Kennith
$2999 ? What student can afford this? The computer is a good idea but don't tell me that the technology for it is that expensive, I would rather buy an $800 laptop that is a little heavier, I am going to access the same internet and perform the same functions using the same technology, who are they kidding?
Answer
The Toshiba lightweight laptops in the $2k to $3k range are considerably different from the models in the sub-$1000 market.
Key differences among them are CPU speed, graphics power, frontside bus speed, memory and hard-drive size (and hard drive speed!). These all spell the difference between being able to run advanced apps or being limited to web browsing, email and some minor 2D applications.
For example, the EEE laptops, while cheap and lightweight have EXTREMELY limited storage capacity, and they have very little CPU power for running apps the exceed the needs of web browsing or word processing, they also lack any significant graphics processing ability and usually share main RAM with the graphics chip. On the other hand, some of the more expensive lightweight laptops have extremely advanced graphics chips with as much as 512MB of seperate RAM, and are capable of running the newest 3D games while also burning a DVD or surfing the internet.
Sometimes the hardware they don't mention is also of key importance. Extremely low cost lightweight laptops sometimes have no hard drive at all and instead use a 4 or 8GB memory card. While fast, it is very limiting. Some do have a hard drive, but with low storage capacity and slow RPM's, such as 5400rpm drives. While for most it won't be an issue it will make file transfers slow and can make video playback, software installation and CD burning very problematic if not downright impossible. The more expensive laptops have 200GB or larger hard drives, often at 7200rpm, or perhaps a small 80GB 10,000rpm hard drive which can be capable of processing or editing video for mobile media professionals.
Other factors can include the DVD capabilites, screen resolution, audio power, and quality of the keyboard and other inputs.
This isn't to suggest that some aren't over-priced, but there is definitely a VAST difference between the sub$1k laptop market and the higher-priced "mobile professional" market. When you know what you need, and what you need it for, the differences become readily apparent. My laptop cost $3k but could hardly be considered lightweight! It sports a massive 17inch screen and is loaded to the brim for mobile photo and video editing which suits my profession.
If you only need a laptop for writing, surfing the web and email, then a sub-$1k notebook will do the trick, but keep in mind that it won't do much else, especially if it gets saddled with Vista and is limited to 1GB of RAM and has rudimentary graphics capability. I hope this has helped show you some of the differences in the laptop market!
The Toshiba lightweight laptops in the $2k to $3k range are considerably different from the models in the sub-$1000 market.
Key differences among them are CPU speed, graphics power, frontside bus speed, memory and hard-drive size (and hard drive speed!). These all spell the difference between being able to run advanced apps or being limited to web browsing, email and some minor 2D applications.
For example, the EEE laptops, while cheap and lightweight have EXTREMELY limited storage capacity, and they have very little CPU power for running apps the exceed the needs of web browsing or word processing, they also lack any significant graphics processing ability and usually share main RAM with the graphics chip. On the other hand, some of the more expensive lightweight laptops have extremely advanced graphics chips with as much as 512MB of seperate RAM, and are capable of running the newest 3D games while also burning a DVD or surfing the internet.
Sometimes the hardware they don't mention is also of key importance. Extremely low cost lightweight laptops sometimes have no hard drive at all and instead use a 4 or 8GB memory card. While fast, it is very limiting. Some do have a hard drive, but with low storage capacity and slow RPM's, such as 5400rpm drives. While for most it won't be an issue it will make file transfers slow and can make video playback, software installation and CD burning very problematic if not downright impossible. The more expensive laptops have 200GB or larger hard drives, often at 7200rpm, or perhaps a small 80GB 10,000rpm hard drive which can be capable of processing or editing video for mobile media professionals.
Other factors can include the DVD capabilites, screen resolution, audio power, and quality of the keyboard and other inputs.
This isn't to suggest that some aren't over-priced, but there is definitely a VAST difference between the sub$1k laptop market and the higher-priced "mobile professional" market. When you know what you need, and what you need it for, the differences become readily apparent. My laptop cost $3k but could hardly be considered lightweight! It sports a massive 17inch screen and is loaded to the brim for mobile photo and video editing which suits my profession.
If you only need a laptop for writing, surfing the web and email, then a sub-$1k notebook will do the trick, but keep in mind that it won't do much else, especially if it gets saddled with Vista and is limited to 1GB of RAM and has rudimentary graphics capability. I hope this has helped show you some of the differences in the laptop market!
What laptop should I get?
Brian Smit
I cant stand slow laptops and I'm always watching youtube and movies. This will also be for college but I don't mind having a heavy laptop. I will also need a big screen (15in at least).
So basically I need it to have
1. A nice screen
2. Very fast
3. A nice screen
And some addons but definitley not neccesary are
1. Nice design
2. Comfortable keyboard
3. Lightweight
I was currently looking at the lenovo y580 but was wondering if there is better. Also I do not want to spend over $1000. I can use my sisters email address and get the student discount, plus its back to school time so there should be some nice deals out there.
Thanks a lot and every reply is greatlt appreciated.
I meant to say a big screen on #3.
And thanks a lot TWB, your that kinda person that makes yahoo answers such a great place to go to! I think ill try that second one you suggested. I also meant to say that I didn't r really want to go to a windows 8 laptop but it seems all the nice ones already have it so I guess ill try it out. Thanks again!
Answer
These Asus laptops are ideal for college. They have a one year accidental warranty, great for college and dorms rooms. Both are 17' and need extra care when toting around in a back pack.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7-3630QM(2.4GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
This one is $100 above your price point but for it price it is a screamer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
This HP can be customized. Upgrade the Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB of dedicated video memory. Do not get this lappy without the graphics upgrade. You can also upgrade to a 1080p screen.
http://shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/E4T17AV?HP-ENVY-15t-j000-Quad-Edition-Notebook-PC i7-4700MQ 8GB DDR3 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive Starting at $870
Brand buying advice
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. Lenovo will not allow people to read instruction on how to access the BIOS menu or to get info on their puters on their web site unless you connect to them thru Facebook. They do this so they can spy on their users. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate.
Choose wisely.
:)
These Asus laptops are ideal for college. They have a one year accidental warranty, great for college and dorms rooms. Both are 17' and need extra care when toting around in a back pack.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7-3630QM(2.4GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
This one is $100 above your price point but for it price it is a screamer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
This HP can be customized. Upgrade the Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB of dedicated video memory. Do not get this lappy without the graphics upgrade. You can also upgrade to a 1080p screen.
http://shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/E4T17AV?HP-ENVY-15t-j000-Quad-Edition-Notebook-PC i7-4700MQ 8GB DDR3 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive Starting at $870
Brand buying advice
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. Lenovo will not allow people to read instruction on how to access the BIOS menu or to get info on their puters on their web site unless you connect to them thru Facebook. They do this so they can spy on their users. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate.
Choose wisely.
:)
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