i need a laptop, suggestions plz Options

[Jen]

so, i desperately need a new laptop. i was looking at a sony vaio, but i want to get the best for the money. i am absolutely clueless at this kind of thing.

any suggestions?

[Hanyo]

it really depends on what your preference is: portiblity vs performance. You can get hard core portiblity notebooks that is small and light, but it doesn't have a cd-rom drives. Or you can get a desktop replacement that will chew through your battery in a hour but will be as fast as your regular PC.

For me, I'm using a IBM thinkpad t43. Its a nice balanced laptop, the thickest part is 1.2 inches. The major concern for me was; i wanted something light, and have a long battery life and still be able to do what a normal desktop can do. My laptop costed me about $1700 with everything upgraded ( 2 gigs of ram/ extra battery ect). 3 year warrenty

So jen, if you want something light and durable. I recomend a IBM (lenovo) or a Mac. They both make high quality laptops with good reputation and performance vs portablitly. But if your don't care about size or battery life, you move onto the other brands. They offer a faster machine and more bang for your buck. But the bad side is, you get less battery life and it weights a bit more. Remember each company has a good laptop, they won't be in business today if all there laptops are junk. And a warrenty is good because if anything breaks, you generally can't buy parts to fix it on your own.


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