Why would you be willing to spend more on an Apple than a Wintel? $2000
buys a heck of a nice Wintel box. If you can spend $2000, buy the best
you can get for $2000 (not saying that's not an apple, though).
On 12/9/2011 12:22 PM, Gary Udstrand wrote:
My budget depends on the laptop. ;-) I have no problem spending $2000 on
a mac book pro if I go that way, if I buy a Wintel machine I will probably
try to stay under $1500.
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Rich Kim<[email protected]> wrote:
You're right, way too many choices. One important thing you left out is
budget. You can find pretty basic 15" laptops for $500-$700 or even
cheaper.
You can also spend thousands. I personally recommend Thinkpads across the
board. I've used Dell, Acer, and HP, and I think Thinkpad is a huge step
above in terms of build quality and durability. I've used the X41 and now
the X301 and find them to be built like tanks. I also find the Lenovo
Ideapads to be very competent. If you are going to do some gaming,
depending
on what games you're looking at, you might want to make sure you get one
with an AMD Radeon or Nvidia add on graphics. So... What is your budget?
-Rich
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Subject: [H] Laptop?
I am in the market for a laptop, something in the 15" range. Laptop will
be used for general purpose stuff around the house, some gaming and
photo/video in a pinch. Not looking for an ultra portable or anything
like that, would like decent battery life and hopefully be ~5-6 pounds, i5
processor (2nd gen). Been looking at Dell, Asus, HP, Lenovo and Acer.
Too many choices! Any recommendations? Specific model or just a brand
or two I should focus my efforts upon.
Oh,
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