Laptop Suggestions
 

I need to buy a laptop for school, any suggestions? Will be used for the usual browsing, media, etc etc. Would prefer something with good speed and memory. What is everyone using?

Asus makes a killer pc/laptop.
I have an Asus pc, and it kicks ass. My bro has an Asus laptop and has had zero issues with it as well.:thumbsup:

I just bought this Asus yesterday. Seems like a nice unit.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+L...&skuId=1769288

I have a Toshiba. No complaints, been great so far.

I just got a new Asus as well and I love it so far.
Swapping over from an old HP. Had a few issues with the HP, worst of was batteries and these were common problems that HP knew about but once the warranty was up, they said too bad... but some of my friends have HP and swear by them.

Jeff-

I had never heard of Asus, I thought you guys meant Acer ... price looks good too!

Ive been dealing with computers for 10+ years now, specifically in the Small Business world. I also do a lot at home on my own time and I can't fault anyone for suggesting ASUS. It was the first thing that came to mind for a suggestion as well.

I have one for my personal use, though all our work laptops are Lenovo ThinkPad (Or IBM ThinkPad as they use to be known) but they are a bit pricey. Durable , but expensive.

Go with any of the ASUS models you prefer, though I'd suggest any of the U Series vs the K series ones. They have newer processors, more memory and such.

AND.. the best part about ASUS is they now have a 1 year accidental damage warranty for FREE! All in all, a great company to work with, and they make great products and have been around for years.

Get a mac

Asus has been building motherboards for quite some time and are the top leader in the world I believe. Most laptops over the years have had intenal ASUS equip. I read an article awhile back which stated that they wanted to get into the laptop market due only to help boost there profit margins in lieu of a small percentage they get for selling motherboard to other competitors. Smart move on there part.
I run a mac notebook,for what I use it for (on job sites) its not worth the coin.
However I personally like my mac desk top.

I switched to a mac a year ago and will never go back to a windows based machine!! Well worth the extra $$$$:thumbsup:

What do you think of Lenovo T-series since you work with them?

My father-in-law just retired from IBM after 34 yrs with the company and gave us an HP Pavillion couple months ago. He also bought a HP for himself and smaller version for my mother-in-law.

Macs are out of my budget and I probably wouldn't ever use it for what they are fully capable of. I've been looking at the HPs and they seem appropriate for what I need. I will look at the other brands suggested. Any other suggestions, I'm concerned with durability as I don't want to be replacing this in a year or two because of problems.

For durability go for Lenovo, they are very hard wearing, I used one at work (until we switched to Dell - big mistake!) I also can vote for Asus as well, I've always used their motherboards.

Having said that, I'm a Mac user too :)

Amen brother!!

My wife spent 19 years as a senior director at Microsoft.... And our whole house is Mac! Including our phones! :unibrow:

Once you go Mac you never go back!

My first laptop was a Dell...still have it and my wife uses it for web surfing. For the last year or so I've been using daily a 17" HP with Windows 7 and love it!

I like them a lot. They're very sturdy, long lasting machines. Great support behind them, and are very fast. You can even get light weight "slim" models that pack quite the punch. Core i5, lots of memory, SSD hard drives and the same case materials. They're made out of a Magnesium composite material and have aluminum hinges.

Now for the bad: Cost. Each laptop will run you well over $1000. Want more options? Thats a bigger price. The new technology for Discrete graphics switching, which goes for all laptops, is in its infancy. It has lots of issues switching between t dedicated on-board graphics card, and the built in intel chipset. It locks up a lot. So, to get around you have to turn off the switching, or get a laptop with the Intel graphics instead. Which is perfectly fine for any non-power using non cad using type of person.


All that being said, I would still continue to buy them day in and day out. We order about 2-3 a month on average around here and almost never have issues with them. Our dell laptops are always the ones causing the problems, new or old.

So, there's my opinion! :thumbsup:

One last thing, if you buy a laptop with a Solid State Drive (SSD) make sure you get an Intel SSD. They are the ONLY proven "long lasting" (2+ years) SSD currently. Others have quite the turn over rate and dont last as long, have more problems, etc. Sure, they work, they're fast, but you're on borrowed time and its a total crapshoot when that thing will keel over on you.

Spend the extra money up front now and get yourself a rock solid one that WILL last and has proven to do so. I dont care what others say, try finding a thread on ANY computer message forum that complains about the Intel SSD. It wont be an easy task. :cool:

I seen one at Best buy for 350.00 looked good for what I need (email and word/excel and web browsing)

The Corona Ca Best buy isnt carrying any ASUS at the moment, they didnt say why? must be an online thing, I'd like to see one in person tho.

I seen there website, which U model? ? ? (theres several)
I like that warranty part too!
thanks

Greg, any chance your wife still has a discount connection for a Mac?

Planning on picking up a Macbook Pro, anyone have any connections for a better price? Looking to save all I can.