Buying a laptop

[vy_storm]

If you're looking at a certain model, join up and have a search over on whirlpool to see if there is a thread with any issues relating to it. When I got my XPS they had a major issue at the time regarding grainy screens and many people were able to get them switched out after reading about it on there.

Notebooks - Whirlpool Broadband Forums

 

[drewins]

I ened up buying the Benq Joybook. Pretty good little unit for what I need. Thanks for all the advice. In the end I heard good and bad thins about every brand. Some people swear by Dell and some people loathe them. I guess every brand can have their issues.

 

[bezz]

I ordered this one today, just a touch over $1700:

HP PAVILION DV5-1139TX-NE557PA
C2D T9400 (2.53GHz)
4GB DDRII
400GB hdd
DVDRW SM LS
15.4' WXGA
nVidia 9600M GT 512MB
WiFi Link 5100
GLan
Webcam
Remote
MS Win Vista Home Premium

My best advice is to do your homework and shop around, some stores were selling notebooks with worse specs than this up around the 2.5k mark.

 

[albert5268]

My old man ordered this the other day for $4300

SONY Vaio VGN-AW190
Intel C2D T9800 2.93 GHz
4GB DDRII PC2-6400
80GB Intel X-25M SSD (approx 230MB/s avg read)
500 GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue
18.4" 1080p (1920 x 1080) screen
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - 512 MB
BD-ROM (Blu-Ray)
Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Usual features... WiFi 802.11n, webcam, bluetooth, fingerprint scanner, gigabit LAN

Should run fairly well with the X25-M SSD:yeah: