Laptop recommendations

[Stretch]

I'm buying a laptop for one of my cousins in the next few weeks as a congratulations for getting into college early decision.

Any recommendations? I assume that it will be used 25% for school work, 25% for gaming, and 50% for pr0n.

[Back]

Apple MacBooks are great machines at just around $1k.

Don’t give in to the dark side.

[Sean of the Thread]

http://www.theolivepress.eu/laptop-porno.gif

I don't know what the guy is doing in the corner.

I still have a broken laptop that is fairly cheap to fix if interested. (also not a bad laptop). Plus I owe serge money before I'm homeless.

[iJin]

I have a Dell e1505 with a 500GB Ebook.

I got it mostly for my recording, but it works well with school work, and games are alright, not fantastic, but good enough. When I got it, it cost roughly around 1,345 give or take, since they added some basic programs and a bit more ram to be able to run the 9 programs I uset to run at once to record. The speakers are also fantastic for a laptop, I could blare all my metal stuff pretty high, and there is never any scratch-like noises like other laptops have.

I would get a eBook as well. They're cheap, and good for loading music and movies into. Which is what I use it for. :D

I'm sure Dell has some other newer models since I've had mine (since 2006), and it's proven to be handy and good for the job.

[Makkah]

Who the fuck gets a present for getting in to college? Stupid asians.

[Deathravin]

HP HP HP

My work has all HP equipment; desktops, servers, laptops, printers, copiers, plotters...

I love my HP laptops (I have one for me, one for my wife, and one from work). I've never had an ounce of trouble from any of them and they're by far more reliable than any other brand we tried.

Of course, this is coming from a very technical person, able to fix his own problems. So I've never called HP support for anything other than warranty hardware replacements for my work machines (and even then I usually just call CDW).

[Deathravin]

Apple MacBooks are great machines at just around $1k.

Don’t give in to the dark side.

Ya... He said 25% for Gaming... Not 25% Photoshopping.

[BriarFox]

Go expensive. Buy him a custom Alienware. He'll give you blowjobs.

[Back]

Ya... He said 25% for Gaming... Not 25% Photoshopping.

heh, good point, but isn’t photochopping half of internet pwnage?

Anyway, it will run WoW and is much less susceptible to viruses when viewing porn.

[Celephais]

Anyway, it will run WoW and is much less susceptible to viruses when viewing porn.
What a retarded statement.

[CrystalTears]

I hate to agree with Back, but unfortunately there is some truth in that many of the known viruses are made to target PCs since they are the most widely used so it's able to affect the most users. That's not to say that Macs don't get viruses, just that it doesn't have as much of an occurrence than with PCs.

[Sean of the Thread]

I just have to chime in... I've managed not to get a single fucking virus in my entire computing life. (accept shit at my IT work/job.. and denial of service attacks).


I've fixed computer problems for a living for family and friends and I just gotta wonder.. how can people be so computer retarded. They're all semi intelligent except for the dealing with me part...




Signed Sean of the Thread... virus free since my Commodore 64.

[Clove]

What a retarded statement.No kidding. It's less susceptible to infection even when not viewing pr0n. What a n00b.

[diethx]

Go expensive. Buy him a custom Alienware. He'll give you blowjobs.

Alienware isn't as expensive anymore since Dell bought them.

[Stanley Burrell]

Do not buy my Compaq Presario R4000. There are demons in this motherfucker. DEMONS. HP charged me a million dollars to ward off the leprechaun that lives in this beast.

Holy shit.

[Kuyuk]

the chupacabra lives in stanleys computer.. o snapz

[BriarFox]

Alienware isn't as expensive anymore since Dell bought them.

Ugh. I didn't know that. I haven't really checked them out in a couple of years, though, so I suppose it's no surprise.

[diethx]

They're still overpriced, imho. My J bought one and the fucking thing weighs a billion pounds and gets so damn hot you can't keep it on your lap for long. I traveled with it once and it was awful. He loves it though and i'm glad because he paid a ton (just not the 5k they used to have the balls to charge).

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Why do you never say "J's" name? For whatever reason I find it annoying like "J" is a pet name like calling someone Sugarplum or Snookums.

[diethx]

I have posted his full name before, and it's Justin. I call him J because I call him J. Sorry if that bothers you, but i'm not going to stop. :)

[The Ponzzz]

HP laptops are pretty awesome. Best customer service I ever had for a computer too. Just make sure whatever you get him has an extended keyboard (key pad) if he will be doing gaming. Most laptops have them these days.

[Ignot]

Apple MacBooks are great machines at just around $1k.

Don’t give in to the dark side.

I love the Macbook but ours has broken 5 times within the first year. And I always see people with broken Macbooks in the Apple store.

[Drew]

Get this!

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9124101&intsrc=hm_list

[Back]

What a retarded statement.


I love the Macbook but ours has broken 5 times within the first year. And I always see people with broken Macbooks in the Apple store.

Huh. They must have gotten the bad apple because mine has been running strong for well over a year.

Or I got the gold one. Too bad it doesn't pop out gold eggs.

[CrystalTears]

We've had our Macbook for a year or so now, however the DVD player died on it so it kinda sucks. Aside from that, it works great.

[Back]

Not such a good rep on the MacBook here.

But I’ll sell you my non-broken one for $2B.

[Daniel]

My macbook is going strong 3 years later and I still play WoW on it.

[Stanley Burrell]

HP laptops are pretty awesome. Best customer service I ever had for a computer too. Just make sure whatever you get him has an extended keyboard (key pad) if he will be doing gaming. Most laptops have them these days.

I can vouch for really excellent customer support, superior shipping and handling and minimal paperwork.

Then, I was charged $318.50 for a hard drive format.

[Allereli]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9112603&type=product&id=1218024598485

I have one of these or something close. I don't use my laptop all that much, but it works great when I do.

[Keller]

I have an IBM Lenovo T60 and my wife has one of those little sony Vaio's.

I like my IBM better.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I have posted his full name before, and it's Justin. I call him J because I call him J. Sorry if that bothers you, but i'm not going to stop. :)

You've been doing it forever, doesn't bother me that much other than I was curious if there was a story behind it. Do carry on :)

[diethx]

Oh yeah, no story at all. It's just a nickname of sorts. :D

[Faent]

Sager NP2096

$964:
15.4" Glossy 1680x1050
nVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512 MB
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz
4 GB RAM
250 GB 7200 RPM HD
DVD/CD reader/writer
Vista Premium

http://powernotebooks.com/

[Bobmuhthol]

HP fucking sucks. Get an ASUS.


* I own an HP laptop, so I'm allowed to say it.

[AnticorRifling]

Wife's toshiba seems to be alright. HP makes ok laptops but really they are all pretty much the same from what I've seen in regards to repair rates, issues, blah blah blah.

[diethx]

I love my Vaio but I also didn't get a gaming laptop. However I don't doubt that if you got one for gaming, it would be just as awesome.

[Deathravin]

I hate to agree with Back, but unfortunately there is some truth in that many of the known viruses are made to target PCs since they are the most widely used so it's able to affect the most users. That's not to say that Macs don't get viruses, just that it doesn't have as much of an occurrence than with PCs.

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=Mjk3NjIsRGVjZW1iZXIgLDIwMDcsaGVudGh 1c2lhc3Q=
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39291625,00.htm

Granted that was 2007, but I'd trust an OS platform that has had constant attacks and trials for >15 years over an OS that hasn't had to deal with any mal ware for that same time and is just now realizing how completely insecure it really is.

[The Ponzzz]

I have a spare Vaio and it can't game what-so-ever.

Once Windows 7 comes out, I'll grab a new desktop.

[diethx]

I have a spare Vaio and it can't game what-so-ever.

If you got one specifically for gaming (assuming they make them or have upgrades available, I dunno, not what I was looking for so I didn't check), I don't see why it wouldn't work for that.

[The Ponzzz]

It has the same specs as this laptopI'm on right now, but it choked every time I tried to play Oblivion. I dunno. I never got why it happened.

[CrystalTears]

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=Mjk3NjIsRGVjZW1iZXIgLDIwMDcsaGVudGh 1c2lhc3Q=
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39291625,00.htm

Granted that was 2007, but I'd trust an OS platform that has had constant attacks and trials for >15 years over an OS that hasn't had to deal with any mal ware for that same time and is just now realizing how completely insecure it really is.
From one of your articles...
The amount of exploit code available in the wild also has an impact on security. While there are thousands of pieces of code that seek to exploit Windows XP vulnerabilities, exploit code for Mac OS X is relatively rare (http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39290494,00.htm).

[Stretch]

I ended up splitting the cost of this MacBook (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0300903) with my brother.

[SHAFT]

HP HP HP

My work has all HP equipment; desktops, servers, laptops, printers, copiers, plotters...

I love my HP laptops (I have one for me, one for my wife, and one from work). I've never had an ounce of trouble from any of them and they're by far more reliable than any other brand we tried.

Of course, this is coming from a very technical person, able to fix his own problems. So I've never called HP support for anything other than warranty hardware replacements for my work machines (and even then I usually just call CDW).

Word. I've had a HP for years without a single problem.