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Jeffros Spec V · 11-23-2007, 05:15 PM

I want to get my girlfriend a laptop for her birthday. She'll use it mainly for internet and e-mail and I have office and that kind of crap on disk that I can load on.

Can anybody give me suggestions on what to get? It doesn't have to be crazy and I want a good deal.

gary · 11-23-2007, 05:19 PM

There were plenty this morning. For what you say you are using it for, anything that is sold new will work just fine.

05GT · 11-23-2007, 05:20 PM

Well, since I work on computers for a living, and at one point in my life, I use to repair nothing but laptops, I've gotten to see just about every brand out there lol.

Let me start by saying No Dell, or Compaq. HP's are nice. Make sure it's HP, not Compaq. HP bought Compaq but they still differentiate between the 2. HP right now has some beautiful, small, light weight laptops at pretty good prices.

Also, the Sonys are nice.

And please stay away from Toshiba's....grrrr lol.

Jeffros Spec V · 11-23-2007, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CiZiN

There were plenty this morning. For what you say you are using it for, anything that is sold new will work just fine.

How about brand? Dell, HP, ???

Jeffros Spec V · 11-23-2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 05GT

Well, since I work on computers for a living, and at one point in my life, I use to repair nothing but laptops, I've gotten to see just about every brand out there lol.

Let me start by saying No Dell, or Compaq. HP's are nice. Make sure it's HP, not Compaq. HP bought Compaq but they still differentiate between the 2. HP right now has some beautiful, small, light weight laptops at pretty good prices.

Also, the Sonys are nice.

Alright I'll look into Sony and HP

Forgot to mention small and light weight is something that I like. I have both a HUGE dell that weighs about 100lbs and a little IBM that weights about nothing. The dell is to big and clumsy it blows.

gary · 11-23-2007, 05:24 PM

I don't have much of a preference of brand really but never had to fix them for the most part. I like Toshiba and Sony for the screens and IBM/Levono for their cases. 05 seems to have brand preferences though, I would love to hear the pros and cons about the listed manufacturers.

05GT · 11-23-2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffros Spec V

Alright I'll look into Sony and HP

Forgot to mention small and light weight is something that I like. I have both a HUGE dell that weighs about 100lbs and a little IBM that weights about nothing. The dell is to big and clumsy it blows.

I have an HP myself, and my wife has a Dell. But Dell does have some decent ones sometimes, problem is, most of their worthwhile ones are up in price.

But yeah, I'm actually looking at picking up another small HP so I can use it in my car so I can data log my car.

drew · 11-23-2007, 05:25 PM

lenovo/ibm are great but you don't get a whole lot ( besides unmatched quality and support ) for the price

acer has some decent budget laptops too, i just picked up an acer extensa 4620z for $600, 2gb ram 160gb hdd

Jeffros Spec V · 11-23-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 05GT

I have an HP myself, and my wife has a Dell. But Dell does have some decent ones sometimes, problem is, most of their worthwhile ones are up in price.

But yeah, I'm actually looking at picking up another small HP so I can use it in my car so I can data log my car.

See I have a x60 lenovo for work and its cool cause its small and light but it doesn't have a cd drive so hooking it up to a external drive for software updates and such becomes a bit of a PITA.

What kind of price range should I be looking at?

doug · 11-23-2007, 05:35 PM

I have an HP ze4500, it's about five years old on windows xp, and it still works great. starts up in 30 seconds or less, still runs perfect.

drew · 11-23-2007, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffros Spec V

See I have a x60 lenovo for work and its cool cause its small and light but it doesn't have a cd drive so hooking it up to a external drive for software updates and such becomes a bit of a PITA.

What kind of price range should I be looking at?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1186008220129

Jeffros Spec V · 11-23-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by drew

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1186008220129

That is kind of what I am looking for I think. Nice memory and ram and small with the Cd/dvd/ combo.

05GT · 11-23-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffros Spec V

See I have a x60 lenovo for work and its cool cause its small and light but it doesn't have a cd drive so hooking it up to a external drive for software updates and such becomes a bit of a PITA.

What kind of price range should I be looking at?

Price range is entirely up to you. If aren't looking for something outrageous, and you really think you or her rather, is going to use it just for email, internet, and Office, then I wouls say anywhere from $400-$700 price range.

I mean here is an idea, sold out, but you get an idea of price.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1190678470786

That's an HP, and pretty good specs for the price. And it's an AMD X2 64bit Dual Core which is a great processor.

Check out HP's website even.

Gorilla Unit 33 · 11-23-2007, 06:03 PM

Macbook all the way!

Pro if you do business work or graphic work, but like you said shes only using it for emails and internet.

Honest_Bob · 11-23-2007, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by doug

I have an HP ze4500, it's about five years old on windows xp, and it still works great. starts up in 30 seconds or less, still runs perfect.

I dont know how the amd versions of those laptops were but the ones with intel cpu's where absolute garbage. THE slowest P4 laptop I've ever used in my entire life. My P3 650 with 192mb of ram would run circles around it.

K-Rex · 11-23-2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gorilla Unit 33

Macbook all the way!

Pro if you do business work or graphic work, but like you said shes only using it for emails and internet.

Macbook FTW!

gpzjack · 11-23-2007, 08:31 PM

I have a dell, Hp, Toshiba, And a Acer laptop. Dell = garbage. Hp is fiver years old and runs great. Toshiba is a year old and runs great. Acer runs great except for having vista. My advice. Don't spend more than $650

The Captain · 11-23-2007, 11:21 PM

buy online, hp has some $400 off coupons for online buying.

doug · 11-24-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Honest_Bob

I dont know how the amd versions of those laptops were but the ones with intel cpu's where absolute garbage. THE slowest P4 laptop I've ever used in my entire life. My P3 650 with 192mb of ram would run circles around it.

Right, mine has the AMD. My personal experiences and beliefs..... AMD>Intel. Runs flawlessly and great.. never had a problem with this laptop. My girlfriend has a new generation AMD laptop from HP and it is really sweet.... swivel screen and notepad... it is really cool.

malloyboy1 · 11-24-2007, 12:27 AM

for a good price check out circuit city and staples they are having some good deals right now

11-23-2007, 05:15 PM	#1
Jeffros Spec V Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Langhorne PA Member #263 iTrader: (0)	Need Help: Purchasing New Laptop I want to get my girlfriend a laptop for her birthday. She'll use it mainly for internet and e-mail and I have office and that kind of crap on disk that I can load on. Can anybody give me suggestions on what to get? It doesn't have to be crazy and I want a good deal.

11-23-2007, 05:25 PM	#8
drew Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broomall, PA Member #2617 My Ride: fuzion & exploder iTrader: (8)	lenovo/ibm are great but you don't get a whole lot ( besides unmatched quality and support ) for the price acer has some decent budget laptops too, i just picked up an acer extensa 4620z for $600, 2gb ram 160gb hdd __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

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11-23-2007, 05:19 PM	#2
gary Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northampton, PA Member #1638 My Ride: 2004 Hyundai Tiburon iTrader: (1)	There were plenty this morning. For what you say you are using it for, anything that is sold new will work just fine.

11-23-2007, 05:20 PM	#3
05GT The TST IT Ninja Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Member #1598 My Ride: 2007 SRT8 Jeep / 2013 Shelby GT500 iTrader: (0)	Well, since I work on computers for a living, and at one point in my life, I use to repair nothing but laptops, I've gotten to see just about every brand out there lol. Let me start by saying No Dell, or Compaq. HP's are nice. Make sure it's HP, not Compaq. HP bought Compaq but they still differentiate between the 2. HP right now has some beautiful, small, light weight laptops at pretty good prices. Also, the Sonys are nice. And please stay away from Toshiba's....grrrr lol.

11-23-2007, 05:24 PM	#6
gary Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northampton, PA Member #1638 My Ride: 2004 Hyundai Tiburon iTrader: (1)	I don't have much of a preference of brand really but never had to fix them for the most part. I like Toshiba and Sony for the screens and IBM/Levono for their cases. 05 seems to have brand preferences though, I would love to hear the pros and cons about the listed manufacturers.

11-23-2007, 05:35 PM	#10
doug Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2005 Location: Springfield, PA Member #450 My Ride: 2007 WRX STi Limited, 1969 Z/28 Camaro iTrader: (1)	I have an HP ze4500, it's about five years old on windows xp, and it still works great. starts up in 30 seconds or less, still runs perfect.

11-23-2007, 06:03 PM	#14
Gorilla Unit 33 TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where do you live? Member #532 My Ride: Fly Mosca II w/pegs LOLZ iTrader: (7)	Macbook all the way! Pro if you do business work or graphic work, but like you said shes only using it for emails and internet.

11-23-2007, 11:21 PM	#18
The Captain Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Philly - FBG$ Member #3369 My Ride: Prelude iTrader: (2)	buy online, hp has some $400 off coupons for online buying.

11-24-2007, 12:27 AM	#20
malloyboy1 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: sellersville, PA Member #5438 My Ride: 05 subaru wrx iTrader: (2)	for a good price check out circuit city and staples they are having some good deals right now