[Jake2]

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Or we can advice her in a direction of best choice and let said person pick what they want.

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I know nothing about computer, as in which are good, which are bad.. etc

Seems like a logical plan.



Buy this one. It's the bees-knees.

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Jake2, on 28 August 2010 - 04:02 PM, said:

Seems like a logical plan.



Buy this one. It's the bees-knees.

Your logic in picking the "BEST" one is flawed.

Edit: I can't spell

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[Jake2]

Well it appears that no one really gives a shit anyway, so let us all just build up our post count.

+ I atleast included a picture for viewing purposes. I could've just put in 1 word such as "sony" or "msi" or something like that, but no, I went and invested some time.

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Waser Lave, on 28 August 2010 - 10:23 AM, said:

I disagree with avoiding Acer. I've had my Acer for over 4 years with almost no problems at all (only a single non-functioning key after 4 years)...

Except if anything breaks under warranty. You have to pay shipping. Thats shit bro.

Honestly though. You have to deem what your getting under your warranty.

Only get a brand that actually has support.

HP. Dell. Acer/Gateway (They are the same company). Sony. Toshiba.

If you get an HP. Sony. Or Toshiba computer. They send you a box and you dont pay shipping for warranty repairs.

Acer/Gateway. You pay shipping.

Dell sends a technician to your house.

Everyones support is in Indian.


The smartest thing that you could do is purchase a computer from Costco with their american express card. For just a 40 dollar membership (That you can refund whenever) you get a 3 year warranty, and free tech support in the US. That way you dont have to bother me when you screw everything up (Only Georgina is allowed to)..

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Unseen, on 28 August 2010 - 03:34 PM, said:

Got a fry's electronics near you? They aren't always the best but they have some decent configs on occasion

Never heard of them, got any in Canada?

Jake2, on 28 August 2010 - 03:46 PM, said:

Instead of just being like "buy an acer maaaang" how about you guys post some specs / why you would pick this specific model. It's as if she stated she's buying a car and asked for suggestions and you all came in with "one with 4 wheels would be great".

LOL you made me laugh so hard xD

iargue, on 28 August 2010 - 07:43 PM, said:

The smartest thing that you could do is purchase a computer from Costco with their american express card. For just a 40 dollar membership (That you can refund whenever) you get a 3 year warranty, and free tech support in the US. That way you dont have to bother me when you screw everything up (Only Georgina is allowed to)..

I did go to Costco to and look at their computers, but they are all hp and some acer, no sony or Toshiba

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Code, on 29 August 2010 - 07:07 AM, said:

Never heard of them, got any in Canada?



LOL you made me laugh so hard xD




I did go to Costco to and look at their computers, but they are all hp and some acer, no sony or Toshiba

For one. I know Costco does cary Sony and Toshiba. Check with the manger for when they get stock.

For two, whats wrong with Hp or acer?

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iargue, on 29 August 2010 - 07:20 AM, said:

For one. I know Costco does cary Sony and Toshiba. Check with the manger for when they get stock.

For two, whats wrong with Hp or acer?

I don't know, I've heard hp isn't very good, and people discussed on acer a bit, I don't have to end up using a crap computer D:
Also, Is probably narrowed down to sony and Toshiba, since my dad had a Toshiba and it works pretty nicely, and I like sony overall anyways so xDD

[Faval]

So since your budget is 500-700 CAD, what are you looking for in a laptop? Enough to do basic things such as web browser, email, document processing? Long battery life?

The most important thing for a laptop is actually the warranty. Things can happen such as the battery dying on you. Those things usually only have a 3 year life anyway.

After looking at what's out in the market, they sacrificed speed for lower power consumption. You'd want a laptop with a good core frequency and decent amount of ram. Integrated graphics are fine as long as you're not heavy into gaming. I would go with a Turion II m640 or i5-450m as the processor but those are expensive cpus.

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Already bought a toshiba one, turned out was 750 bucks or something, thanks everyone for their opinions though!

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i was in the same situation with the same budget, with new years sales i ended up getting a $600 HP i5 460M laptop. So far i love it to death.


i would also avoid acer, vision brands

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[Shadowfool]

Razer Switchblade. http://www.techtree....114082-585.html
wait till it's made :3
thing looks so sweet

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Shadowfool, on 07 January 2011 - 12:35 AM, said:

Razer Switchblade. http://www.techtree....114082-585.html
wait till it's made :3
thing looks so sweet

When I first saw the youtube video with the asian guy I thought this was some sort of joke the way he was talking about it.

But then they brought out more serious people and it looks unbelievable , I don't want to know how much one of these bad boys are going to cost through

[zevrom]

You should get any DELL inspiron best laptops

[netstat]

I'm going to second the notion to avoid HP, Gateway, and Acer. I don't know if they have improved but under a year ago, upon researching the matter, I discovered that these two have the highest malfunctioning rates. I would recommend an ASUS however my mother has had her toshiba for a few years and has only given her trouble once. Check this out but take it with a grain of salt as it is from 2009 and technology advances very quickly. http://ahtim.com/whi...brand-the-best/