Comments on: Li’l Help?

by: asad

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:48:23 +0000

I would suggest an HP Pavillion, and putting linux (ubuntu is pretty good) on it, you could even run a dual partition. It is hard to give you a suggestion without really knowing what you want to use with it.

by: Averyn Greene

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:38:01 +0000

If you get a laptop definitely stay away from Dell’s (or anything they make for that matter). Right now I’d look at any HP/Compaq’s that are on sale (this is generally the best made for buck on market). Don’t worry too much about the processor because they are really too fast for the boards as it is. Try and get as much ram as possible for the lowest amount of money (I just priced a 1GB laptop at Best Buy for about $600).

by: Trevor Bradley

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:38:01 +0000

If your level of familiarity is 386’s and 486’s it doesn’t matter what chip you buy. If it’s new it’s all going to be fast enough and good enough, unless you’re planning to play the very newest 3D games on it (in which case a laptop is going to suck anyways).

I’d reccomend not blowing too much money on a faster chip and to worry more about screen size, weight, robustness, and warranty. Laptops are one of the few places where I’d suggest brand name.

Also, expect the battery to die after a few years and find out how much the replacement cost is.

by: Stacey

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:29:50 +0000

“the more cost effective Intels are great for gaming or whatever you want to do.”

I meant AMD there. Gonna stop trying to type cognitively on a Monday now.

by: Stacey

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:27:35 +0000

And I should have specified by AMD being “better than Intels” I meant dollar for dollar… Of course there are the Intel core duo processors and all that. But unless you plan on doing some major graphics design, the more cost effective Intels are great for gaming or whatever you want to do.

by: eric

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:26:21 +0000

Consider holding off until the “Merom” processors find their way into the market (should be Real Soon Now). They’ll be called “Core 2 Duo” (as opposed to the current “Core Duo” processors. They’ll be much faster and use less power than the current machines, and may even cost less.

As to what make/model to get, I second the idea of getting a machine from Apple, even if you’re tied to Windows (you really should be sure you’re tied to Windows, though. Most people would be better off running Mac OS X). Dell and Lenovo are generally good choices for traditional PC vendors.

by: Stacey

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:24:27 +0000

Problem with Macs is compatibility. And they are Macs, wtf? ABSComputers.com has some great deals and you should be able to find Athlon mobile processors over there (Athlon, Turion, etc. all better than Intels imo) - great site for those of us who don’t want the “Dell, Gateway, HP, rinse and repeat” options.

http://www.abs.com/index.asp

by: jeremy

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:38:48 +0000

if you value your lap, i wouldn’t get a dell. or drink mcdonald’s coffee, for that matter.

by: yoram

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:47:28 +0000

It’s easy: go and buy a Mac Book or a Mac Book Pro. Depends on your financial level. If you reliant upon running windows xp you can do so. Natively. They have Intel chips inside (core duo) and there are two ways of running win xp on it: 1) via BootCamp 2) Parallels.

If you need more infos just write me an e-mail.