Laptop people, advice?

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   So I'm going to school in a couple weeks, and I never really have liked laptops that much, but I figure it will be more handy.  So I have no idea what constitutes a good laptop these days, and my budget isn't gigantic as far as laptops go.  I have between 650 and 800-ish dollars to spend on one.

So help would be great.

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Skillet42565 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum Member Strike 1: Taunting Mods on Facebook Joined: 25 December 2004 Location: Liechtenstein Status: Offline Points: 9556	Post Options Post Reply Quote Skillet42565 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Laptop people, advice? Posted: 07 August 2007 at 8:19am
	So I'm going to school in a couple weeks, and I never really have liked laptops that much, but I figure it will be more handy. So I have no idea what constitutes a good laptop these days, and my budget isn't gigantic as far as laptops go. I have between 650 and 800-ish dollars to spend on one. So help would be great.


Panda Man Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum Member I’ll feed you to my SNAKE!! METALFACE!! Joined: 25 July 2004 Location: Neutral Zone Status: Offline Points: 10605	Post Options Post Reply Quote Panda Man Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 August 2007 at 9:08am
	Sony Vaio.


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	I'm sure BARRELBREAK can help you out, pm him.
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	I picked up a HP for around $750 and it's really nice.
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Dye Playa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum Member Guested- Reposted Inapropiate Link. Joined: 21 June 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3209	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dye Playa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 August 2007 at 11:55am
	You don't need much, unless you plan on using demanding programs. 1 gig of ram should be sufficient, and any processor now-a-days is going to be fine. You don't need a good video card, unless you plan on gaming with it, but for internet, pictures, word documents, you will meet your budget with a decent setup. Hard drive is all up to you, but usually 80-120 gigs is enough, and that is ample room for a lot of stuff.


SandMan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum Member More like Rip Van Winkle AmIRite? Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3907	Post Options Post Reply Quote SandMan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 August 2007 at 12:51pm
	If you're on a budget, Sony Vaio is a horrible brand to be looking at. They're premium PC's at a premium price. My laptop's a Vaio, but it was $4k. For budget-conscious quality, I always suggest Dell. Best bang for the buck from my experience and the hardware support is still decent. Dye Playa's in the right ballpark... 1GB RAM should be fine. I would strongly suggest an Intel Dual Core processor myself. 80-120 GB's on the HDD should be fine. Make sure you get integrated WiFi.. They've almost all got it these days, but you'll end up wishing you had it if you don't get it.
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