what the best laptop for my money ?
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It is very hard to say which notebook is best. \n\nHowever, given that you would be using it primarily for office work and downloading lots of music for your iPOD, it is imperitive to say the least that you would require a HARD DRIVE with lots of space. \n\nThe ideal configuration for you would be - \n\n1) Intel Centrino Processor, which is designed for mobile computing needs. Since you would also be using it for office work, one would presume that you would be carrying it often. So you would want to have a processor designed for laptops and not desktops. New technology like Centrino Duo processor will be an added boon, but is really not required for your pruposes.\n\n2) The minimum RAM you would want to go for is atleast 512 MB. This is because for office work you would be working on system hungry applications like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook etc. Moreover, a 512 MB RAM would help you to smoothly uprade to Microsoft Windows Vista edition for which the minimum RAM requirement is 512 MB RAM.\n\n3) You would need a hard drive with atleast 100 GB of space as you would be downloading lots of music for your iPOD. Try to go in for a SATA hard drive with 7200 RPM. This will transfer music to your iPOD faster than conventional hard drives.\n\n4) You would want to have CD/RW drive in your laptop. A DVD/ROM CD/RW combo would be handy if you want to use it for occassional DVD viewing.\n\n5) A dedicated graphics card in your case is not required.\n\n6) For your kind of purpose you really don't need the screen size bigger than 14". This would not only lower your budget but also help you in carrying it. (Trust me bigger the screen size, the bulkier and heavier the laptop)\n\n7) Lastly buy a laptop from a vendor, who provides good service like onsite next business day warrenty. You don't want to keep running to the service centre in time of a crisis (laptops are complex machines and prone to defects).\n\nHowever, the choice of a laptop (like a car) is very personal and individualistic.
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Depends on what you call economical!!!\nyou can try the HP nx 6325, this notebook is a wonderful piece!! and it has a DVCD+/- RW Writer and a dual core processor!! ie the blazing fast AMD Turion 64 X2, and 512 MB of DDR2 533 MHz RAM which you can ( or possibly SHOULD) upgrade to 1 GB of DDR2 800 MHz RAM!!
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I think it all depends on the specification of the notebooks. If you are going for the game... I suggest Alienware notebook, XPS for Dell, and for me I thought Toshiba was pretty good overall.
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Depends on what you want to use your laptop for, and how much you want to pay!\n\nAlso depends on choice of operating system - Windows or Linux or Apple !!!!\n\nIn my experience i suggest you take a look at the following which have performed excellently and good to high reliability -\n\n- Power Graphics, for Gaming - Alienware\n\n- For Multimedia: Sony Vaio\n\n- Desktop Replacement, including P4 processor - HP\nBut Heavy and Hot\n\n- Portable Laptop, long battery life, for business use: Dell\n\n- Ultralite portable: Toshiba Portege\n\n- Roadwarrior, Resilient, Longest Shelf and Battery Life, Most Optimized Performance : IBM Thinkpad\n\n- Rich schoolkid whose parents buy you a laptop and they have kind hearts but not too much idea of the real world or stuff on computers (or they work in education) - Apple :o)\n\nLowest reliability was Toshiba, then Dell, then IBM and Sony. Some Dell models such as Dell D400 (no longer available new) has been as rock-solid as the Sony and windows XP Professional on it has never crashed. Overall best performer is IBM Thinkpad series, but their speakers are not that good.
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for the best value/performance ratio, i suggest you try checking out aldi or lidl... i know it sounds crazy, but they actually use good quality components from well-known manufacturers such as pioneer and samsung... you don't end up spending money on a brand name.\n\ni got my laptop from lidl about 18 months ago and it was as good a spec as anything out there - and it's still up there, no problems whatsoever.\n\nit also has a three year guarantee, which dell will charge several hundred quid for...\n\notherwise,  toshiba machines are generally regarded as being very reliable. \n\nof course, if you're not doing a lot of gaming, pretty much any laptop will do the trick nowadays. i would advise against a laptop with shared graphics memory however...\n\ntry and get one that has its own dedicated graphics card and video memory...
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I believe the best answer to give you is:\n\n"It depends"\n\nThe main thing that usually holds true with laptops is the more functionality you have, the heavier the computer.\n\nI would say spend whatever your budget allows.  Buy from a known name as well.  I would recommend Dell, HP, Sony, etc.\n\nAlso, keep in mind, whatever you buy now is pretty much what you are stuck with for the long run.  There are very few parts that can be upgraded on a laptop.  The main one being RAM.\n\nHope this helps!
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Check out Dell... You can get discount coupons at deals2buy.com. You can have really good configuration for $1,000 to $1,300 + Tax if applicable.\nIf you dont have budget constraints then go for Apple's MacBook Pro. At $2,499 you can get a 2.16 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 100 GB Hard Drive beauty.
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i got my laptop at sams club. payed 1300 for it tax and all. It has a gig of ram and 100gig hardrive. Its an hp and has 128mb of memory devoted to graphics. its also a widescreen KILLER FOR GAMES. It a HP Pavillion Dv4000, and it also has a remote.. so try sam's club or cosco's
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IBM Thinkpads is one of the best computers that you can buy.  However, look at how much you are paying for it.  If price is no object, get it.  If price is, get something that is about half that price with the same features and/or invest in the extended warranty if you are afraid of the reliability.
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600$ is a tight budge, so you might want to look for a slightly used laptop. But good companies are dell, toshiba, and gateway. but quality over bells and whistles and you won't regret it.\nGood luck.
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Get either an HP, Toshiba, Sony, Apple, or  Dell Computer. All other brands are useless.\n\nHere's  5 computers from those brands that you should look at:\n\nDell XPS M1710 if you need a multimedia computer, $3459.00 only. \n\nToshiba Sattelite A110 if you need a cheap computer, $549.00 only. (I think)\n\nHP Pavillion dv9000t series for gaming, $899.99 only.\n\nApple Macbok pro if you need lots of memory, $2,499 only.\n\nSony Vaio VGN-TX670P if you need an ultraportable laptop, $1,600 only.
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at your selection chance are you're not going to find oen for under 1200 for a core 2\n\nthat processor itself is alteast $800, 2gb of Ram is around $200\n320gb of hd is aournd $200, if you looking a widescreen a 17 is aournd $100 plus this is only a barebone u still neeed software,video card,sound card ...etc..\n\nusally wait for the holiday to come back, they have great deals on it.:). you will notice they trying to sell as much they can because they need invenotry space. buying during the holidays allow you to get those deals so u can really get a great deal on it.\n\nDepend on what you mainly going to use for and what type:\nI would say if you are jusing for mainly interent surfer,and school/office work \nyou don't need all those power but a good company to go with are \nemac,hp and compaq. they are great for low end users :)\nthey are cheap. you can your spec on those pc and they usally around your price. although they don't have good customer service.\n\nif you thinking  watch movies (movies that are HD support like h.246 XD)  and playing games on it. \nGateway (bestbuy carries a lot of them) is the best way for teh cheapest deal.\nDell has a better costumer service so yoru not a computer techie dell is a great way to go.\nSony is still the best and leading one because they ahve the advance technology in there. they aren't cheap.\n\nif you are a computer techi :)... you shoul djust build it your self ti's nto too hard and you do save a lot of money plus you get to pick what type of motherbord you wana so if your a hardcore gammering ABIt and ASUS are pretty nice compare to Dell Motherboards. \n\nIf you going to get a Laptop:\nget a Dell or a Gateway thsoe usally will fit your budget.\nif you willing to spend more, Sony are the best way to go. Now if your not oging to carry it around with you. like this laptop is mainly stationaly you shoul dget a big one so watch movie on it. if you are carring around try to get a less weight on it.
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the HP Pavilion dv6000t is a pretty good laptop and starts at $580. you can customize it yourself with a few free upgrades atm.\nhttp://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Usage&v1=Entertainment+Notebooks&series_name=dv6000t_series
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dell inspiron E1505.\nits the best!!
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The best advice is to go to your local PC world or Curry's\nTell then axactly what you want and be guided by them.\nOr, buy a Which computer & laptop mag:
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I don't know the best, but I bought a Dell XPS170 in December and so far I am very happy with it.
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This depends on what you plan on doing with the computer, and what your budget is.\n\nMacBooks are great- they are powerful, have a solid OS, and are stylish.  However, they are also pricey and Macs have a reputation for not being the best gaming computers.\n\nThere are too many Windows laptops manufacturers to detail- since most people use their laptops for the same general purposes (internet, gaming, home office, school) it really depends upon your preference for a particular brand and if you have any specialized needs.