Some help picking a Laptop

[usaf_nwa]

I dont know much about laptops so can some on tell me if this is a good deal. Also i need to know if this is good enough for Video/Audio editing and even palyin CS Source

its $1,399 CAD

Intel® M Processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
512MB DDR Memory
80GB Hard Drive
Intel® 915GM Express Chipset
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900
17" Wide TFT-LCD Screen, 1440 x 900 Resolution
High Speed DVD Burner - Make your own movies
3D Audio

It looks like a good deal cause it comes with a bunch of extra programs, a Printer and some other stuff

[biggsy]

sounds good, what is that price in £'s

[usaf_nwa]

693.245 GBP

There are 2 other laptops on the site im looking at

heres the link and tell me what u think

http://www.mdg.ca/en/products/visionbook_line.asp

[LOhateVE]

more memory atleast 1gb

[usaf_nwa]

I think 512 is good enough for me but i might have enough after I buy it to get some more

[spudd4242]

and if ur gonna do video editing u might want about 100 gigs... if they even get that big on laptops

[robin]

I think 512 is good enough for me but i might have enough after I buy it to get some more

You cannot always easily add more memory to laptops afterwards so check that first.

[usaf_nwa]

It all depends on how much i get

Im going to hopfully find out tonight how much i have

[LOhateVE]

in reality thats seems like a bad deal to me, but im not sue about canada. My friend picked up a nice toshiba the other day for $600 specs where pretty much the same, he got a 60 hd and 1gig memory

[Guest]

My dad just got a HP for about 1500 with 2 gig of memory, a 100gb hdd and 4200(I think) AMD turion processor.

[usaf_nwa]

Ok i just Found out to my Dismay i only have about $1000 so im not sure what i should do My parents wont let me do a payment plan so i cant get any thing thats gong to be over $860 (any thing more will go over 1000 with taxes) so MDG is out of the Question So i think ill either go with Dell or just say fuck it and goto Bestbuy or Future shop

[F34R]

With a budget that low it's going to be hard to get something that will be very productive. It's a lot easier to configure an awesome desktop with a grand, but laptops are another ball game. I'd suggest saving more money up. It will benefit you more in the long run. Look at Dell.com and Sagernotebooks.com.

[LOhateVE]

Get Dell, as for that HP, HP sucks their computers are crap quality, especially their laptops.

[F34R]

Get Dell, as for that HP, HP sucks their computers are crap quality, especially their laptops.

I purchased a brand new HP laptop two years ago. Retailed for $999 at the time. I bought it brand new for $550 and havent had a single problem with it. So I don't know where you get that they are crap quality.

[LOhateVE]

Integrated mobos, plastic parts, heating issues, touch pad issues, dead ports. Ive had to repaid quite a bit of HP's so thats what im getting my judgement on them. If it works for you then thats fine but I would never recomend a HP/Compaq to anyone.

[Knightmare]

Lenovo if you want it to last, my r40 lenovo is 3 yrs old and I can play cod2

[usaf_nwa]

I found the one im getting its the best one for the price

its $949 CAD



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Processor and Memory:


-Intel® Celeron® M processor 380 1.6 GHz
-400 MHz front-side bus
-32 KB/32 KB L1 cache (instruction/data)
-ATI® RADEON® Xpress 200M chipset
-512 MB (shared) DDR2 SDRAM PC2-4200 (1 x 512 MB), upgradeable to 2 GB (2 x 1024 MB)

Drives:

-60 GB Enhanced IDE, 5400 rpm
-CD-RWDVD±RW dual-layer combo drive
Read: 24x CD-ROM, 24x CD-R, 10x CD-RW, 8x DVD-ROM, 8x DVD±R, 4x DVD±RW, 5x DVD-RAM, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 2x DVD-R DL
Write: 24x CD-R, 10x CD-RW, 8x DVD±R, 4x DVD±RW, 5x DVD-RAM, 2.4x DVD+R DL, 2x DVD-R DL

Display and Video Card:

-15.4-in. TFT WXGA active-matrix display, 16.7 M colours 1280 x 800 (native)
-Up to 128 MB (shared) PCI Express™ x16 ATI® RADEON® Xpress 200M

Audio:

-Realtek ALC250 software sound 16-bit stereo with 3D sound support
-Built-in stereo speakers
-External ports: microphoneline-in and headphone

Communication:

-56K V.92 data/fax modem
-10/100 integrated Ethernet LAN
-Atheros wireless LAN, 802.11b/g

Keyboard and Pointing Device:

-85-key keyboard
-Touch-pad pointing device
-CD control function: play/pause, stop, previous and skip/next

Expandability:

-2 memory slots (1 available), supports 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB and 1024 MB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-4200 for a maximum of 2 GB (2 x 1024 MB)
-1 PC Card slot, supports Type II PC Card and CardBus

Ports:

-3 USB 2.0 ports
-IEEE 1394
-RJ11
-RJ45 Ethernet
-VGA
-S-Video Out