laptops...one more time

MUTTS · Post by **MUTTS** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:28 pm

Since its probably been a few weeks (and lets face it...thats forever in the computer world) lets revisit the topic. Now that the MUTTS clan has FiOS (we are day 3 post dialup) we need a 2nd computer. Since we have a desktop for most of our needs, this one will be primarily a surf the net, email, watch video, download tunes, maybe do some simple photo editing machine. So fire away...give me bang for my buck.

Much thanx,

Tony

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:05 pm

Three weeks ago I bought a Dell Inpsiron 1501 for $449 with free shipping.

AMD TK-53 Mobile Turion X2 CPU
1GB Ram
80GB HDD
15.4" True Life Display (Glossy)
128MB ATi Radeon X1150 video card
Built in Wireless
CDRW/DVD ROM

Sweet system even at $600 even better at $449.

eman · Post by **eman** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:28 pm

BestBuy is offering a similiar deal on a C2D this week.

I'd take a look at their sale ad...

MUTTS · Post by **MUTTS** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:22 pm

C2D??

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:22 pm

Yeah I've seen C2D laptops under $1000 too but there are different kinds of Core2Duo chips, with different amount of cache.

It seems it's getting close to the point where you can get a C2D with 4 MB cache if I'm not mistaken, 2 GB of RAM and 200 GB HDD for about $800.

Right now, it's mostly 160 GB HDD.

No dedicated GPUs though.

Supposedly Intel is suppose to have a big upgrade over GMA950 soon.

Badger_Fan · Post by **Badger_Fan** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:27 pm

Edit: Nevermind. I saw a link on their website.

Is it possible to get a laptop from Dell with XP instead of Vista? I didn't see that as an option anywhere. Anyone?

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:16 pm

Badger_Fan wrote:Edit: Nevermind. I saw a link on their website.

Is it possible to get a laptop from Dell with XP instead of Vista? I didn't see that as an option anywhere. Anyone?

I believe you can as of now but only for business notebooks. I purchased two Dell business notebooks this month and I configured them with XP.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:00 pm

My turn

Budget is $800 or so. I really want to find something with 2G of RAM to handle Vista, and this is the best I've found in my early searching. I'm not an HP fan, but it seems like a good machine and has decent reviews. Biggest negative appears to be battery life, but I'm going to be using it basically as a desktop replacement rather than mobile.

Any thoughts?

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productD ... _keycode=4

Darkbandit · Post by **Darkbandit** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:23 am

According to some paperwork that my managers gave me earlier, there are going to be some Dell laptops that are going to be on sale Sunday for about 800. The only catch is that the only way that people will know about that sale is to go online to walmart.com and see them listed.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:43 am

Darkbandit wrote:According to some paperwork that my managers gave me earlier, there are going to be some Dell laptops that are going to be on sale Sunday for about 800. The only catch is that the only way that people will know about that sale is to go online to walmart.com and see them listed.

Thanks for the heads-up, Bandit. I'll take a look.

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:06 am

I love my Dell laptop I got about 5 months ago.....

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:38 am

RobVarak wrote:My turn

Budget is $800 or so. I really want to find something with 2G of RAM to handle Vista, and this is the best I've found in my early searching. I'm not an HP fan, but it seems like a good machine and has decent reviews. Biggest negative appears to be battery life, but I'm going to be using it basically as a desktop replacement rather than mobile.

Any thoughts?

Rob check this Dell laptop for $749. It comes with 2GB of ram.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ ... wkvh&s=bsd

I recently purchased a similar laptop and they are sweet. I would advise buying the least amount of ram and buying it later for a fraction of the price. although you'll need to install it yourself.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:52 pm

That's damn-near exactly what I'm looking for. I've had a few Dells with no problems. HP on the other hand...

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:43 pm

RobVarak wrote:That's damn-near exactly what I'm looking for. I've had a few Dells with no problems. HP on the other hand...

Same here i'm on my fourth Dell laptop with no problems.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:46 am

any decent laptops out there for roughly a G that will handle most of today's sports games?

It's going to be my personal computer while the family get the 5 year old desktop.

Basically I'm looking for something that can handle Madden 08 at a good resolution and the rest is for surfing, mail, etc etc.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:59 am

PRBoom wrote:any decent laptops out there for roughly a G that will handle most of today's sports games?

It's going to be my personal computer while the family get the 5 year old desktop.

Basically I'm looking for something that can handle Madden 08 at a good resolution and the rest is for surfing, mail, etc etc.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ ... wk7x&s=bsd

For the money I would suggest the Vostro 1500. It should do the job nicely. It starts out at $649 and with a few goodies like a dedicated 256 meg nvidia videocard it will top out at $848. It also comes with a Core 2 Duo CPU, 120GB HDD, and 2GB of System RAM and a DVD Burner. I know it's a business laptop but a Vostro is basically a ALL-Black Inspirion 1520.

If you don't have a small business you should still be able to order it online. That's the best bang for the buck I can think of.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:43 pm

Thanks, I'll definitely look into it.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:06 pm

Well, because I have no patience I spent a few dollars more than my 1,000 self imposed limit and went with this:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavil ... il.do#tabs

Madden runs smooth as silk on it with everything maxed out.

I'm using a wired xbox 360 controller and it controls nice. It uses the PS2 config so I get mixed up every now and again trying to control it like the 360 version (using RT as sprint, etc).

The system as a whole runs so much faster than my old desktop, which just chugs along to do even the simplest of tasks.

One question about controllers for Madden PC. Is there no rumble support or do I just not have mine configured correctly?

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:18 pm

There's no rumble support for Madden on the PC. I've a Logitech RumblePad 2 and the 360 Controller and nothing. It was the same last year to.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:28 pm

We are looking to finally get rid of our dinosaur PC and get a laptop.

Can any of our tech heads recommend a good laptop at the sun $500 range?

Webcam would be a must, plus......

It wouldn't hurt if it had a little gaming capabilities

Thanks!

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:25 pm

No $500 laptop will be a serious gaming machine. In that price range figure on light gaming. Toon bought a Dell Vostro V13 for $349 with a webcam and you can do light gaming on it.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:12 pm

Thanks Rod. I ordered it last night.

Not to worried about the gaming.

One really dumb question:

I have only ever used outlook express. I did not have the Microsoft package installed. What can I use for my home email program. My internet is with cox so my email is ".........@cox.net"

Thanks!

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:15 pm

Congrats so what did you get? I just returned a V13 and ordered another one when Dell screwed up on their website and listed a Dell Vostro V13 with 4GB of ram for $339 plus free shipping instead of $439. I was all over that.

pigpen81 wrote:I have only ever used outlook express. I did not have the Microsoft package installed. What can I use for my home email program. My internet is with cox so my email is ".........@cox.net"

Thanks!

Wow you are behind the times

I use for email service, Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail. Setup an account and you can use it to access your email. Ask db cause he's more up on the mobile side of things but I believe if you have an iphone or Droid phone you can access Gmail on your phone.

FatPitcher · Post by **FatPitcher** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:28 am

Windows Live Mail

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:38 am

Sorry to bring this back but I need suggestions.

I started a masters program in educational technology and someone suggested I have MS OneNote to help with writing papers.

I need a new laptop so what suggestions do you have for a good laptop that would have OneNote and be in the $500-$1000 range?

Surface 3's?

Thanks!

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