchased the old circuit city website and name) and you'll get a percentage cashback. NICE!
Good luck. You'll find a great deal and a nice laptop if you do your research. This place is a great start!
Thanks for your question. I have decided to make a website dedicated to giving people advice on what kind of computers are available and what they should buy for themselves. No domain name set yet, but I should be up an running in a week. Good luck!
What's the most important spec to pay attention to when buying a laptop? ?
Q. My old laptop finally went out on me after 10 years. I'm going to need a laptop for school this semester and I'm wondering what is the most important spec I should pay attention to when I go to best buy tomorrow? (Besides price of course) I'm a college student and ill more than likely use this to write papers and research and occasionally go on YouTube when I'm bored. What would you recommend?
Answer
The most important specification? Why, the pri.... oh yeah... you already accounted for the price being the most important. So... what's the second most important specification?
Well... you can't really say that storage space is an important specification, because not only can you get any number of portable external hard drives or flash drives to keep your data on, but it is far smarter to keep your music, movies, pictures, and documents on a separate storage device just in case you ever have to perform a factory recovery and reinstall Windows. I mean, doesn't it just suck horribly when that time comes, and you end up wiping out everything you had, and you say "Oh, I wish I had put my stuff somewhere else!"? Wouldn't it be better to do it right from the get go? So, then it really doesn't matter if your laptop has a large hard drive, since you would be keeping stuff on a different drive anyway.
Some would say that Ram is important... but that really depends on what you intend to do with the laptop. Yes, I know you said you will be writing papers and do research and occasionally go on YouTube when you are bored... but I do all that (and much more) on the 7 year old Toshiba Satellite A75 that is upstairs on my coffee table. You can buy one used on eBay for around $200 or less. And... that laptop not only has 1.5gb Ram, but it is limited to 1.5gb of Ram. That old laptop is fast and responsive. Now, most (not all) laptops you buy today are going to come with 3 or 4gb of Ram... and with the bloated Windows 7 and bloated applications that are around today, you will end up needing that much Ram when using them. So, is it really an "important" specification? I suppose it is, if you are scanning the extreme low end of available new laptops, since they will come with the bare minimum amount of ram necessary. If your budget is going to put you in the market for a laptop costing $500 or more, then Ram is something you are not going to have to worry about.
Is your processor the most important specification? Well... if you haven't already gotten this impression, then I should tell you. The most important specification really depends on what you intend to do with it. Since what you intend to do can be done with a $250 Netbook from Walmart... a Netbook with a 1.6ghz single core Intel Atom processor... in your particular case, the processor is not all that important of a specification.
So what then, would be the most important specification for *you*?
Battery Life.
You want to be able to sit in as many classes and take notes with as you can, before you charge it up. You want to be able to use it on the go as much as you can before you have to charge it. You don't want a laptop with 2 hours of battery life. You want at least 5 hours, if not more like 8 hours. Heck, you might even want to get a laptop that you have already found an extended life battery for (a 12 cell battery).
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+Laptop+/+AMD+A-Series+Processor+/+14%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Aluminum+Blue/2845099.p?id=1218356324249&skuId=2845099
A $530 Toshiba rated at over 5 hours of life between charges.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Processor+/+15.6%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive/9964479.p?id=1218202474104&skuId=9964479
A $550 Asus rated at up to 6 hours between charges.
There.
The most important specification? Why, the pri.... oh yeah... you already accounted for the price being the most important. So... what's the second most important specification?
Well... you can't really say that storage space is an important specification, because not only can you get any number of portable external hard drives or flash drives to keep your data on, but it is far smarter to keep your music, movies, pictures, and documents on a separate storage device just in case you ever have to perform a factory recovery and reinstall Windows. I mean, doesn't it just suck horribly when that time comes, and you end up wiping out everything you had, and you say "Oh, I wish I had put my stuff somewhere else!"? Wouldn't it be better to do it right from the get go? So, then it really doesn't matter if your laptop has a large hard drive, since you would be keeping stuff on a different drive anyway.
Some would say that Ram is important... but that really depends on what you intend to do with the laptop. Yes, I know you said you will be writing papers and do research and occasionally go on YouTube when you are bored... but I do all that (and much more) on the 7 year old Toshiba Satellite A75 that is upstairs on my coffee table. You can buy one used on eBay for around $200 or less. And... that laptop not only has 1.5gb Ram, but it is limited to 1.5gb of Ram. That old laptop is fast and responsive. Now, most (not all) laptops you buy today are going to come with 3 or 4gb of Ram... and with the bloated Windows 7 and bloated applications that are around today, you will end up needing that much Ram when using them. So, is it really an "important" specification? I suppose it is, if you are scanning the extreme low end of available new laptops, since they will come with the bare minimum amount of ram necessary. If your budget is going to put you in the market for a laptop costing $500 or more, then Ram is something you are not going to have to worry about.
Is your processor the most important specification? Well... if you haven't already gotten this impression, then I should tell you. The most important specification really depends on what you intend to do with it. Since what you intend to do can be done with a $250 Netbook from Walmart... a Netbook with a 1.6ghz single core Intel Atom processor... in your particular case, the processor is not all that important of a specification.
So what then, would be the most important specification for *you*?
Battery Life.
You want to be able to sit in as many classes and take notes with as you can, before you charge it up. You want to be able to use it on the go as much as you can before you have to charge it. You don't want a laptop with 2 hours of battery life. You want at least 5 hours, if not more like 8 hours. Heck, you might even want to get a laptop that you have already found an extended life battery for (a 12 cell battery).
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+Laptop+/+AMD+A-Series+Processor+/+14%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Aluminum+Blue/2845099.p?id=1218356324249&skuId=2845099
A $530 Toshiba rated at over 5 hours of life between charges.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS+-+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Processor+/+15.6%22+Display+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive/9964479.p?id=1218202474104&skuId=9964479
A $550 Asus rated at up to 6 hours between charges.
There.
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Title Post: What are some really good laptops?
Rating: 100% based on 9998 ratings. 5 user reviews.
Author: Unknown
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
Rating: 100% based on 9998 ratings. 5 user reviews.
Author: Unknown
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar