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mushman18
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i need an effing laptop!!!

#11185708 - 10/05/09 09:15 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

500 dollars is my limit

help me out friends :stoned:

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11185734 - 10/05/09 09:20 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

I just bought a brand new dell (Inspiron 1440) at walmart for $500. It's fuckin great.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11185752 - 10/05/09 09:25 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

I bought my gateway at bestbuy for about the same.

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#11185788 - 10/05/09 09:36 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

I bought my HP at officemax for about as much.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11185881 - 10/05/09 09:55 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

What will you be doing with it?

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#11185891 - 10/05/09 09:58 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=17

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11185921 - 10/05/09 10:03 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

i got a macbook, but i paid a ridiculous price for it.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11186026 - 10/05/09 10:28 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

I've had a dell for about 3 1/2 years now and it has served me well. Probably going to have to get a new one this Winter though.

You can customize a Inspiron 15.6 inch for under 500. Just use the on board video and you could probably upgrade to 4gig of RAM for under 500...

Walmart.com sometimes has some crazy deals. They are probally everywhere you just have to look.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11186993 - 10/05/09 01:12 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

thanks guys for all the responses
i'll check wal-mart out...i just hear that there laptops arent so great..so i was skeptical :shrug:

:shrug:

im just gonna be surfin the web..using it for college..sum music..

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187033 - 10/05/09 01:19 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

As long as you're not a hardcore gamer or you don't do heavy image or video processing, you needn't worry much about performance. I have good experience with Dell, HP and Toshiba. Currently, I'm using a HP since my employer only offers those. Fine with me though. Otherwise I'd have gone for Toshiba, probably.

Macs are great of course, but not really a viable option if you're on this type of budget. I'd stick with a PC.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187055 - 10/05/09 01:22 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

Yea, I mean Walmart has the same brands you will get anywhere else. I'd recommend buying it online as opposed to the stores. And brand names aren't don't necessarily correlate to good hardware... they are all probably using the same hardware.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187059 - 10/05/09 01:23 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

c0sm0nautt said:

And brand names aren't don't necessarily correlate to good hardware... they are all probably using the same hardware.

True, to a some extent (hard/optical drives, LCD panels). But after sales support differs a bit, but the big brands tend do offer decent service.

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#11187072 - 10/05/09 01:27 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

www.newegg.com is my go-to place for anything computer related. i like it better than tiger direct.

whatever you decide on, regardless of where you buy it from, make sure you look up reviews for the specific model. if you don't buy from newegg, at least check to see if it's sold there, as usually products have at least a couple of reviews.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187144 - 10/05/09 01:43 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

I bought an HP in January and the only real issues I had were the bloatware that came installed and the temperature it ran at. Didn't employ the graphics too much besides Winamp visuals and running San Andreas (flawlessly). Tweaking the Vista graphics down helped it run a lot smoother. However, I am unfarmiliar with performance of Windows 7. I have since sold it to fund the building of a desktop, but it was worth the money.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187176 - 10/05/09 01:50 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

newegg will probably have the cheapest prices you'll find, check out your pricerange here

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187177 - 10/05/09 01:50 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

how long till the next windows?

i would wait for that.

vista eats my manly child balls.

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#11187235 - 10/05/09 02:01 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

October 22, but from what I understand it's been on manufactured machines since July.

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#11187252 - 10/05/09 02:04 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

anyone had a play around with a leaked version yet?

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mushman18
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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187328 - 10/05/09 02:22 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

c0sm0nautt said:

Yea, I mean Walmart has the same brands you will get anywhere else. I'd recommend buying it online as opposed to the stores. And brand names aren't don't necessarily correlate to good hardware... they are all probably using the same hardware.

whats the reason i should by online? i live by a wal-mart and i can just snag one there right??

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mushman18
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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187346 - 10/05/09 02:25 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

im thinkin about getting one of these...http://www.walmart.com/Dell-Inspiron-1545-Laptop-Pc/ip/11979393

any input? :cool:

:cool:

also does anybody have any experience with an hp pavillion dv9000
or hp pavillion dv6910us

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187364 - 10/05/09 02:28 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

mushman18 said:

500 dollars is my limit

help me out friends

What do you want it for?

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blewmeanie

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187373 - 10/05/09 02:29 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

mushman18 said:

thanks guys for all the responses
i'll check wal-mart out...i just hear that there laptops arent so great..so i was skeptical

im just gonna be surfin the web..using it for college..sum music..

If you'll really only be using it to get online you may want to check into a netbook.

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187382 - 10/05/09 02:31 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

mushman18 said:

c0sm0nautt said:

Yea, I mean Walmart has the same brands you will get anywhere else. I'd recommend buying it online as opposed to the stores. And brand names aren't don't necessarily correlate to good hardware... they are all probably using the same hardware.

whats the reason i should by online? i live by a wal-mart and i can just snag one there right??

You'll find better deals online. If you're going to buy it from a store I'd suggest Bestbuy, I've seen some crazy deals there. I bought my laptop from them a few years ago for almost 1/3 off the price.

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#11187450 - 10/05/09 02:39 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

Ok to start please don't think I'm a prick for quick short answers here, but I am an IT consultant and hearing these questions makes me want to start yelling answers.

If your limit is $500 then you need to ask one important question to start. Do you care if it's used/refurbed? I will never buy another new laptop again. I build my own servers and PC's anyway. A laptop is a little more difficult to build yourself. Go to Ebay and shop around if you want the best deal. PC's on resale go for a fraction of a new major OEM selling it.

Windows 7 comes out on Oct 22. You can pre-order from many sites including microsoft.com for nearly half price. They give you the option of the disk being mailed to you, or you can download it from there site on the release day. Also Windows 7 needs less resources than Vista. Windows 7 is what Vista was meant to be. I still hate Vista, but I am a supporter of Win7.

If you bought a new PC that came with Vista in the last few months than you may get a free Windows 7 upgrade. If it's an older version of Vista, then you may get a free downgrade to XP.

If you don't want to use Ebay, then use something like newegg or tigerdirect. They usually have good deals. Avoid Best Buy and Walmart like black mold and tryc. They will only try to upsell and get you to wast your money on their extended warranties and other BS. Your best interest are not on the mind of Best Buy! They are even receiving some nice benefites (bribes) from Microsoft and in exchange they have their employees being trained by microsoft to push propaganda and downright lies about a lot of things so that the customer will purchase only what they want.

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mushman18
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#11187474 - 10/05/09 02:44 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

Solemente said:

mushman18 said:

500 dollars is my limit

help me out friends

What do you want it for?

hold music, videos, for college, surf the web etc

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tiny_rabid_birds

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Re: i need an effing laptop!!!

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#11187482 - 10/05/09 02:45 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

first off, you should check to make sure that it's stocked at the wal-mart right near you. i'm pretty sure you can do that online.

so far as the comp goes, :shrug:

:shrug:

you can get more for the money, but it's not bad. here is something very similar but with a slightly faster processor and better DVD burner. pretty much same everything else.

here is something better all around, for $50 more. faster processor than both, more ram, larger harddrive, better vid processor, better dvd burner than both (dual-layer w/ labelflash capabilities), and twice the cache.

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#11187494 - 10/05/09 02:48 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

tiny_rabid_birds said:

first off, you should check to make sure that it's stocked at the wal-mart right near you. i'm pretty sure you can do that online.

so far as the comp goes, you can get more for the money, but it's not bad. here is something very similar but with a slightly faster processor and better DVD burner. pretty much same everything else.

here is something better all around, for $50 more. faster processor than both, more ram, larger harddrive, better vid processor, better dvd burner than both (dual-layer w/ labelflash capabilities), and twice the cache.

wow that last one looks fuckin amazing thanks man :thumbup:

:thumbup:

i'll deffinetly consider that one
hows the shipping from newegg??

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#11187503 - 10/05/09 02:49 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

does anybody have any experience with an hp pavillion dv9000
or hp pavillion dv6910us

i can get the dv9000 for 475 from craigslist....is this a no no??

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#11187504 - 10/05/09 02:49 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

shipping from newegg is top notch. they process fast, ship fast.

however, that last one is from tiger direct. which also has a great reputation.

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#11187518 - 10/05/09 02:53 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

is it the dv9000z or dv9000t?

i don't have experience with either, but there are reviews on cnet

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-pavilion-dv9000z/4505-3121_7-31974915.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-pavilion-dv9000t-core/4505-3121_7-32064897.html

reviews don't seem that outstanding.

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#11187540 - 10/05/09 02:57 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

tiny_rabid_birds said:

is it the dv9000z or dv9000t?

i don't have experience with either, but there are reviews on cnet

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-pavilion-dv9000z/4505-3121_7-31974915.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-pavilion-dv9000t-core/4505-3121_7-32064897.html

reviews don't seem that outstanding.

i agree

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#11188329 - 10/05/09 04:54 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

Only because usually it is cheaper online. A lot of the laptops are only offered for sale online.

Shop around. You won't be upset with whatever you get. The technology has came a long way, its hard to go wrong nowadays...

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