Laptops/Notebooks

[Synister]

So I'm lookin to buy a laptop or notebook, and was wondering if anyone had any tips for which are reliable. Mostly for work, I already got a gaming comp.

 

Im not lookin to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a laptop so yea..

 

If anyone knows which laptop/notebooks are the best for your dollar atm please share XD

[⛊ Drake7707]

I was allowed to purchase a laptop up to € 1500 at work from Dell and I chose a Dell Latitude E6500 with 4gb ram, 2.53ghz core2duo and a whopping 128gb SSD (which costs like 1/3 of the laptop oO, not that I'm paying for it but still).

 

It *should* make Visual studio go superspeedy, I'll let something know once I receive it (my current laptop at work has a high 'Compiling' xkcd value)

[★ jabjabjab]

I just got a cheap acer notebook for 400 dollars (after tax) and it's 3x as powerful as the pc i have now xD

[★ Blocks]

This Asus is pretty badass as a working laptop. It's $750 and claims 12 hours battery life. I'm tech-lusting for it and I might buy it ... I already have a Asus netbook though. The netbook claims 9.5 hours battery life and I get about 8.5 using the WiFi, so it's not bad at all. Edited October 3, 2009 by Blocks

[★ CRe]

Sony vaios are pretty good.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117907&Tpk=34-117-907

[rootbear75]

This Asus is pretty badass as a working laptop. It's $750 and claims 12 hours battery life. I'm tech-lusting for it and I might buy it ... I already have a Asus netbook though. The netbook claims 9.5 hours battery life and I get about 8.5 using the WiFi, so it's not bad at all.

its a netbook..... thats a problem right there.

[★ Blocks]

This Asus is pretty badass as a working laptop. It's $750 and claims 12 hours battery life. I'm tech-lusting for it and I might buy it ... I already have a Asus netbook though. The netbook claims 9.5 hours battery life and I get about 8.5 using the WiFi, so it's not bad at all.

its a netbook..... thats a problem right there.

It's actually not. It has a 15.6" screen, among other features.

[★ LtNirvana]

If you're looking for brand I personally trust ASUS and Toshiba. HP is good too but more mainstream. The others load the laptops up with a bunch of shit software and fill em with lowgrade hardware.

[★ Dav]

HP are expensive but quality bits of kit.

 

Acer seem to offer good value for money for the home user, not sure about their reliability though as I have not has experience with them.