another "best laptop to buy" thread

[mikey]

Aight need a new one.

narrowed it down to 3:

Apple 13.3-inch MacBook 2.4GHz

a sony TZ series

of here's a small toshiba

basically looking for something small.

[GSG9]

i would suggest the sony if you need kindling for a campfire. otherwise go with your toshiba or friendly little mac (that is if your mac savvy, which i am not)

[mikey]

so the sony is poo eh?

aight, i think i was leaning more towards the mac.

[Drazkers]

toshiba or mac for sure, depends on your tastes

[NinjaBoy]

Forget the sony.

Basically your looking at toshibia or Mac. Depending on what you want to use it for.

I bought an Ibook three years ago for light internet surfing, email and word processing. It's still working great and I use it often.

[mikey]

what about the Hewlett Packard 2133 Mini-Note PC....

any imput?

[GSG9]

NOOO. any company that normally sells 'package computers' ei dell, gateway, hp, sony, ect, steer clear from.

im on a toshiba right now and it pretty much rules any laptop ive had, only puters ive had that were better were ones i built.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by GSG9

NOOO. any company that normally sells 'package computers' ei dell, gateway, hp, sony, ect, steer clear from.

im on a toshiba right now and it pretty much rules any laptop ive had, only puters ive had that were better were ones i built.

mikey's not a fuckin nerd, he aint gonna roll up to a-power and have em build some shit for him.

i dont know shit about laptops other then toshiba is bangin' just get the toshiba who gives a fuck, if it breaks you can buy another one you rich mother fucker.

[GSG9]

haha yea if money aint no issue grab a toshiba then

[sNyx]

Get a Lenovo Thinkpad. I have a T61p and I'll never go with anything else. I have used a Toshiba, HP, Acer and the Thinkpad totals them all. I spent around $400 on my warranty which covers everything for 3 years, even accidental spills and damages. I had my keyboard replaced twice in Bangkok both in under 2 hours, at no cost, because I took it to an IMB service center. If your not near a service center they will UPS out a truck next day with a box and have it back to you in 2-3 business days (I did this once). Their built like a tank as a portable business tool and still look dead sexy (in that pin stripe secretary sorta way). I packed mine with 3 gigs of ram, a second hard drive and a 2.2 duo Intel. Plays videogames and runs multiple heavy load applications with ease. I highly recommend going with a Thinkpad and paying for the warranty. IMB really takes care of you.

I would go for the Xseries if your looking for small.
Lenovo - Notebook computers - ThinkPad X Series

[GSG9]

that sounds boner.. ima look into those

[Drazkers]

Originally Posted by My!es

Get a Lenovo Thinkpad. I have a T61p and I'll never go with anything else. I have used a Toshiba, HP, Acer and the Thinkpad totals them all. I spent around $400 on my warranty which covers everything for 3 years, even accidental spills and damages. I had my keyboard replaced twice in Bangkok both in under 2 hours, at no cost, because I took it to an IMB service center. If your not near a service center they will UPS out a truck next day with a box and have it back to you in 2-3 business days (I did this once). Their built like a tank as a portable business tool and still look dead sexy (in that pin stripe secretary sorta way). I packed mine with 3 gigs of ram, a second hard drive and a 2.2 duo Intel. Plays videogames and runs multiple heavy load applications with ease. I highly recommend going with a Thinkpad and paying for the warranty. IMB really takes care of you.

I would go for the Xseries if your looking for small.
Lenovo - Notebook computers - ThinkPad X Series

DAMN! when did those get affordable!?!
Have always been abit too expensive for me, they have some massive deals going on, hands down the best windows laptop you could get.

[b0ld]

what ever you do.... don't buy an hp notebook... you will regret it.

I would go with a Mac... The reason being is that they are using intel core duo technology and most if not all of there computers now. The windows xp "bootcamp" emulator is quite stable as well.
However with the multi media capabilities and stability you have with the mac's o/s, it will be smooth sailing.

[sNyx]

btw, if your leaning towards a Thinkpad get it with Bluetooth. It comes in handy... and I can't stress enough PIMP OUT YOUR WARRANTY. worth a million in the end. I (personally) beat the shit out of my laptop, mostly spills [beer, gin/tonic, water, rum/coke, sprite, redbull etc], but IMB will replace ANY part no matter what if you get the right coverage. Just have to call it into HQ and play the "I don't know what happened, all of a sudden I woke up and my battery doesn't work" (even because it swam in a pool of spilled beer the night before). I actually had three keyboards replaced in under six months in Bangkok (spills), but accidently paid for the first one until I realised how to use the warranty call in system.

[jenai]

the cheapest centrino laptop with wifi N or G is the best bet especially if it has a good dvd burner, all for under $1 G. I think FS has them for between $800 & 1200.

If it is under $750, it's an Intel dual core without centrino.

besides, an aircard from rogers or telus or bell are a bad buy even if it comes free with your renewed 2-yr cellphone contract! don't forget the West Palm Springs professional who's suing Verizon to not pay his $10G bill!

[Drazkers]

Originally Posted by b0ld

what ever you do.... don't buy an hp notebook... you will regret it.

I would go with a Mac... The reason being is that they are using intel core duo technology and most if not all of there computers now. The windows xp "bootcamp" emulator is quite stable as well.
However with the multi media capabilities and stability you have with the mac's o/s, it will be smooth sailing.

Its running an intel processor, there is no emulation with bootcamp(besides a bios), its just a user friendly partitioning tool.
Parallels is using emulation and i love using it(no restarts)!

[ebbomega]

Toshibas and Lenovo/IBMs are about as good as it gets for PC laptops. Otherwise just get a mac. I've heard Acers are alright. HP/Compaq, Dell, Emachines, Sony are all shit, don't even bother.

[anewlife]

Originally Posted by b0ld

what ever you do.... don't buy an hp notebook... you will regret it.

huh? never had any problems with my HP notebook...

[b0ld]

Originally Posted by anewlife

huh? never had any problems with my HP notebook...

I work with a major contractor that provides support for about 90% of the hp consumer and business line products. Over the course of 4 years a number of class action lawsuits have occured.... Simply because the quality of HP computers are absolutely shit. I see it all each and every day...

[Leviathan]

I have a mac book pro for home use and have a Lenovo think pad for work. While the Lenovo is the nicest built for windows laptop I've used, my MacBook Pro is by far way nicer for both MacOS and Windows. The only reason I got the Lenovo was because it was free otherwise I wouldn't waste my money on it.

[mikey]

aight all this technical talk confuses me guys.

I want a tiny lap top like 9"-12" screen. list some models worth checking out.

[b0ld]

everex.... acer...

[GSG9]

i like acers monitors (although they aint got shit on my samsung) but ive heard poor reports of their computers.

[mikey]

so where's the closest IBM store?