Laptop Help

by **Saint John** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:39 pm

Looking for a laptop and have a 5-6 hundred dollar budget. It will be used almost exclusively fir online poker, e-mail and basic web surfing. What's my best bet?

by **Memorex** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:40 pm

Saint John wrote:Looking for a laptop and have a 5-6 hundred dollar budget. It will be used almost exclusively fir online poker, e-mail and basic web surfing. What's my best bet?

iPad or other tablet.

Website · by **steveo777** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:47 pm

Make sure it's got an Intel chip and at least 4GB of ram, no less than 320GB of storage. Decent sound chip. HDMI out. Long battery life.
Look for Best Buy specials. There should be something within that price range. If you have enough left over buy a removable hard drive too.

by **Rick** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:55 pm

Check this laptop out Dan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834157678

My one reservation about buying online is if something goes wrong, you can't just take it back to the store, you have to ship it.

Website · by **steveo777** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:58 pm

Rick wrote:Check this laptop out Dan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834157678

My one reservation about buying online is if something goes wrong, you can't just take it back to the store, you have to ship it.

And I was also going to say stay away from HP/Compuke...same company.

Dell
Hitachi
Samsung
Toshiba

by **Rick** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:01 pm

steveo777 wrote:
Rick wrote:Check this laptop out Dan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834157678

My one reservation about buying online is if something goes wrong, you can't just take it back to the store, you have to ship it.

And I was also going to say stay away from HP/Compuke...same company.

Dell
Hitachi
Samsung
Toshiba

Normally I would suggest ASUS, as they have, or at least had at my last checking, the best consumer ratings. But the laptop I linked had 5 stars on Newegg, so I felt confident suggesting it.

Website · by **steveo777** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:04 pm

Rick wrote:
steveo777 wrote:
Rick wrote:Check this laptop out Dan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834157678

My one reservation about buying online is if something goes wrong, you can't just take it back to the store, you have to ship it.

And I was also going to say stay away from HP/Compuke...same company.

Dell
Hitachi
Samsung
Toshiba

Normally I would suggest ASUS, as they have, or at least had at my last checking, the best consumer ratings. But the laptop I linked had 5 stars on Newegg, so I felt confident suggesting it.

It's probably alright, Rick. I just prefer to buy something where if it fucks up I can hand carry it in and say fix it or replace it.

by **Rick** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:26 pm

steveo777 wrote:
Rick wrote:
steveo777 wrote:
Rick wrote:Check this laptop out Dan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834157678

My one reservation about buying online is if something goes wrong, you can't just take it back to the store, you have to ship it.

And I was also going to say stay away from HP/Compuke...same company.

Dell
Hitachi
Samsung
Toshiba

Normally I would suggest ASUS, as they have, or at least had at my last checking, the best consumer ratings. But the laptop I linked had 5 stars on Newegg, so I felt confident suggesting it.

It's probably alright, Rick. I just prefer to buy something where if it fucks up I can hand carry it in and say fix it or replace it.

Me too, for sure. I built a desktop computer from Newegg and Tiger Direct a few years ago. I had two issues that I had to resolve by shipping the shit back and waiting for the new parts, and I think the whole ordeal took a bit more than two weeks. The delay was very frustrating.

by **Memorex** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:28 pm

I still say Tablet if all your doing is fooling around online. If it's not for serious processing, why bother carrying around a bigger size machine? I love my laptop for all the things I do - work wise, etc. But for just playing some games, browsing the net, reading, and general time-wasting, the tablet is perfect. So much more portable. Not to mention it would be far easier to listen to music or other media. Just my 2 cents.

by **Don** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:29 pm

NewEgg is what we use at work if we can't find it across the street at Frys. No issues with returns or anything. A solid vendor.

by **Rick** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:47 pm

Don wrote:NewEgg is what we use at work if we can't find it across the street at Frys. No issues with returns or anything. A solid vendor.

Yep, they stand by their stuff, for sure.

by **Maui Tom** » Sat May 28, 2011 3:23 pm

Saint John wrote:Looking for a laptop and have a 5-6 hundred dollar budget. It will be used almost exclusively fir online poker, e-mail and basic web surfing. What's my best bet?

Translation....beating off...

by **yulog** » Sat May 28, 2011 3:47 pm

Maui Tom wrote:
Saint John wrote:Looking for a laptop and have a 5-6 hundred dollar budget. It will be used almost exclusively fir online poker, e-mail and basic web surfing. What's my best bet?

Translation....beating off...

by **yulog** » Sat May 28, 2011 3:52 pm

Dan go to this site they have the best deals on the web , usually every other day is a deal on a laptop http://slickdeals.net/

by **Moon Beam** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:04 pm

Hey Dan! (waving)
Our Son has had the Acer Aspire laptop since June of last year and he loves it.
It's what I'm happily posting away on this morning, here, have a look see at their site.

http://www.acer.ca/ac/en/CA/content/home

by **ebake02** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:36 pm

Rick wrote:Check this laptop out Dan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834157678

My one reservation about buying online is if something goes wrong, you can't just take it back to the store, you have to ship it.

That's why I bought mine online directly from the manufacturer. My laptop crashed three months after I bought it and all I had to do was call Dell and they sent I guy right to my house to replace the hard drive, motherboard and CD/DVD drive.

by **Saint John** » Sun May 29, 2011 1:21 am

Thanks to everyone ... except Maui Tom! :lol:

by **Rick** » Sun May 29, 2011 8:19 am

ebake02 wrote:
Rick wrote:Check this laptop out Dan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834157678

My one reservation about buying online is if something goes wrong, you can't just take it back to the store, you have to ship it.

That's why I bought mine online directly from the manufacturer. My laptop crashed three months after I bought it and all I had to do was call Dell and they sent I guy right to my house to replace the hard drive, motherboard and CD/DVD drive.

Now that's great service. Thanks for posting this.

by **Rick** » Sun May 29, 2011 8:21 am

Fact Finder wrote:BTW, we got ours through Newegg but in looking at their page they don't have this model right now. However Amazon.com does have it and you can learn alot about the machine here...the reviews read like something we might write about this product.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... s=merchant

The memory upgrade is only $22.

A friend of mine bought an Acer laptop. It's a really nice looking one, and they're very happy with it.

by **iceberg** » Mon May 30, 2011 1:38 am

i see a few don't care for HP/Compaq and i'll follow up on the Compaq side but HP is usually rock solid. i've got a personal and a work one that are just fine.

if you gave me a dell i'd not take the time to whiz on it.

acer, gateway and laptops like this are ok but in the end you do get what you pay for. i've owned both of these in my time and neither stand out as something i'd get again.

asus is hit or miss and not much in between for me.

for $400 i recently got one of my DJ's a refurbished toshiba laptop w/4 gig of ram and a 500 gig drive with a 17.3" screen. i'm not a huge toshiba fan but they're pretty good. how's that for a ringing endorsement.

if i were out to buy one today, i'd look at a sony, but the $600 may keep sony from you.

in the end, for all you're going to do any of them will likely be fine. if the 3 year warranty isn't a killer, get it. i seldom get warranties because i'll buy a new one in a year or two anyway.

http://www.microcenter.com - if you have one of these around you, see what they have on sale.

MR

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