phantommaggot

HI,

so this is a "for my girlfriend" question

she needs a good laptop for school. and she dosent want a dell, or some crap big name brand..
but she needs something affordable as well.. i didnt know where else to ask lol.. i dont know much about laptops so.. ya..

anyways, any help is greatly apreciated..
thanks
-j

thedemonxanth

I know we as modders knock the HELL out of their desktops but I like my e-machines laptop a whole lot. *

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post_break

Well the only laptop that comes to mind in my book is IBM's thinkpad. Durable, powerful, and well, they dont depreciate in value like dells or any other laptop maker.

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reflux

I'd suggest an Acer. You get a lot of bang for your buck and they're reliable too. But what budget do you have?

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4x0n

Quote: Originally Posted by post_break Well the only laptop that comes to mind in my book is IBM's thinkpad. Durable, powerful, and well, they dont depreciate in value like dells or any other laptop maker.

Don't you mean Lenovo Stupid name change... But they'll never be considered "affordable" but they do kick ass.

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Wordbiker

If I were to buy one today, it'd be this one.
If you just need the cheapest thing possible, look at an Acer.

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phantommaggot

well, she dosent want to spend much more than 800

and i got to looking last night and there was a nice acer on newegg that filled that gap..



i know if i was gonna buy a laptop id get a ultraportable, like 11 in widescreen little ****er, and id put ubuntu on it lol.

but ya, it isnt for me, and she wont let me give her money for it.. so heres what we came up with..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115267

seem good?

reflux

Quote: Originally Posted by phantommaggot well, she dosent want to spend much more than 800 and i got to looking last night and there was a nice acer on newegg that filled that gap.. i know if i was gonna buy a laptop id get a ultraportable, like 11 in widescreen little ****er, and id put ubuntu on it lol. but ya, it isnt for me, and she wont let me give her money for it.. so heres what we came up with.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115267 seem good?

That seems a decent machine. It has a Core Solo 1.86ghz (essentially a rebranded Pentium M), lots of disk space and a DVD re-writer. It'd be better if it had another 512mb of RAM, but I doubt your girlfriend will run very demanding programs. You won't find better value than Acer at this price range. IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads are rock solid, but very poorly specced and really geared towards the business user - as such they have functions that your girlfriend probably won't need.

One thing to be aware of with Acer laptops is that they partition the hard disk into two sections - both in FAT32. I can't understand their reasoning for this, but regardless you may want to reformat when you get the machine, it's your choice.

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phantommaggot

will it come with those stupid system restore cds that format it back to how it was.. or will it come with windows..

reformating it would be easy, but not if its just gonna set it right back up fat32 when i try to put windows back on it..

reflux

Quote: Originally Posted by phantommaggot will it come with those stupid system restore cds that format it back to how it was.. or will it come with windows.. reformating it would be easy, but not if its just gonna set it right back up fat32 when i try to put windows back on it..

I'm not actually sure to be honest. Generally cheaper laptops only have restore partitions and the more expensive ones come with proper windows disks, but you could always buy a new copy of Windows if you couldn't live with the hard disk setup.

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phantommaggot

Quote: Originally Posted by reflux I'm not actually sure to be honest. Generally cheaper laptops only have restore partitions and the more expensive ones come with proper windows disks, but you could always buy a new copy of Windows if you couldn't live with the hard disk setup.

lol, she loves ubuntu on my pc. i could always stick her with that

ya, id probably get her a new copy of windows.. if thats what i have to do ill look for a windows home machine with a gig of ram for her.. and just put xp pro on it myself..

the best part, is she actually wants me to set up a dual boot with ubuntu.. its great lol

but thanks alot everyone.
and that fat32 info was great.

Highperf15

I'm going to be in the market for a laptop soon and was considering this one cause I like to game.......
http://secure.hypersonic-pc.com/scri...ator_AX9_turbo

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corruptjoker

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I just got one of those and I am really happy with it!!!

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