Best Laptop Options....

[HyperFlow02]

my mom has decided to buy my sister and my self each a laptop, all i have to do is do the research on what laptop that best fits my needs and find one under $750 bucks.

i will be using it alot w/ school so lots of memory storage for files, papers, school work, music and something that will be awesome at online gaming and PC games. i figure i will have to upgrade my video card but any help will be appreciated

Discuss:

[SuperAkuma]

everything that you said you will do with the laptop is fine except the part where you say you want "awesome" at gaming. You wont be able to find any laptop for that price that will be awesome at gaming. Decent maybe but not awesome. Most notebook will have an intergrated card unless you bought one designed for gaming.

[HyperFlow02]

Originally Posted by SuperAkuma

everything that you said you will do with the laptop is fine except the part where you say you want "awesome" at gaming. You wont be able to find any laptop for that price that will be awesome at gaming. Decent maybe but not awesome. Most notebook will have an intergrated card unless you bought one designed for gaming.

yea i know i will have to upgrade my video card. how much do they run and whats the best kind?

[Red Si]

That is what SuperAkuma is saying, you won't be able to upgrade the video card on most laptops because the video is integrated, unless the laptop is made to be a gaming machine, and if that is the case you probably won't be able to find a gaming laptop for that price.

[HyperFlow02]

Originally Posted by Red Si

That is what SuperAkuma is saying, you won't be able to upgrade the video card on most laptops because the video is integrated, unless the laptop is made to be a gaming machine, and if that is the case you probably won't be able to find a gaming laptop for that price.

ohh i see. so if i get a laptop that fits my moms budget the gaming capability will be decent and not great? i want to play HALO on PC and perhaps some world of war craft so the grapichs will be so so?

[SuperAkuma]

Tell ur mom to buy ur sister a $500 laptop and you can get this for a little over $1000 tax/shipped and it will play most game without a problem.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...=19&oc=i9300S1

Select GeForce 6800 Go
Select the $8 backup CD
(or any other CPU/Screen/HD/Optical etc upgrades to get you over $1,499)

This'll bump you over $1499 barely so you can use the $500 off $1,499 coupon (good for 4k uses or thru 11-23):407T14FZZ$T9WW

DPA 2% saves you over $20 and no interest till 2007 (click to pay w/ 1 Credit card at checkout, on the next screen, click on the DPA 2% offer)

Also heard you can stack w/ the Delf $50 off $999 Inspiron coupons to help cover shipping.

Total w/ tax shipped to OK was $1,095.99

Specs:
Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Display 17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display
Memory 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800
Hard Drive 60GB 5400rpmHard Drive
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD/DVD Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription
Digital Music Musicmatch by Yahoo!™ Music- Entry level with 90 days of On Demand
Primary Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr)
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Digital Imaging Corel Photo Album™ 6 Starter Edition - Organize and Edit your photos
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service & Support
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected - includes limited use trial
Operating System Backup & Recovery Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition backup CD

[Red Si]

Originally Posted by SuperAkuma

Tell ur mom to buy ur sister a $500 laptop and you can get this for a little over $1000 tax/shipped and it will play most game without a problem.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...=19&oc=i9300S1

Select GeForce 6800 Go
Select the $8 backup CD
(or any other CPU/Screen/HD/Optical etc upgrades to get you over $1,499)

This'll bump you over $1499 barely so you can use the $500 off $1,499 coupon (good for 4k uses or thru 11-23):407T14FZZ$T9WW

DPA 2% saves you over $20 and no interest till 2007 (click to pay w/ 1 Credit card at checkout, on the next screen, click on the DPA 2% offer)

Also heard you can stack w/ the Delf $50 off $999 Inspiron coupons to help cover shipping.

Total w/ tax shipped to OK was $1,095.99

Specs:
Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Display 17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display
Memory 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm
Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800
Hard Drive 60GB 5400rpmHard Drive
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD/DVD Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
Wireless Networking Card Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g, 54Mbps)
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription
Digital Music Musicmatch by Yahoo!™ Music- Entry level with 90 days of On Demand
Primary Battery 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr)
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Digital Imaging Corel Photo Album™ 6 Starter Edition - Organize and Edit your photos
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service & Support
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected - includes limited use trial
Operating System Backup & Recovery Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition backup CD

That is a killer all-around laptop for the price

[HyperFlow02]

haha like my suster would go for that but it is worth a shot

thanks for the research