picking a laptop, HELP

[the_ultimate_evil]

well with the way my college work and hopefully job is shaping up i cant put off getting a laptop any longer

i've seen these two which are just in my budgit but wanted to get some general opinions

i'll be using it for stuff like art, photography, web based stuff, games basiclly a load of photoshop style stuff


option1

Spoiler

option2

Spoiler

what do you guys think

 

[black_dust]

I like the sound of the 1st one, it will do everything you want and its the cheaper, plus i like AMD chips haha and it has Vista as well

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

see i've heard nothing but horror storys about packard bell

 

[black_dust]

Then why are both Packard bell? haha, best thing you can do is! once you have thought "right im having this one" google the hell out of it looking for reviews. you will soon sum up if its any good or not

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

both are packard bell cause they were the best i could see when i was looking in the showroom, i didnt hear the storys untill i went back online just now

 

[Noir]

well with the way my college work and hopefully job is shaping up i cant put off getting a laptop any longer

i've seen these two which are just in my budgit but wanted to get some general opinions

i'll be using it for stuff like art, photography, web based stuff, games basiclly a load of photoshop style stuff


option1

Spoiler

option2

Spoiler

what do you guys think

Option 1, but see if they'll install XP on it for you. Vista won't be completely usable for another 3 years, I just bought a new Vista laptop (Dell XPS) and Vista is probably the crappiest OS I've ever used.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Try www.ubid.com Get a laptop for half that price.

 

[Spelunking Man]

Dell has a complete cover warranty.

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/ap/topics/services/en/complete_cover

a parent might have a child knock their computer off a table or drop it down the stairs. CompleteCover was created to cover these situations.

Why don't you compare with Packard Bell's warranty scheme?

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

yeah after looking into them, getting either of these is definatly a no go

i seen one which is a SONY N21M/W LAPTOP - SONY N21M/W INTEL CORE DUO T2350 PROCESSOR 1.86GHZ LAPTOP, its priced around 700 to 750 pounds

# Intel Core Duo T2350 Processor 1.86GHz
# 533MHz FSB
# 2MB Cache
# 1024MB RAM
# 100GB Hard Drive
# Dual Layer DVD ReWriter MultiDrive
# 15.4" Widescreen X-Black Display
# Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
# 256MB Intel GMA 950 Shared Graphics
# 1 Year Free Warranty

sadly from what i've seen everything is now going to have vista, i've seen a few with xp but they come no where near the others in specs

 

[black_dust]

I hate widescreen laptops. i dont see the point. but thats just me

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

yeah after looking into them, getting either of these is definatly a no go

i seen one which is a SONY N21M/W LAPTOP - SONY N21M/W INTEL CORE DUO T2350 PROCESSOR 1.86GHZ LAPTOP, its priced around 700 to 750 pounds

# Intel Core Duo T2350 Processor 1.86GHz
# 533MHz FSB
# 2MB Cache
# 1024MB RAM
# 100GB Hard Drive
# Dual Layer DVD ReWriter MultiDrive
# 15.4" Widescreen X-Black Display
# Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
# 256MB Intel GMA 950 Shared Graphics
# 1 Year Free Warranty

sadly from what i've seen everything is now going to have vista, i've seen a few with xp but they come no where near the others in specs

Stay away from Sony laptops, I have not heard good things. Try checking out ebay. Even check out the buy it now options. They have laptops as cheap as $150 US currency. Not sure what you need, but for $500 you can definitely find a good deal. Also try Ubid.com

 

[jaguarr]

Why not a Mac? Read this thread..

jag

 

[black_dust]

Why not a Mac? Read this thread..

jag

You know, as soon as i saw you had posted in this thread, i knew what was coming

 

[jaguarr]

You know, as soon as i saw you had posted in this thread, i knew what was coming

Haha! Now all we need is aptget to pop in and tell him to build his own laptop and the circle will be complete.

jag