Best notebook for my buck?

[Nard]

I need suggestions on the best way to spend my buck on a new notebook. I've been doing a little research and i've noticed you can get some really nice laptops from independent companies for competetive prices. Where should I buy? What models should I look into? Lets hear some of your personal experiances. I'm looking for something nice here. I need help, guys...only a few weeks until Christmas!

[SimplyPotatoes]

do you want it heavy?

do you want a long battery life?

[Keldyn]

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[Tiger.Girl]

blah i thought you asked what the best notebook for your buick would be :wacko:

[Nard]

blah i thought you asked what the best notebook for your buick would be :wacko:

I did... :D

[Whoa]

Im also looking for one

the main feature i'm looking for is WXGA and ATI 9600

the gateway m657x looks pretty good, its powerful but cost too much

with all the features i want

This will be my gaming and working notebook

[Nard]

do you want it heavy?

do you want a long battery life?

Weight isn't much of an issue. Longer battery life is a definite plus, which is why I started looking intro Centrinos.

[Keldyn]

Im also looking for one

the main feature i'm looking for is WXGA and ATI 9600

the gateway m657x looks pretty good, its powerful but cost too much

with all the features i want

This will be my gaming and working notebook

Then get a Sager

Awesome performance and very well priced.

[SimplyPotatoes]

well im not sure what games you play on laptop but i got my gf a

Sony VAIO? Z1VA Notebook

PCG-Z1VA >

for xmas and put 1gig of ram into it, it plays gunbound,daoc with expansions,shes playing syberia now(still sigh)... and it loads anything just as fast as a 3ghz p4 ive got in the living room, it doesnt play as fast but the battery lasts for ever 6hours when shes playing doac or im using it at a libry it lasts longer...its using the super lithium tho

Edited December 8, 2003 by SimplyPotatoes

[Nard]

Then get a Sager

Awesome performance and very well priced.

Yeah Sagers looked awesome, but the ones they have on their site versus the ones I'm seeing on PC Torque seem to have a pretty large difference in price. The 8890, on Sager's site, is supposedly discontinued due the monitor manufacturer

[Adrian]

aren't alienware notebooks good for gaming performance?

[Nard]

aren't alienware notebooks good for gaming performance?

Well they would be if it wasn't for the lame Intel onboard Video they use.

[Groovedude]

I heard that Alienware Batterys dont last long.. *only what i heard* might be different

now.. but they look sweet !!

oh and

Well they would be if it wasn't for the lame Intel onboard Video they use

mmmm your wrong i think, look:

Alienware Magnesium Alloy Chassis

Pentium? 4 @ 2.8GHz 800FSB

User-Upgradeable GraphicsATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128MB DDR>

16.1" inch UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD

40GB 5400rpm HDD with 8MB Cache

Infrared Remote control

[Nard]

I heard that Alienware Batterys dont last long.. *only what i heard* might be different

now.. but they look sweet !!

oh and

mmmm your wrong i think, look:

Alienware Magnesium Alloy Chassis

Pentium? 4 @ 2.8GHz 800FSB

User-Upgradeable GraphicsATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128MB DDR>

16.1" inch UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD

40GB 5400rpm HDD with 8MB Cache

Infrared Remote control

I'm not sure where you saw that, but on their site http://www.alienware.com/Configurator_Page...ode=SKU-EXTREME

under video it says "Intel? Extreme Graphics 2 technology". I see no mention of the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128MB DDR.

[Groovedude]

LOOK HERE *hehe* :

http://www.alienware.co.uk/system_pages/area-51m.aspx

[Nard]

Appears as though I missed some sections on their site. Sorry about that, you may be right.

[Groovedude]

no problem at all Nard im looking at laptops at the moment, just

seeing whats a good price to pay etc. Happy to help :)

[Nard]

LOOK HERE *hehe* :

http://www.alienware.co.uk/system_pages/area-51m.aspx

Nice but a ways out of my price range. The ram is a bit low in the modestly priced laptop.

[SimplyPotatoes]

ya plus those have battery life of probly under 2 hours

[Stokkolm]

TechTV had a special on the Top 20 gifts for Christmas and they had the best laptop for your buck at #3. You can find the review here http://www.techtv.com/holiday/story/0,23008,3550386,00.html

BTW, it's an IBM.

[American Ninja]

Alienware :D :alien:

[Nard]

TechTV had a special on the Top 20 gifts for Christmas and they had the best laptop for your buck at #3. You can find the review here http://www.techtv.com/holiday/story/0,23008,3550386,00.html

BTW, it's an IBM.

Not bad, but I'm not at all impressed with the Videocard. I need at least 64 Megs to work with...16 just won't cut it, or I'd go with a Vaio Z series.

[Nard]

Keep the suggestions coming! Looking for bargains and sales as well...

[MegaManXcalibur]

Since you have $2500 to spend you should just build (if you know how otherwise I'm sure you can find a fairly cheap on somewhere) a nice gaming desktop and then get a good portable laptop.

I guess if I was going to get a laptop I'd get a Sony Z1VA....

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP....puters_Z1Series

Or a Sony GRT with a 16" screen....

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP....RT240G&Dept=cpu

They have practically worthless grpahics cards, gaming wise, but otherwise they are good units.

[Keldyn]

Yeah Sagers looked awesome, but the ones they have on their site versus the ones I'm seeing on PC Torque seem to have a pretty large difference in price.

Well...if you are wondering whether or not they are genuine than I can assure you that they are. I have had a lot of contact with the guys over at PCTorque during the past six months and their service has always been top notch. You will be guaranteed an awesome product with great service to back it up.

As for the 8890 being discontinued, there is just a wait on that particular product because they are having difficulty getting in 16" LCD's. Manufacturers don't want to make them no more.

Lastly, the official Sager site is slow to update so the information there is not always the most recent.

Best of luck!