buying a new laptop

[mandy]

so ive been putting off buying a new laptop for a while now, wasting my money on other things... my original goal was to purchase a macbook pro... but as amazing as they are, theyre expensive and i dont have that kind of money right now.

whats a decent laptop for under $750?

 

[APESJIT]

Ask DreW, he would know.

 

[OG buckshot jr]

go to Futureshop, you can pick a pretty decent one... Now with a good Video Card as well (in reality your looking for one with a Radeon HD 4650 1Gb), that should be a little harder... I'll post back here with a decent one.

 

[omission]

Futureshop, got all my computer equip. there. Great prices.

 

[Juliandil]

Google Sager.

Company in the states, my friend ordered a nice gaming laptop from them. These computers are sleek.

 

[Narf!]

What're you using it for Mandy? Mmm..if you want something portable for school, etc. there are many options. But if you end up buying one of those hulking 17+" laptops that have the power of a desktop, then don't bother because a month in you're not going to want to take it anywhere with you. Speaking from what I see amongst some of my friends.

 

[mandy]

mostly for school. i do a lot of video editing and voice-overs, hence why i wanted a macbook pro, but thats not going to happen.
im more comfortable with buying HP's and Toshiba's cause ive had experience with those brands in the past.
nothing too big. i dont want a massive screen but big enough so that i dont have to fuck up my eyes.
decent amount of memory would be awesome too...
colours? :) pink?

 

[dead mike]

i'd sacrifice a lot of power to get a small laptop, this one doesent too much C2D ia good to go, ram is fine at 2gb, but you can probably upgrade this to 8 gb a year from now just for the sake of it when its ram becomes a lot cheaper (hopefully).

centrino 2 is current or just a bit outdated. some kind of intel certification.

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=46335&vpn=UL20A-A1&manufacture=ASUS


i definitely would not recommed a netbook with an atom or any laptop with amd processor...

 

[iSeize]

I got my macbook for school because im going to be doing alot of editing with it, Video and on Adobe. I loaded the crap out of it and even with the Student Discount it came to
$2000 + $300 Warranty + Tax = $3400
Since your not going to be doing any Rendering wth your computer i think you may be able to get away with a regular macbook.

 

[DrUgZ]

just picked up a really nice HP for my uncle for 850 form staples. it was a DV7 and came with a free printer, 3 years of kapersky, and a new D-Link wireless router for 10 bucks more. Its a really nice machine that you can pretty well do anything with. 17" screen FULL keyboard with numpad, Windows 7, etc.

here's the link: [link=http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=72%2C73%2C74,4193&webid=830067&affixedcode=WW]CLICKY[/link]
highly recommended