Shoutbox

mine broke recently, and it will apparently cost over $300 to repair. since there is no point in wasting that much on a 2 year old crappy laptop, I though I might as well buy a new one. I have been searching for over an hour now, but can't find anything decent with my limited budget.

Budget: ~$700 CAD, will go up to $800
Display: 15.4, larger prefered
HDD: 80 gb is fine
CPU: 1.8GHz or more, 64bit, dual core (preferably amd)
RAM: 1gb is fine
DVD: Dual dvd burner
Mem Card Reader: n/a
Webcam: n/a
GPU: Something that will run compiz
Audio: crappy onboard is fine
Modem: Preferably
WLAN: b/g
USB: Minimum 3 ports
OS: preferably none

Other: nothing too fat or ugly, and preferably not online either. shipping is expensive and i hate waiting for the package.

The closest thing I found is this, but its a 32bit intel @ 1.6ghz. otherwise very good

this site will let you pick options for each component (like you've listed) in a very easy manner

while you may not be able to buy off it (it's an English site) it will let you find suitable laptops which you can then find in a shop or on a website in the country you live in

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Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
GPU: Something that will run compiz

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why would you want something that could run some inferior linux product when you're going to be using the superior OS, Windows?

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Originally posted by ShawnZ

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Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
GPU: Something that will run compiz

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why would you want something that could run some inferior linux product when you're going to be using the superior OS, Windows?

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/take flame_bait

I think you're looking at at least £450 for a 64-bit processor. It may be cheaper in the States / Canada, but it's ~$900USD. You'll have to work out $CAD yourself...

Try eBay if all else fails.

Also, why an 64bit processor when you're going to have only 1GB of RAM?

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Originally posted by Mike
Also, why an 64bit processor when you're going to have only 1GB of RAM?

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Even if he has a 64bit processor it doesn't mean he will use a 64bit OS (I for example have a 64bit processor with 2GB of ram, and I suppose you are referring to the 4GB limit of 32bit operating systems). Many of the processors today are 64bit even if they are used with 32bit operating systems.

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Originally posted by Vilkku
Even if he has a 64bit processor it doesn't mean he will use a 64bit OS (I for example have a 64bit processor with 2GB of ram, and I suppose you are referring to the 4GB limit of 32bit operating systems). Many of the processors today are 64bit even if they are used with 32bit operating systems.

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but why does he *need* a 64-bit processor? and why does it have to be AMD? amd are kinda shit...

He said he would prefer AMD, doesn't have to be.

Anyway, I can't help you much, but try going for HP or Toshiba maybe.. At least from experience, HP ain't bad with laptops at all. (Vista is a freakin' pain though, so good luck trying to get rid of it for Linux)

Laptops that are preinstalled with Vista (or some other Microsoft crap OS) may have a hard time or impossible to put a different OS on it. HP doesn't have that restriction, I know that much.. I plan to go back to XP for a while before I give Linux a go. Just a tip: make a recovery disc as a safe precaution.

HP Compaq 6510b no dual dvd burner though

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=27670

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=27312

Overlooking both, they seem to have almost everything you want (like 2USB instead of 3 etc...)

Both look good

PS: Give me your old laptop, I'll try and fix it