Help me pick a Laptop - Need Input Please!!

MomsBreak · 12-23-2005, 06:18 AM

I am going to buy another laptop at the after christmas sales. I have always gotten Dell but hate their support these last two years. I tired to upgrade to business support and could not even keep the business department on the phone long enough to ask how. Since I did not have a business support number they switch me before I could find out how to upgrade. I am tired of fighting with their support and mailing in my laptop I have had now for three years in ever four months to be fixed.

Anyway, I need a new laptop, road warrior, very light weight, can run large aned multi programs at the same time. Example Corel Draw, frontpage, word, IE and outlook plus a few chat softwares like yahoo and icq at one time. I will be on it 10 hours a day, five days in a row. I know ths is going to be costly but at that is ok.

Suggestions
Thank you
Kimberly

zima · 12-23-2005, 10:50 AM

10h on battery? The only laptops that can do this about which I heard of (which are available here) are some high end (NOT in processing power, but in price/used components - ULV versions of cpu's for example) Sony Vaio's...

MomsBreak · 12-24-2005, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zima

10h on battery? The only laptops that can do this about which I heard of (which are available here) are some high end (NOT in processing power, but in price/used components - ULV versions of cpu's for example) Sony Vaio's...

Not 10 hours on battery. Just need to be one that can hold up to that kind of work. I been reading and figure out what features I want. Now I am down to trying to decide what are good brands.

zima · 12-25-2005, 08:56 AM

Apple and IBM - best ones.
Other "big names" - good
Rest - a lottery, sometimes you'll get a thing on par with "big names" sometimes crap.

Just a note, if you'll go with "Wintel laptop", make sure it's based on Pentium M (or Celeron based on it, NOT the ones based on Pentium 4) or eventually Turion.

MomsBreak · 12-25-2005, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zima

Apple and IBM - best ones.
Other "big names" - good
Rest - a lottery, sometimes you'll get a thing on par with "big names" sometimes crap.

Just a note, if you'll go with "Wintel laptop", make sure it's based on Pentium M (or Celeron based on it, NOT the ones based on Pentium 4) or eventually Turion.

I was looking at Think Pad but hear IBM no longer makes them so not sure if I should go with that. I have no idea what a Wintel laptop is but will look it up.

Thank you
Merry Christmas
Kimberly

zima · 12-26-2005, 03:45 AM

Thinkpads are still top notch quality.

(and as for 'Wintel" - it's just general term describing computers that have x86 processors and can run Windows; I've used because I mentioned also Apple in my previous post)

Platypus · 12-26-2005, 06:38 AM

I checked out newegg.com, and if price is an issue, you can get a pretty good laptop for $870, it's an acer.
http://www.newegg.comroductroduct.as...82E16834115303
Good luck

MomsBreak · 12-26-2005, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

I checked out newegg.com, and if price is an issue, you can get a pretty good laptop for $870, it's an acer.
http://www.newegg.comroductroduct.as...82E16834115303
Good luck

Thanks, I got a Thinkpad T43 today.

Platypus · 12-26-2005, 12:59 PM

OK, .....

IBM makes a good laptop, though.

evildemonlucas · 12-27-2005, 02:26 AM

have you thought of getting an apple i've got an ibook g4 its not got great memory but with an external hardrive you should have plenty of memory also you have the added bonus of virtual pc so you can do whatever you want

12-23-2005, 06:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
MomsBreak Googler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 77 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Help me pick a Laptop - Need Input Please!! I am going to buy another laptop at the after christmas sales. I have always gotten Dell but hate their support these last two years. I tired to upgrade to business support and could not even keep the business department on the phone long enough to ask how. Since I did not have a business support number they switch me before I could find out how to upgrade. I am tired of fighting with their support and mailing in my laptop I have had now for three years in ever four months to be fixed. Anyway, I need a new laptop, road warrior, very light weight, can run large aned multi programs at the same time. Example Corel Draw, frontpage, word, IE and outlook plus a few chat softwares like yahoo and icq at one time. I will be on it 10 hours a day, five days in a row. I know ths is going to be costly but at that is ok. Suggestions Thank you Kimberly

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12-23-2005, 10:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	10h on battery? The only laptops that can do this about which I heard of (which are available here) are some high end (NOT in processing power, but in price/used components - ULV versions of cpu's for example) Sony Vaio's...

12-25-2005, 08:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Apple and IBM - best ones. Other "big names" - good Rest - a lottery, sometimes you'll get a thing on par with "big names" sometimes crap. Just a note, if you'll go with "Wintel laptop", make sure it's based on Pentium M (or Celeron based on it, NOT the ones based on Pentium 4) or eventually Turion.

12-26-2005, 03:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thinkpads are still top notch quality. (and as for 'Wintel" - it's just general term describing computers that have x86 processors and can run Windows; I've used because I mentioned also Apple in my previous post)

12-26-2005, 06:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
Platypus Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I checked out newegg.com, and if price is an issue, you can get a pretty good laptop for $870, it's an acer. http://www.newegg.comroductroduct.as...82E16834115303 Good luck

12-26-2005, 12:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
Platypus Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	OK, ..... IBM makes a good laptop, though.

12-27-2005, 02:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
evildemonlucas Junior Googler Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	have you thought of getting an apple i've got an ibook g4 its not got great memory but with an external hardrive you should have plenty of memory also you have the added bonus of virtual pc so you can do whatever you want

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