Recommendations on laptop

[PuritanCovenanter]

It will be time for me to get a Laptop here in a little while. I want to spend around a grand minus or plus a few hundred.

Recommendations?

I am not much of a gamer but my kids will want to take it places to play games. So I will need a gamer and I want a DVDRW drive. Am I asking for to much in my price range?

 

[Sydnorphyn]

Mac book Pro 15". Yes, too much for the price range.

John

 

[Semper Fidelis]

I'll be honest Randy that my next notebook will be a Macbook Pro (saving for it) even though I'll mostly run Vista on it. I would also check out the Lenovo Thinkpad T61 or a Dell laptop.

Keep your eye on Online Coupons | Cash Back. Become a member (free) there and you get cash back when you click through their links to purchase. They always are posting the best coupons there.

 

[turmeric]

There's this new skinny MacBook coming out...

 

[tellville]

Get a MacBook Pro. Of course, that will cost you a little more than you seem to want to spend!

I personally have a MacBook.

 

[jfschultz]

There's this new skinny MacBook coming out...

The MacBook Air is a road warrior machine. Getting a 3 lb MacBook Air sacrifices performance and capacity compared to the 5 lb MacBook.

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

Thanks guys.

 

[tellville]

No, thank the MacBook

 

[etexas]

No, thank the MacBook

Indeed! Written from a MacBook.

 

[Davidius]

I'll be honest Randy that my next notebook will be a Macbook Pro (saving for it) even though I'll mostly run Vista on it. I would also check out the Lenovo Thinkpad T61 or a Dell laptop.

Keep your eye on Online Coupons | Cash Back. Become a member (free) there and you get cash back when you click through their links to purchase. They always are posting the best coupons there.

I love my Lenovo Thinkpad.

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

I probably can't afford a Mac. I gotta stay on the budget.

 

[VictorBravo]

I probably can't afford a Mac. I gotta stay on the budget.

Probably something more like this, then:

ThinkPad® R61i (8932-A37) 15.4" Widescreen Notebook Computer With Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 at Office Depot.

Or just get two of these and add an extra GB of memory:

Toshiba Satellite® A205-S5803 15.4" Widescreen Notebook Computer With Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T2330 at Office Depot.

BTW, I bought a similar Toshiba for about $500 a year ago as a backup for my wife while her Macbook was being fixed. It's now her primary one.

 

[etexas]

I probably can't afford a Mac. I gotta stay on the budget.

Probably something more like this, then:

ThinkPad® R61i (8932-A37) 15.4" Widescreen Notebook Computer With Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 at Office Depot.

Or just get two of these and add an extra GB of memory:

Toshiba Satellite® A205-S5803 15.4" Widescreen Notebook Computer With Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T2330 at Office Depot.

BTW, I bought a similar Toshiba for about $500 a year ago as a backup for my wife while her Macbook was being fixed. It's now her primary one.

My wife uses a Toshiba Satellite. It actually is a nice little PC!

 

[ReformedWretch]

Randy

I have a lap top I am going to sell. It works GREAT but weighs a ton (I think about 8lbs). It runs HOT too (always has from day one) because of the power it holds. It plays most games (maybe not todays most powerful ones but for example it will play Doom III).

I always fear selling used stuff to friends though. Even though there is NOTHING wrong with it I fear it will break a week after I sell it. I mean if the person isn't a friend it's the luck of the draw when buying used

I would sell it for 800 but to a friend I would go as low as $600 It cost me $1200 a few years ago and originally was selling for $2200! It's a very powerful lap top, one of those desk top lap tops if you know what I mean.

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

PMed you Adam.