Hi guys,
What is the best Laptop for you?

• DELL
  COMPAQ
  SONY
  ACER
  OTHER

ermmmm




they all have different models?

Personally I'm looking at the Toshiba M600, I need something powerful, light and small, but it doesn't need to be able to play games.

It all depends on what it is going to be used for and what your budget is and how much you are going to move it around.  If you are only going to use it around home then I highly suggest getting a desktop instead.

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Originally posted by markee
Personally I'm looking at the Toshiba M600, I need something powerful, light and small, but it doesn't need to be able to play games.

It all depends on what it is going to be used for and what your budget is and how much you are going to move it around.  If you are only going to use it around home then I highly suggest getting a desktop instead.

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Originally posted by RebelSean
Dell XPS 1330[/b]? I'm going to be running Vista Ult, and it'll mainly be used for loads of presentations and document formatting, so if you have a better recommendation let me know .

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IMO Dells arent very good, Sony's are great if you can afford them, Acers are good allrounders, not sure about COMPAQ. If i where you i would go for an Acer or a Toshiba

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Originally posted by Th3rmal
IMO Dells arent very good, Sony's are great if you can afford them, Acers are good allrounders, not sure about COMPAQ. If i where you i would go for an Acer or a Toshiba

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Not if we dont know the Specs..

Thinkpads ftw.

Acers have good specs for cheap prices but their build quality isn't overally good.

Toshiba has generally good build quality. Macs are probably the best, but way too expensive .

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Originally posted by Dazzy
Thinkpads ftw.

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Originally posted by absorbation
Toshiba has generally good build quality. Macs are probably the best, but way too expensive .

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This would the same as asking what kind of car is the best.... Nobody can answer such a vage question in an objective manner ....


Almost any brand is good. Everything depends on the specs of the laptops. So, nobody can decently answer your question in this way, not if you don't give any specs.

And even then, it highly depends on what you want to do with the laptop. eg: A laptop with certain specs can be excellent for my needs, but can be garbage for your needs.

Also, each brand has his own layout of keys, mousepad, extra buttons, etc. It again depends on what you fancy. eg: do you like the mousepad to have extra mouse buttons, a dedicated scroll area, etc... Do you want the laptop to have extra (media) buttons to directly control stuff, etc...

For instance, if you want a RS232 and parallel port on your 15" screensize laptop, only a very very few brands will be left over to choose from. All these things could influence your choice of a particular brand.

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So, again, everything depends on the specs of the laptops and what you want to do with it. Only then you could decide that brand X is more appealing or worth the money or cheaper or whatever than brand Y for those specific laptop specs.

As alot of people have said here, it depends what you want to use it for. If you want a ultra portable pc, for just browsing and word documents, then the EEEPC is for you. If you want a ultimate gaming/desktop replacement then Alienware/Dell are for you (alienware is owned by dell). If you want an allrounder that's cheap and well spec'd that you can play most games on, acer.

You could do it all day, but you have to take a bit of responsibility for choosing a laptop. We all have different needs. And at the end of the day you will be using it.

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Originally posted by blackjack
Not if we dont know the Specs..

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I have a Dell XPS 1330 with 4GB of memory.
It hasa 5400RPM hard drive so for document formatting etc etc.

u mite loo at getting 7200rpm speed it up a little.

works perfectly well.

i love it

obviously dell !


ly meee

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Originally posted by joemailey

I have a Dell XPS 1330 with 4GB of memory.
It hasa 5400RPM hard drive so for document formatting etc etc.

u mite loo at getting 7200rpm speed it up a little.

works perfectly well.

i love it

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I use mine for nothing really Surfing, E-Mailing, Downloading and MSN lol

I traded my Dell XPS 700 Gaming PC for Dell XPS M1330

By trade i mean i sold the PC for the Price i was paying for laptop.

Well.. In Brazil, before being broght by HP, Compaq had very good computers: with hight quality and durability!!! I remember my first computer: was a Compaq and I needed to buy another just because of the update of technology....

One friend had an old Compaq laptop.. It was slow one, but it used to make its job....

So, my vote is for Compaq.... 

macbook

but in all honesty, a laptop that can operate whilst aflame is the best, we all need more pyrotechnic technology in our lives!

I have been a technician part time at Staples for over 2 years now and you wouldn't believe the amount of issues that laptops come in with... if you ask me, laptops suck . But if one is looking at a laptop, I would recommend them to either go for an HP (they pack a lot of useful features into it), a dell XPS or a macbook.

Just make sure they run intel chips because AMD chips run really hot and completely whore the battery... they are so bad that HP started including 12 Cell batteries along with some of their AMD models.

Note that I said HP not Compaq since essentially Compaq is their sub average notebook line... and therefore you are getting a cheaper laptop in all matters concerned, thus sacrificing usability. Compaq was awesome before they merged with HP .

I am also going to go on a limb and ask you to stay away from acer machines... Most acer machines bought in North American retail stores seem to have a lot of issues...

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Originally posted by ipab
Just make sure they run intel chips because AMD chips run really hot and completely whore the battery... they are so bad that HP started including 12 Cell batteries along with some of their AMD models.

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OTHER.

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Originally posted by NeSsiKa
OTHER.

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Generally I'd go for a Toshiba laptop, they're awesome. Acer sucks balls. Don't like Dell, though can't say whether they're good or not(though from what I've heard, they're not). And Mac books own pretty well.

I'm using Compaq. Runs smoothly.

I can say pretty safely acer are good in the sense that you get a really powerful machine fairly cheaply, but the build quality is utter shit. I have regretted buying this laptop. But it's still up to speed and can play the latest games so it keeps me happy.

However I am getting a new lappy soon and it's called Alienware, they're new m15x series, it looks HOT!

http://www.alienware.co.uk/product_detail_pages/a...ubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

Expensive but sexy!!!!!

Well I got my new Toshiba Portege M600 yesterday and it is great.  Powerful and small.  Though I must say, it is a steep learning curve when you get a new laptop and have to get used to all ofthe controls and Vista at the same time....

get a Thinkpad. there's really no question that they're the best brand on the market...

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
get a Thinkpad. there's really no question that they're the best brand on the market...

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what's wrong with their looks?

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
what's wrong with their looks?

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ThinkPads only good thing is the nipple. Other wise there weak underpowered expensive ugly over heating bastards. ()

If you want a good valued powerfull but still very portable laptop, id defintly go for the Asus M50SV. Its an excellent laptop.

For $1700:
CPU:      Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5Ghz
OS:         Vista Ultimate
RAM:     2GB DDR2 
HDD:      250GB SATA
Graphic: Nvidia 9500GS
                up to 896MB Turbo Cache
Screen:   15.4” WXGA+ (1440 x 900)
* 2yrs World Wide Warranty * DVD Burner * 1.3MP Web Cam
* BT * Finger Print Reader * WiFi 11 “N”
* Altech Lansing Dolby Speakers
Its one of the fastest laptops in the market currently in its price range . It uses a Peryn chip (45nm FTW)

For a good price listing with specs:
http://www.msy.com.au/notebook/notebook.pdf

All prices AU.

Toshiba and LG also make quite good laptops.

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Originally posted by mattisdada
ThinkPads only good thing is the nipple.

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Originally posted by mattisdada
Other wise there weak underpowered expensive ugly over heating bastards.

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Originally posted by mattisdada
http://www.msy.com.au/notebook/notebook.pdf

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And converting prices is hard? America is only like 0.05 from us now .

And the majourty of the forums users are Australian from what ive seen. So there *sticks tounge out*

most are from the uk.....

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/statistics.php?page=countries

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Originally posted by mattisdada
And converting prices is hard? America is only like 0.05 from us now .

And the majourty of the forums users are Australian from what ive seen. So there *sticks tounge out*

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Originally posted by Th3rmal
Oh and dont forget heavy...

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Originally posted by mattisdada
ThinkPads only good thing is the nipple. Other wise there weak underpowered expensive ugly over heating bastards.

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Why does it just say Compaq instead of HP? Anyway I like Compaq and HP, and everyone else I know seems to have a HP/Compaq computer too. We're all pretty satisfied. Pretty much all of the choices in the poll are good except Dell.

Compaq and dell suck though... you have some sucky friends!

Acer and Dell are craptastic as well. Sony low end (and middle end) laptops suck, but there high end ones are fairly good.

I said Compaq purely because they're owned by HP and I really like those laptops :].

I'm saving up for a HP one at the moment, for the price you can get really good specifications, they come with very little junkware on them and they run really nicely. Still contemplating whether to buy Windows XP Professional to run on it instead of Vista though; hmm.

Check out the HP website there are some awesome deals on there, plus their laptops are fit.

I have a Toshiba Laptop & it's pretty decent.
does everything I want it to do. & it's put up with a lot from me, specially having drunken uni parties & what not... yet it still works. lol.

If you prefer the "boutique" brand name, and being able to customize everything (practically) then you will want to go to alienware, they are mint! You can choose what proccessor, screen, gfx card, keyboard etc... and it even has tube lighting all round the screen and a lit up keyboard that you can change to any colour you want

you're not going to get any decent answers in this thread except for "thinkpad" and "alienware", since all of the other options (hp, compaq, dell, acer, etc) are crappy middle-end laptops with no significant features. if your choices are between hp, compaq, acer, and sony, then it doesn't really matter, because no matter what you buy it would just be the same laptop with a different brand name on it. in fact, the brands you listed aren't even significantly *known* for their laptops, whereas lenovo, alienware, etc. are.

The only drawback to alienware is their poor customer service, but wow ShawnZ agreed with me lmao, this is a first!

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Originally posted by Nathan
If you prefer the "boutique" brand name, and being able to customize everything (practically) then you will want to go to alienware, they are mint! You can choose what proccessor, screen, gfx card, keyboard etc... and it even has tube lighting all round the screen and a lit up keyboard that you can change to any colour you want

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Originally posted by Nathan
The only drawback to alienware is their poor customer service

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Alienware are great.... if your willing to pay that bit extra .

Asus, and Toshiba make excellent laptops.

A MAC book is great....if you have the money. So I'm voting for other.

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Originally posted by androo123
A MAC book is great....if you have the money. So I'm voting for other.

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Originally posted by markee

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Originally posted by androo123
A MAC book is great....if you have the money. So I'm voting for other.

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No! x over 9000

The only people i recomend a mac to are people who want to do multimedia work, otherwise No!

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Originally posted by mattisdada
Acer and Dell are craptastic as well.

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Originally posted by Aardvark
Pretty much all of the choices in the poll are good except Dell.

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Originally posted by Dazzy
Thinkpads ftw.

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