New Laptop

[Jeff L]

My wife has taken over my laptop because hers took a dump so I'm in the market for a new one. Don't need anything fancy as I would just be using it to surf the web and do homework. Has anyone bought one recently in the $500 range that they have been happy with?

Thanks! :)

[Kuech Da Sneak]

If you want faster surfing/processing and don't need hundreds upon hundreds of HDD storage or a standalone GPU to watch 1080p coded video, then I suggest this

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16834200400

I've always disliked Dell, but that's just for desktops. They're pretty good when it comes to laptops, plus it has a pretty powerful Intel dualcore for the price. The 3 gigs of RAM is fine if you aren't gaming with the latest games on High Quality.

If you want a lot of storage space and an integrated GPU that isn't Intel while skimping on the processor, then get '

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16834230241

Honestly though, I suggest the first one, the Dell. Intel absolutely destroys AMD when it comes to making processors these days, and having a shitty processor can bottleneck your GPU, no matter how nice it is.

[Kuech Da Sneak]

Speaking of a new laptop!! Just dove in for the apple today.

First time having a Mac since 1993 haha

I'm lovin it

15"

Why would you buy an insanely marked up laptop with an inferior OS?

[Floppin]

my laptop has an 8 core.

[mmmbeans]

Why would you buy an insanely marked up laptop with an inferior OS?

Overpriced? Maybe, depends on what you are using it for. Inferior os? Lol.

I just bought an i5 lenovo ideapad with 6 gigs of memory and a decent video card for 6ish... I think it ended up being in $620. Seems like a pretty nice machine but ive only had it for 1 day.

[mmmbeans]

my laptop has an 8 core.

Why?

[Floppin]

Why?

Because it's what I wanted, and it can handle all the things I want it too.

[mmmbeans]

Because it's what I wanted, and it can handle all the things I want it too.

More power to you, bet its fast.

[Floppin]

Yeah I like it.

[mmmbeans]

Is it an amd?

[Floppin]

no

[Kevin Greene]

I despise Bestbuy but.....

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Lenovo+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+4GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive/4960855.p?id=1218583713025&skuId=4960855&st=lenovo%201068B9U&cp=1&lp=1

[Anybodyhome]

I'm getting ready to trash my entire desktop set up in favor of a Lenovo w/docking station and dual monitors. I have this set up at work and life is easy with 2 gigantic widescreen monitors and I can take the laptop anywhere, leaving keyboard and mouse behind...

[CatofWar]

My wife's went to laptop heaven so we found an old school vaio on eBay for 100. Works great for surfing and word processing. Will do until we can get a better one.