Buying a new computer

*Jessica* · #1 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

within the next couple days i will be buying a new laptop. I am clueless when it comes to computer stuff so i was wondering if soemone could tell me what i should be looking for? I just need soemthing basic. I'll only be using it for the internet, stuff for school, and music downloading. i am willing to spend at the most $2500. thanx in advance for the help :)

mux · #2 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

Get a Dell, dude.

Candy-Kid · #3 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

call winston

rawb · #4 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

get one with spinners.

**sNyx** · #5 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by *Jessica*

within the next couple days i will be buying a new laptop. I am clueless when it comes to computer stuff so i was wondering if soemone could tell me what i should be looking for? I just need soemthing basic. I'll only be using it for the internet, stuff for school, and music downloading. i am willing to spend at the most $2500. thanx in advance for the help :)

http://www.fnk.ca/board/showthread.php?t=45887&highlight=laptop

wikid · #6 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

LOL a dell.....thats funny...

anyways, AMD K6's motherboards are really good, the Durons are not very reliable and cause windows unstability quite a lot.
with 2500 bucks you could get quite a bit of RAM (the memory) and nowadays its still quite cheap, I'd say 512 mb memory stick and at lesast a gb processor, that should bring up about up to 1000. after that um...sound cards are about the same no matter who you get em from, video cards - some top of the line ones are Stealth and VOODOO, perhaps SIS too. that'll make the graphics when ur playin games compeltly kickass.
odviously you'll need a network card and a fairly big hard drive about 60-80 gb.....yeah........

rawb · #7 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by wikid

LOL a dell.....thats funny...

anyways, AMD K6's motherboards are really good, the Durons are not very reliable and cause windows unstability quite a lot.
with 2500 bucks you could get quite a bit of RAM (the memory) and nowadays its still quite cheap, I'd say 512 mb memory stick and at lesast a gb processor, that should bring up about up to 1000. after that um...sound cards are about the same no matter who you get em from, video cards - some top of the line ones are Stealth and VOODOO, perhaps SIS too. that'll make the graphics when ur playin games compeltly kickass.
odviously you'll need a network card and a fairly big hard drive about 60-80 gb.....yeah........

...

bwahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha

**sNyx** · #8 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by rawb

bwahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha

oh man, that computer is SIICK!
..like two years ago.

rawb · #9 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

he sounds like one of the people in the london drugs computer department.

*Jessica* · #10 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

candykid- i dont know winston i just know he has blue hair
myles- thanx but that other thread was just confusing for me. i have no clue what they're talkin about as i said before i'm totally clueless when it comes to computers.

i just need to kow how much memory i should need and just the basic things i should be looking for. I don't want to buy one and totally be taken advantage of.

**sNyx** · #11 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by *Jessica*

kandykid- i dont know winston i just know he has blue hair
myles- thanx but that other thread was just confusing for me. i have no clue what they're talkin about as i said before i'm totally clueless when it comes to computers.

i just need to kow how much memory i should need and just the basic things i should be looking for. I don't want to buy one and totally be taken advantage of.

Then let me tell you what to buy?

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...1&WLBS=fsweb22

After taxes, extended warranty, ect.. you will cap out just under $2400

I personally have this exact notebook sitting behind me on my bed, brand new. It's sick, just what you need. Get down to Futureshop and pick it up.

rawb · #12 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

^toshiba makes nice notebooks. listen to snyx.

ps: GET ONE WITH A VOODOO

**sNyx** · #13 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

ps- spend the $400 extra on the warranty ;)

cubed · #14 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

The toshiba's are great laptops, but I would suggest getting something with pentium M/Centrino processor as opposed to the P4, you'll be able to use it for extended hours without having to recharge the battery.

*Jessica* · #15 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

that ones cute, i approve haha
whats a voodoo?

**sNyx** · #16 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by *Jessica*

that ones cute, i approve haha
whats a voodoo?

voodoo means your stuck playing Quake2 in 1999..

**sNyx** · #17 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by cubed

The toshiba's are great laptops, but I would suggest getting something with pentium M/Centrino processor as opposed to the P4, you'll be able to use it for extended hours without having to recharge the battery.

Very true, I have to charge it up every few hours of non-steady use. But don't scare the girl, it charges back up quickly in under 15mins.

*Jessica* · #18 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

I'm gonna go check out that toshiba today, thanx!

decypher · #19 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

make sure to get some 16 mb EDO ram 72 pin SIMM modules for urs computa, dose are dope.

btw, is that wikid guy being serious? "at lesast a gb processor" i swear i was being talked to by a staples tech guy with downsyndrome.

**sNyx** · #20 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by decypher

make sure to get some 16 mb EDO ram 72 pin SIMM modules for urs computa, dose are dope.

bad joke.

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Originally Posted by decypher

btw, is that wikid guy being serious? "at lesast a gb processor" i swear i was being talked to by a staples tech guy with downsyndrome.

reused joke.

hardstylin · #21 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

im not sure if your set on a laptop but for 2500$ you could build ur own comp or for probly a 12hour tech fee have a pro build it for you. And it would be off the hook.

Dr. Doom · #22 (**permalink**) Sep 11, 04

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Originally Posted by wikid

LOL a dell.....thats funny...

anyways, AMD K6's motherboards are really good, the Durons are not very reliable and cause windows unstability quite a lot.
with 2500 bucks you could get quite a bit of RAM (the memory) and nowadays its still quite cheap, I'd say 512 mb memory stick and at lesast a gb processor, that should bring up about up to 1000. after that um...sound cards are about the same no matter who you get em from, video cards - some top of the line ones are Stealth and VOODOO, perhaps SIS too. that'll make the graphics when ur playin games compeltly kickass.
odviously you'll need a network card and a fairly big hard drive about 60-80 gb.....yeah........

Hmm.. Doom thinks that one of these might be right up your alley
http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/