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| lightfire | Jun 21 2011, 12:26 PM Post #1 |
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Mainly directing this topic to OTB, For various of reasons, I've decided to get a new laptop. And if anyone would be able to help, I'd very much appreciate it. Here's some specifics I'm looking for. 1. Brand name 2. Why this brand name? 3. Minimum 500 GB HD and more 4. Minimum Intel iCore 5 / AMD Radeon HD 6490M 5. 15 Inches (LED preferably.) Price doesn't really matter, as long as it doesn't exceed 2,000$. Preferably something 1,500$ and lower. Also, I would like a brand I could walk into stores and buy it there. I don't have the time to wait for 2 weeks. Any help is appreciated! I'm Canadian btw. |
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| OverTheBelow | Jun 21 2011, 01:10 PM Post #2 |
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This seems like a fairly well priced laptop. MSI are a reputable brand. It has a very nice laptop graphics card @ a 1920x1080 res and i7 processor with 1TB of HD space. Though, I'm still looking for a model with less ram because seriously, who needs 12GB? Battery life also seems to be pretty good according to the reviews. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152266 After searching a little more, it seems that laptop is the best bang for buck you're going to get on Newegg, despite the amount of RAM. I don't know many US/CA sites that sell laptops, unfortunately, but if I were to get a laptop for around $1500 I would definitely get the one I listed. http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560M.48313.0.html At the bottom you can see the GPU's performance in game - iz nice. Edited by OverTheBelow, Jun 21 2011, 01:27 PM.
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| lightsilver | Jun 21 2011, 01:26 PM Post #3 |
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Did you try like, looking? If you know the specs you want, then you don't need someone to tell you what you need. Like, if you go to intel's site, (this one) [class=codeteam]Your link may or may not have (read: did) stretch the page. It now doesn't. //EA[/class]you can find a list of laptops with the i5. A lot of them meet the specs you want, so just take a look, and take a guess what your local stores might have, then go look for it. As for brand name, brand name doesn't really mean much. I hear people complain about apple, dell, HP, acer, you name it, I've heard people complain about it. And there's people that love each brand as much as someone else hates it. Go to your local store, browse, find something that fits the specs, search for a review of it if you want. this isn't like, "is this a good computer", it's you knowing what you want, and not looking. Like... I don't know how anyone is supposed to know anyway... we don't know what stores are near you, or what they have in stock for that matter. I don't mean to be like unhelpful or anything, but it seems that any laptop that fits your specs would suffice... and I can't find one more than $2000. The most expensive I found is the Toshiba Qosmio x500-Q930S. And that has an i7, 8GB of RAM, 1TB of HD, and an 18.4" screen. But yeah... the only thing here you can really get advice for here, is the brand, which is pretty useless, since the opinions on that vary so much from person to person (and they all suck anyway). Although it might be good to note that if you find a really good deal, but the HD isn't big enough, you could buy a second HD, put it in, and use the one it came with as an external. Either way, you can easily stay way within your budget, but you pretty much have to just go to the store (unless you're willing to do online purchases afterall, in which case people can help) Edited by ElementalAlchemist, Jun 21 2011, 03:10 PM.
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| lightfire | Jun 21 2011, 08:38 PM Post #4 |
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It's not that I didn't look, I just wasn't too sure about the brand. I've heard rumors about Dell breaking easily, HP customer service sucking, etc. And if possible whoever can suggest a brand could also suggest a laptop. But I'm sure if I'm set for brand I can look for what I want. |
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| lightsilver | Jun 21 2011, 08:55 PM Post #5 |
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The brand names don't say anything though... Every company has pros and cons, and they all vary from model to model. The best you can do, is look at reviews for specific laptops online. Usually, I only trust sites with at least 10 reviews, and at least 1 negative review. It's a nightmare to look, and sucks, because you know what you get, you're probably going to have to stick with for a while. But, say you pay 50% of your range. Then you can put the rest away, and just count on replacing it in a couple years anyway. I would really try to look on a per-laptop basis though, not by brand. Say you have 2 friends, A and B. A always buys Dell. B always buys Acer. A has had nothing but problems with every Dell they have ever bought (let's assume, for the sake of argument, that A would buy another Dell every time, no matter what). B has never had any issues with their Acer products. You can't really conclude anything about the companies from this situation. What could (and probably does happen) happen, is A always tries to get the cheaper laptop available at the time. B on the other hand, always pays top dollar for the top of the line model. Clearly B is going to have a better experience, the hardware is more expensive because it's better. This is what happens a lot, and why you hear such things from people. The truth of the matter is, you get what you pay for (although with apple, you get less, unfortunately [I can never go back to windows]). It's like.... if you were looking at guitars. You can't go by brand, you have to consider the type, the wood, the price bracket, etc. You don't buy something just because of the brand name. A good example, is I always had excellent experience with WD hard drives. So last time I went to get a drive, I instantly got the WD, no questions asked (because they're good, right?). But it's super slow. If it idles for any amount of time, it takes up to 30 seconds to be able to read from it again. So, easy lesson learned. Take home message? Brand names very rarely mean anything, anywhere. |
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| OverTheBelow | Jun 21 2011, 09:05 PM Post #6 |
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Fact is, I am not biased at all because I built my own PC, which in itself is composed of components from about 5 different brands. I know MSI make good motherboards and graphics cards, but then so do Gigabyte and Asus. Anyway, I just set a price range on newegg and found the best bang for buck laptop - the one I posted is that by far. |
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| lightfire | Jun 22 2011, 08:00 AM Post #7 |
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You have a good point, I'm pretty naive when it comes to buying a new computer. xD |
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