Hey everyone,
I'm new here on the tom's hardware forums though I've browsed the site for a long time. I'm going into my second year of college and I'm in the market for a new laptop. My plan is to get something with a nice keyboard and sleek physical dimensions (I don't plan on lugging around a gaming laptop) for a reasonable price. To help battery life, improve security and deter myself from doing anything other than work on the laptop I plan on wiping windows and installing Ubuntu on the machine so all I'll really be able to do is work, browse the web, listen to music, and MAYBE play WoW through WINE or something. I've been browsing www.logicbuy.com for highly discounted laptops and as a result HP has been a pretty strong contender. I'm planning on spending less than 500 bucks on the thing, though the offer on logicbuy for an HP Pavillion dv6z for $550 is pretty tempting.
Seeing as tom's hardware seems like the best place to go for hardware advice I figured I'd ask the community here for suggestions on a budget laptop with a decent processor, nice keyboard (similar to the MacBook Pro is a good thing), and physical dimensions that lend themselves to easy portability.
Thanks so much for your help!
I'm new here on the tom's hardware forums though I've browsed the site for a long time. I'm going into my second year of college and I'm in the market for a new laptop. My plan is to get something with a nice keyboard and sleek physical dimensions (I don't plan on lugging around a gaming laptop) for a reasonable price. To help battery life, improve security and deter myself from doing anything other than work on the laptop I plan on wiping windows and installing Ubuntu on the machine so all I'll really be able to do is work, browse the web, listen to music, and MAYBE play WoW through WINE or something. I've been browsing www.logicbuy.com for highly discounted laptops and as a result HP has been a pretty strong contender. I'm planning on spending less than 500 bucks on the thing, though the offer on logicbuy for an HP Pavillion dv6z for $550 is pretty tempting.
Seeing as tom's hardware seems like the best place to go for hardware advice I figured I'd ask the community here for suggestions on a budget laptop with a decent processor, nice keyboard (similar to the MacBook Pro is a good thing), and physical dimensions that lend themselves to easy portability.
Thanks so much for your help!