Buying a new laptop

[King Kong]

Had a dell for the last 4 years. What is new, best in the market now?.

Thanks gang, your info would be appreciated.

 

[vanessareid]

Toshiba I will never go back to a dell

 

[tboy]

i bought a refurb gateway and other than a few keyboard issues (i hate the layout of the left uppercase button) it's been fine.....

I see NO benefit of paying for a brand name like sony or ?? for thousands of dollars when a $325.00 asus or ?? will do just fine......

 

[Swagger]

when a $325.00 asus or ?? will do just fine......

What is an Asus and how much KB + etc.. does it have?.

 

[peace]

Oddball,
is there a store in Toronto that sells the same stuff as tigerdirect.com and reasonable???
thanks

 

[Mel Lastman]

Swagger, Asus is the name of company that sells computers. They have several different models like Dell, with different configurations.

https://www.tigerdirect.com/applica...m_re=Homepage-_-Spot 01b-_-CatId_17_A51-14027

Lenovo is another company that sells reliable systems.

https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/campaigns/campaigntemplate.asp?CampaignID=1558&srkey=lenovo

As tboy mentioned, refurbished equipment is a great way to save $. Browse the tigerdirect.com site, they are a great company I have purchased most of my computer equipment from them. If you are looking for the newest, greatest hot-rod for a laptop, the best bet is to go to one of the sites where you can configure your own options. Most all of the makers have a site where you can do this.

Here is a list of major manufacturers along with the model lines they provide:
* Acer - TravelMate, Extensa, Ferrari, Aspire
* Gateway + emachines
* Packard Bell - EasyNote
* Apple - MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro
* ASUS - Asus Eee, Lamborghini
* Dell - Inspiron, Latitude, Precision, Studio, Vostro, XPS, Studio XPS
* Alienware
* Fujitsu - LifeBook, Stylistic
* Hewlett-Packard - HP Pavilion, HP Omnibook, HP Compaq Notebooks
* Compaq - Evo, Armada, LTE, Presario
* Itautec - Itautec, Infoway
* Lanix - Lanix Portatiles, Neuron
* Lenovo - ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 series
* Medion - Akoya
* Micro-Star International (MSI) - Megabook, Wind
* Panasonic - Toughbook, Satellite, Let's Note (available in Japan only) [1]
* Samsung Electronics - Sens
* Positivo, Platinum, Aureum, Unique, Premium
* Sony - VAIO
* Toshiba - Dynabook, Portege, Tecra, Satellite, Qosmio, Libretto

Thanks man for the useful info.

 

[peace]

Not sure of that peace, Toronto is a bit far for me. Your best deals feature-for-feature will be online. Stores sell competent laptops for 95% of the tasks you need a computer to do. Browsing, email, word processing, but you will want to go for more features if using it for gaming, video or image processing. The internet is a fantastic resource for comparing features and prices.

Thanks Oddball. Hopefully some beautiful woman will give you a nice ass grabbing hug.

 

[tboy]

Tiger direct and ncix, Canada Computers all have stores in Toronto although TD and NCIX are all in the 'burbs.

TD has one right at hwy 7 and 400, just go west off the 400, first entrance to the right and you're there......

Canada Computers has a store on College just west of Spadina if you're right downtown and don't want to drive to the 'burbs.....

 

[tboy]

What is an Asus and how much KB + etc.. does it have?.

I think you mean gb, kb for memory or HDD space went out in the early 80s.....

My $349 gateway has 3 GB onboard memory and 340 gb HDD space. Plus it has a 15.6" LED edgelit LCD screen and HD audio which still sucks via the laptop speakers....no way you can get decent audio from 1/4" diameter speakers, no way no how lol....

 

[Dan]

I have a HP Pavilion 9700 notebook. Purchased it last year at Best Buy for about 800 bucks. It does the job for me.

 

[Luvasian]

This place here sells refurbished computers too.

 

[tboy]

The ONLY problem with factory direct is if you have buyer's remorse after using something, there's no turning back/no refunds. Then if it breaks down, they'll send it out for repairs and it could be weeks before you get it back.

Buying a refurb from a more reputable place like Canada Computers or Tiger Direct is a better idea. I wouldn't buy anything over $100.00 from Factory Direct......

 

[Nova5]

If possible I suggest you wait until late summer when there are back-to-school specials.

 

[tboy]

This morning I rec'd an email from Tiger Direct for $50.00 off this asus laptop....looks pretty decent and not a refurb either....

 

[SiNbaD]

If possible I suggest you wait until late summer when there are back-to-school specials.

Diddo :great:

You can save close to two brown ones.