Buying a notebook - Reccomendations?

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by WhiteEagle

Don't go with Acer. They're laptops suck. 1 hour battery life, and 15" screens! I had one and got rid of it as soon as I could. Did I forget to mention that they overheat real easily. IMHO, any other brand is better.

You're making broad assumptions here. Just because it is an Acer laptop doesn't mean it is going to have terrible battery life and overheat, it will depend entirely on the hardware inside of it!

[pc_guy]

Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

Wow, that looks great! Everything is top notch but the HD (5200RPM).

5200RPM isn't bad for a laptop drive, and 160GB is top notch for 2.5" drives.
I would buy that ASUS in a second...If I had the cash.

[garetjax]

Damn, no kidding. That ASUS is rocking! =D

[yurimxpxman]

I might get flamed for saying so, but so be it. I recommend that you buy a MacBook Pro. It'll run any operating system under the sun, and their hardware is a lot more sturdy than the vast majority of the competition.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

I might get flamed for saying so, but so be it. I recommend that you buy a MacBook Pro. It'll run any operating system under the sun, and their hardware is a lot more sturdy than the vast majority of the competition.

Yay! Mac FTW!

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

I might get flamed for saying so, but so be it...

HardwareLogic strives to be 100% flame free so post your thoughts freely!

[JazzyJake]

the MBP's seem pretty nice.
we've had a couple of them in the shop, and most of the problems are people no knowing how to click a mouse, (i'm not kidding it was this lady straight from russia, spent 3 grand on her first computer and doesn't know how to click, i'll tell that story some other time)
but the only problem is replacing parts in them is expensive as heck.
i.e. a DVD drive for one costs about $200 to get replaced.
most other laptops cost about $80

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

If their desktop counter-parts are any indication, then the 7900GS is the better of the four.

How do the rest of the cards stack up against the 7900GS in order of best to last?

256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS
256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7600
256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1800

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by Mithosphere

well i know some of my friends who purchased a barebones laptop from i think ASUS and it runs like everything, this is the closest i could find to it-given that i dont know where they got their's from :::::
Newegg.com - ASUS G Series G2P-7R001M Intel Core 2 Duo 17.1" Wide XGA+ ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 NoteBook - Retail

Good one Mithosphere!!! I had that exact Lappie bookmarked and was going to post that same link

Looks like it would be a killer notebook system, and right in your price range Garetjax

[Dr. V]

overpriced maybe at around $2700 (Canadian Funds) i had a dell

-core duo 2.0ghz (T2500)
-2GB DDR2-667 ram (2x1GB)
-17" Widescreen WUXGA+ UltraBright TrueLife (1920x1200 the nicest lappy screen almost ANY screen ive ever seen)
-100GB SATA 7200RPM hard drive
-7900GS GO

similarily priced u get one like that with a Core 2 Duo now easy - maybe even cheaper.

this thing played F.E.A.R., NFS Carbon, COD2, everything man it ate all of that stuff for breakfast. of course not everything on high, and not enuff battery power by a long shot to run a game more than maybe an hour (dont forget when unplugged it works on one core only for longer life).

DVDs on the other hand it did well at around 4-6 hours depending size, and other things like brightness setting on the screen and what not.

bottom line is get a 7900GS GO as the card, 2GB of RAM, and ur game section is covered (with power chord for sure).

as for the DVD viewing, if ur not 100% clad on the 17" screen, 15.4" screens have better battery life and nice performance for viewing, and some come with respectable enough video cards - not to mention some have them are cheap considering.

dell has really nice laptops, but dont rule out gateway, asus, and acer like mentioned. make sure u choose the best one possible, and definitely dont expect to meet ur expectations of endless battery life paired with seemless performance -- it doesn't exist!

not to mention this is for school. get a mini kicker - MacBook 13" -- they're amazing man and like already mention u can install many diff OSs.

particularily removing OS X and installing XP/Vista ;)

also, the hardware statement is correct. and along with apple WOW the Apple Care you get tops anything - u'll be safe if something actually does go wrong.

u just need to decide whether or not its worth the price of the extra for a small little thing like this > http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/875/mblq1.png

parts are good in that lappy.

it all comes down to personal taste.

keep us posted though this is a nice thread.