HELP! Buying new laptop

[SpeedFreak]

Ok so Bestbuy could not fix my laptop so im getting a new one in 7-10 days (giving the new mac's time to come out so if i go for them there out)

Now I am not sure...what laptop should i go for...it must be from bestbuy (getting 1,100 and then able to add up to 300-500 extra in) what should i go for and do not say macbook air...i hate that...try something else :p

[enzia35]

They couldn't fix your laptop??!! Big surprise...

Any reason why it must be from BB? They just done messed up your other laptop, and now you want to spend more money there? Get them online, depending on where you are, there will be no sales tax from Newegg.

[SpeedFreak]

It has to be from best buy because they are giving me a 1,100 dollar gift card for the pc. And usually there service is ok as long as you have a warrenty it's ez to get stuff fixed there.

[FastChapter]

It has to be from best buy because they are giving me a 1,100 dollar gift card for the pc. And usually there service is ok as long as you have a warrenty it's ez to get stuff fixed there.

$1,100 at Best Buy = $4,000 on NewEgg

[enzia35]

So BB gave you 1.1k in store credit cuz they couldn't fix the computer? Not bad.

[SpeedFreak]

It has to be from best buy because they are giving me a 1,100 dollar gift card for the pc. And usually there service is ok as long as you have a warrenty it's ez to get stuff fixed there.

$1,100 at Best Buy = $4,000 on NewEgg

I know but my parents got me that laptop for my birthday 3 years ago so I'm stuck with bestbuy until this warrenty dies when I pick the new laptop. I really like the MacBooks...what do y'all think?

[Holy_Colt777]

So what opperating system are you willing to get, just to be sure? Also do you want one that is strong built, or good for gaming? After all if your going to get a mac "no questions asked" then there really isn't much of a choice in different sellections.

[SpeedFreak]

I Usually game on my desktop (learned with my last laptop gaming on a laptop is a baaaaaaaaaaad idea.) and i would probibly install XP onto it also since I'll still need it for certain programs till I get the mac versions (Office for example) I think im sold on the Mac. I am going to wait for the announcement from apple today about the new MacBooks and see if there worth it .

[Demus]

From what I've seen, you can't go much wrong with an Acer laptop. They should be around the right price range, too.

[FastChapter]

Acers run pretty well, but be warned, the operating system disc that comes with it can only be used on Acer laptops. So if your friend's computer craps on him, he can't reformat with your version of Windows as a temporary.

*shrug* Sell the gift card to somebody outside BB for cash, and go to NewEgg and get a real laptop, XD

[SpeedFreak]

Ok well when i went in today to Best Buy they went back on there word and said that i could have a laptop that had as close to equal specs as my old one. In the end i ended up with a HP laptop with 4GB of ram and a 250 GB HDD.

So far I think this has been an ok laptop...Its running Vista 64bit Home Premimum and So far every program I have installed has worked (I didnt think they all would work like linux)

[enzia35]

Ok well when i went in today to Best Buy they went back on there word and said that i could have a laptop that had as close to equal specs as my old one. In the end i ended up with a HP laptop with 4GB of ram and a 250 GB HDD.

So far I think this has been an ok laptop...Its running Vista 64bit Home Premimum and So far every program I have installed has worked (I didnt think they all would work like linux)

So what are the other specs of the machine?

[SpeedFreak]

Hardware
Product Name dv4-1125nr
Product Number FR922UA#ABA
Microprocessor 2.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5800
Microprocessor Cache 2 MB L2 Cache
Memory 4096 MB
Memory Max 8192MB
Video Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Video Memory 1759MB
Hard Drive 250 GB (5400 rpm)
Multimedia Drive LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 14.1" diagonal WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
Fax/Modem High speed 56K modem
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g WLAN
Sound Altec Lansing speakers
Keyboard 101-key compatible
Pointing Device Touch Pad with dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots

* One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

External Ports

* 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
* 3 Universal Serial Bus USB 2.0
* 3rd port shared with eSATA
* 1 VGA (15-pin)
* 1 HDMI
* 1 RJ-11 (modem)
* eSATA + USB 2.0
* 1 RJ -45 (LAN)
* 2 headphone-out
* 1 microphone-in
* 1 notebook expansion port 3
* 1 Consumer IR

Dimensions 13.15 in (L) x 9.45 in (W) x 1.34 in (min H) / 1.57 in (max H)
Weight 5.18lbs
Security

* Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
* Power-on password
* Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Power

* 65 W AC Adapter
* 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)

What's In The Box HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone

HP Mobile Remote Control

There you go

[enzia35]

Looks decent. Any other options you're looking at?

[SpeedFreak]

I already got it but everything else was about the same for what Best Buy wanted to give me free. Its not a bad laptop for a free one. It will lose vista soon...planning to put Ubuntu onto it when vista crashes the first time.

The others that Best Buy offered me was a dell insperon with a Pentium duel (NO) a Acer with a AMD x2 (I was ok with that till i saw this) and then a few HP's like this one. I am stuck with this one till collage. Or untill i get a job.

The rest of the laptops at this size (14.1") were all lower spec'd and higher priced (Sony Vaio and a few others) so I am not complaining for a 4GB of ram 2.0 C2D laptop I basicly got a laptop with 8x the specs then what i have been using for the past 6 months (thats when my old one died and had to use my backup...I just didnt have time to drop off the old laptop until a week ago.) the old laptop was a Dell Latitude C600 (1Ghz P3 with 256mb Ram and a 20GB hard drive....running XP)

What should I do to speed up Vista some more?