im thinking about getting me a laptop

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:38 pm

dont need it for much

just typing / net / TV out... would like to play a few half decent games on it, but nothing to new

but, i know fuck all about laptops.... soooo what sort of price tag am i looking at and anything else i need to know (like wtf is intel pentium M)

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:40 pm

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/product ... l=en&s=dhs

^_^

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:42 pm

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:43 pm

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/product ... l=en&s=dhs

Lawyer friends wife has one of these.. was setting stuff up for her yesterday on it.. Tell you what, its one slick little laptop, and its not half bad on price..

Post by **Dave** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:44 pm

forget that, get a mac

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:45 pm

Dave wrote:forget that, get a mac

True as well.. Mac laptops own.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:47 pm

And they can run windows now.

Post by **mjrpes** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:50 pm

I have this laptop:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/product ... l=en&s=bsd

Nicely portable and good battery life. Not a game machine at all.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:03 pm

you can get fucked, this is so i can watch porn in bed

Post by **R00k** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:04 pm

If I could afford one I'd get an Intel Powerbook. They rock. They're about the only Apple product I'd buy, aside from the iPod.

Post by **brisk** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:08 pm

Yep, mac book is the way to go now that you can install xp on it. No more excuses!

Post by **hax103** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:22 pm

Dave wrote:forget that, get a mac

Mebbe. But Mac notebooks are plain fat (heavy)

i.e Their lightest 12" notebook is at least 4.6 pounds

For comparison, the Panasonic Y5 has a bigger screen, 14", builtin optical, and weighs in at 3.3 pounds.

Mac = FAT

Post by **Dave** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:26 pm

12" powerbooks (made out of metal, mind you) weighed 4.6 pounds back in the day when the lightest plastic PC was 6. Apple has always been a leader in laptop portability

Post by **brisk** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:32 pm

indeed. if you dont have the strength to carry a powerbook, you've got serious problems.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:35 pm

Imagine if apple takes it's ipod nano thinking (minus the scratchable screen) and applies it to the ibook replacement. Panasonic won't know what hit it

Post by **duffman91** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:52 pm

Out of personal experience, the IBM/Lenovo series of laptops have proven to be the most durable laptops I've ever dealt with.

They do come with a higher price tag at times, but I find it to be very worth it.

Post by **hax103** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:06 pm

Dave wrote:12" powerbooks (made out of metal, mind you) weighed 4.6 pounds back in the day when the lightest plastic PC was 6. Apple has always been a leader in laptop portability

LOL. My point is that THEY STILL WEIGH 4.6 pounds (note: thats their lightest one - the rest are heavier).

The Dell in the link earlier is 4.1 pounds.
The IBM T Series notebooks also 14" are 4.5 pounds as compared to the same weight but the Apple 12" screen.

Apples are probably the current world losers in portability.

Post by **4days** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:51 pm

maybe it's different in the states. you'd have to some sort of arty knob to buy a mac over here.

got a few ibm thinkpads at work that've always been good. the screen went on one of them and ibm sent a guy out to fix it who knew his shit and had it replaced and up and running in no time.

got a few dells too, and while the build quality's not totally amazing, they're more than good enough for everyday use (and fairly cheap).

would be a bit wary of hp or acer, but only on support and build quality, the machines themselves are fine otherwise.

Post by **hax103** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:54 pm

4days wrote:maybe it's different in the states. you'd have to some sort of arty knob to buy a mac over here.

Arty knob or ... be female - most Mac owners I know (in Amsterdam) are girls.

Post by **Foo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:55 pm

The new powerbooks are slick, but perhaps not the price range you're considering.

What kind of games are we talking about, good sir?

Post by **Dave** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:59 pm

I love this great quote on the Lenovo site:

"Highly portable ThinkPad T Series notebooks start at about 1" thin"

I wonder who started that 1" thin thing? Apple? Noo...

Their 4.5 lbs spec "includes battery and optional travel bezel instead of standard optical drive in Ultrabay™ modular bay." In other words, they take out the optical drive and measure the weight with a piece of plastic covering the hole.

The dell is weighed with the 4 cell Li battery, which means it will last about an hour and a half not plugged in speaking from personal experience. Lets put a larger battery in it and remeasure. Plus it has a 12" screen. Wide or not, lets not forget Apple started the widescreen laptop ball rolling too.

As far as the Panasonic box goes... just because it's the current weight leader, doesn't mean it's the greatest, it just means it's the latest. You don't expect technology to stand still since the time Apple intro'd the first titanium powerbooks. Their form factor, or it's popularity, haven't changed much since then

Post by **Foo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:01 pm

apple 12" powerbook coming sometime in the next quarter.

if it's win bootable, winner....

Post by **mad** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:01 pm

brisk wrote:Yep, mac book is the way to go now that you can install xp on it. No more excuses!

have they actually fixed all the problems with that now?

Post by **Foo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:03 pm

mad wrote:
brisk wrote:Yep, mac book is the way to go now that you can install xp on it. No more excuses!
have they actually fixed all the problems with that now?

....apple just up and released their own solution to do it. It's currently beta, but it works for most people. A few deficiencies like the camera not having a driver for it, should be remedied when they come out of beta.

Post by **LawL** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:40 pm

Mac all the way. I love my 17" Powerbook.