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treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
im getting a laptop for school next year.
im looking for something in the 1,000 - 1,300 dollar range. What should I get? I know those are really general specs, but I have no idea where to start
Jul 25 2007 3:37PM
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lunchmeat
Posts: 922 - Karma: 227
macintosh
Jul 25 2007 3:58PM
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Jeff_Lo
Posts: 5809 - Karma: 263
Macbook
Jul 25 2007 5:30PM
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bigwhite.steeze
Posts: 8227 - Karma: 1,030
toshiba
Jul 25 2007 6:16PM
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Franny
Posts: 3980 - Karma: 77
Sony Vaio
Jul 25 2007 6:45PM
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dowalibeast
Posts: 3339 - Karma: 207
macbook. pm me for an invite into the appleheads cult
Jul 25 2007 7:45PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
You can get a reasonable macbook for abou 1400
Jul 25 2007 9:53PM
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treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
i dont want a mac. this is the one im looking at right now

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8356174&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050030&id=1177113305036
Jul 25 2007 10:50PM
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Jwenz
Posts: 8893 - Karma: 7,633
Alright, I would go with a PC, whether it be a Dell or an HP. If you are looking to do any type of gaming or editing I would go with the HP Pavilion Media Center laptop, I hear it is unbelievable. If you don't want Vista, I would strongly encourage using Dell, that way you can run windows XP. Just so you know you can still order computers with XP, and I would suggest it due to the newness of Vista.

Good Luck my friend
Jul 25 2007 11:03PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,086
You do not want Vista, it eats computers alive as it has so many bugs.

After using PCs for my whole life, I love my MacBook so much. It works so much better and performs much more nicely than any PC or non Mac laptop I have used.

If you want the big guns and don't mind hauling it around, get a Macbook Pro. You will not regret it.
Jul 26 2007 12:17AM
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jimmychung
Posts: 6857 - Karma: 25
macbook.
Jul 26 2007 2:36AM
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~Joe~
Posts: 2631 - Karma: 57
you should give a macbook a try, you wont regret it...
Jul 26 2007 3:17AM
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mizzike
Posts: 1386 - Karma: 251
macbook, i thought macs were gay before i got one. Man was i wrong.
Jul 26 2007 4:43AM
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wils.
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 48
ahahahaha are you kiding... get a macbook or get the windows/apple core duo
Jul 26 2007 9:47AM
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skiwoj
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 52
I thought it would be hard adjusting to mac os from having windows all my life but I love my macbook pro, its actually way easier to use than a pc
Jul 26 2007 11:58AM
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jimmychung
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it's true. we had imacs and emacs at school, and i couldn't stand using them. then i got a macbook for myself, and it's so simple to use and it just works better.
Jul 26 2007 12:38PM
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