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need some help finding a laptop by Supersonicdarky on 12-29-2007 at 02:13 AM

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 :)


RE: need some help finding a laptop by djdannyp on 12-29-2007 at 09:55 AM

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


RE: need some help finding a laptop by ShawnZ on 12-29-2007 at 09:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
GPU: Something that will run compiz

why would you want something that could run some inferior linux product when you're going to be using the superior OS, Windows?
RE: RE: need some help finding a laptop by andrewdodd13 on 12-29-2007 at 11:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
GPU: Something that will run compiz

why would you want something that could run some inferior linux product when you're going to be using the superior OS, Windows?
/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.
RE: need some help finding a laptop by Mike on 12-29-2007 at 11:48 AM

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


RE: RE: need some help finding a laptop by Vilkku on 12-29-2007 at 04:50 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Also, why an 64bit processor when you're going to have only 1GB of RAM? :huh:
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.
RE: need some help finding a laptop by ShawnZ on 12-29-2007 at 04:51 PM

quote:
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.

but why does he *need* a 64-bit processor? and why does it have to be AMD? amd are kinda shit...
RE: need some help finding a laptop by Shippo on 12-29-2007 at 06:22 PM

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.


RE: need some help finding a laptop by Steven on 12-29-2007 at 06:53 PM

HP Compaq 6510b no dual dvd burner though


RE: need some help finding a laptop by prashker on 12-29-2007 at 06:58 PM

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 :p

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


RE: need some help finding a laptop by Shippo on 12-29-2007 at 10:29 PM

HP Pavilion dv6700z series

Found that while looking through HP's entertainment section. If it's still too expensive, HP has a ton of more choices on other laptops. Although, the one I linked you too is somewhat customizable, so you can change the parts on it to what you want.

At any rate, that's just what I found, so there's more choices out there.


RE: need some help finding a laptop by ShawnZ on 12-29-2007 at 11:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Shippo
He said he would prefer AMD

why would he prefer AMD? :p
RE: RE: need some help finding a laptop by Verte on 12-30-2007 at 12:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by Shippo
He said he would prefer AMD

why would he prefer AMD? :p

Better stack floating point performance? Cleaner virtualisation architecture? Maybe it's something to do with pipeline depth, power usage, or I/O? Maybe it's an ideological thing?

Why 64 bit? Maybe he'd like to be using it once 64 bit applications start coming out?

I saw NewEgg had an awesome Lenovo for US$700 the other day. It's a real shame they don't do international delivery. I was going to hit them up for a shiny new hard drive.
RE: need some help finding a laptop by Shippo on 12-30-2007 at 12:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by Shippo
He said he would prefer AMD

why would he prefer AMD? :p

Your guess is as good as mine, I personally prefer Intel myself over AMD.

As for 64-bit technology, I'd have no use for it at the moment. I still hear some drivers and programs don't run properly on 64-bit for whatever reason. (only on a 64-bit OS though, not 32-bit)

Many options for a laptop, it's just a matter of piecing them together to get what you want, for whatever use out of them. Each person has their preference to what they want in a computer.
RE: need some help finding a laptop by roflmao456 on 12-30-2007 at 01:43 AM

if you budgeted ~$1500, get one of those nice HP laptops with a huge screen :p


RE: need some help finding a laptop by Supersonicdarky on 12-30-2007 at 03:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Shippo
quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by Shippo
He said he would prefer AMD

why would he prefer AMD? :p

Your guess is as good as mine, I personally prefer Intel myself over AMD.

As for 64-bit technology, I'd have no use for it at the moment. I still hear some drivers and programs don't run properly on 64-bit for whatever reason. (only on a 64-bit OS though, not 32-bit)

Many options for a laptop, it's just a matter of piecing them together to get what you want, for whatever use out of them. Each person has their preference to what they want in a computer.
why do you prefer intel? just because. same with amd for me. and it seems like amd has more 64bit processors than intel (don't quote me on that though). And speaking of 64bit, it's because it's the future, like 32bit surpassed 16, 64 will eventually surpass 32. Buying a 64bit cpu will just help it progress.

quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
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 :p

PS: Give me your old laptop, I'll try and fix it :D
are they 64bit or not? its not as easy to tell as with amd :( and no, i don't trust you with my laptop ;p
RE: need some help finding a laptop by Shippo on 12-30-2007 at 04:18 PM

Couple friends of mine experienced AMD for themselves and quite a bit of their processors overheated. Plus, they told me that AMD is mainly for gaming and not necessarily good at multi-tasking. That's what they told me.

Me personally, I've not had any problems with Intel at all. Grant it though, their celerons suck horribly.. even my P3 (600 MHz at the time) outclassed the Celeron 800 MHz by a long shot.


RE: need some help finding a laptop by vaccination on 12-30-2007 at 05:53 PM

By the time 64bit takes over 32bit the processor will be out of date anyway 8-)


RE: need some help finding a laptop by ShawnZ on 12-30-2007 at 06:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
why do you prefer intel? just because. same with amd for me. and it seems like amd has more 64bit processors than intel (don't quote me on that though). And speaking of 64bit, it's because it's the future, like 32bit surpassed 16, 64 will eventually surpass 32. Buying a 64bit cpu will just help it progress.

I prefer intel because core wipes the floor with amd's entire lineup? also, all the core processors are 64-bit. also, 64-bit serves no real benefit other than to support >~3gb of memory. in fact, 64-bit applications will use more memory than the exact same application compiled as 32-bit, because pointers have to be twice as long.