Hello, I'm meaning to buy a laptop and so far I've come across 3 that caught my eye. I'll mention the price I could buy these from local/national retailers.
http/eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-L505-111/1076420/
This would be around 1170 US$ with a 2 year warranty included. This is the only one of the 3 which has DDR3 ram which is nice also.
http/eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-A500-138/1070215/
1190 $... also 2 year warranty. Roughly the same except for DDR2 ram and has 16 inch monitor compared to 15.6 of the previous. Processors are also slightly different.
http/h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01790205&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
This obviously has the weaker processor of the 3 which is the biggest downside.
The price is roughly 1060$ with just 1 year warranty.
I have my mind set on 1 of the 2 toshibas. The ati 4650 HD is pretty much the best video card I've seen within my budget range (a main reason for choosing these 3 laptops)
Please offer some feedback and advice perhaps other laptops which might be more worth it.
Below are the thread questions:
1_What is your budget? 1000-1100$ but can stretch it to 1200-1300$ for something extremely worthwhile.
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? As big as 17 inches, however willing to go down to 16-15.6, in order to stay withing the budget as specifications and performance are more important.
3_What screen resolution do you want? Not important.
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? More of a desktop replacement.
5_How much battery life do you need? Would be plugged in most of the time. A good battery is a bonus ofc.
6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? Things with similar requirements to dragon age or mass effect for instance, preferably on medium towards high.
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Daily regular stuff, nothing a decent laptop couldn't handle.
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? Would prefer a 7200 rpm, but if the general system is good 5400 would suffice (in order to stay in budget again - video card is more important). Same things goes for capacity, anything over 250-300 will do (will probably end up buying an external hdd anyway)
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
at least 3 years hopefully
11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD ROM/writer, anything else is a bonus.
12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Only know rumors heard from others. This would be my first laptop.
13_What country do you live in?
Romania.
14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
http/eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-L505-111/1076420/
This would be around 1170 US$ with a 2 year warranty included. This is the only one of the 3 which has DDR3 ram which is nice also.
http/eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-A500-138/1070215/
1190 $... also 2 year warranty. Roughly the same except for DDR2 ram and has 16 inch monitor compared to 15.6 of the previous. Processors are also slightly different.
http/h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01790205&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
This obviously has the weaker processor of the 3 which is the biggest downside.
The price is roughly 1060$ with just 1 year warranty.
I have my mind set on 1 of the 2 toshibas. The ati 4650 HD is pretty much the best video card I've seen within my budget range (a main reason for choosing these 3 laptops)
Please offer some feedback and advice perhaps other laptops which might be more worth it.
Below are the thread questions:
1_What is your budget? 1000-1100$ but can stretch it to 1200-1300$ for something extremely worthwhile.
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? As big as 17 inches, however willing to go down to 16-15.6, in order to stay withing the budget as specifications and performance are more important.
3_What screen resolution do you want? Not important.
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? More of a desktop replacement.
5_How much battery life do you need? Would be plugged in most of the time. A good battery is a bonus ofc.
6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? Things with similar requirements to dragon age or mass effect for instance, preferably on medium towards high.
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Daily regular stuff, nothing a decent laptop couldn't handle.
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? Would prefer a 7200 rpm, but if the general system is good 5400 would suffice (in order to stay in budget again - video card is more important). Same things goes for capacity, anything over 250-300 will do (will probably end up buying an external hdd anyway)
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
at least 3 years hopefully
11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD ROM/writer, anything else is a bonus.
12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Only know rumors heard from others. This would be my first laptop.
13_What country do you live in?
Romania.
14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.