time for a new laptop - sugestions!!!
 

im looking for a pc on crack in a laptop ... im tired of these shit laptops i haul around ... i want something like my pc. i dont play games but want to be able to cut/capture vid, have good speakers, plenty of ram, hd, and not a piece of shit. damn i wish i could buy the parts and build a laptop like i can a pc.

who can recommend a turbo mothafuckin serious laptop? THANKS!

I shattered the lcd in mine...I need a new one too. :disgust

I know you said PC, but I loves me some Powerbook :thumbsup

A Sager Notebook.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/

I bought cuple days ago thinkpad R50e
i realy like it !

Customize one here
http://www.pctorque.com/builder.php?type=77

http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/n...9880&SubType=C

this one looks pretty swanky ... i could go higher though ... i really want this thing to rock, but also be reliable. have you used these laptops b4? (ive never heard of em)

thanks!

I have a Dell XPS....

17" widescreen
100 gig 7200rpm
1gig ram
dual layer dvd+/-r burner
256 meg PCIxpress video
etc
etc
Running 3d Benchmark from MadOnion...

Frames rates of 350 per sec

I've been looking for a site like that...

SCROTE!!!!!!! Wassup donkeynuts - i just got back to florida this morning ill hop on msn

There's two ways of approaching buying a laptop:

1) Do you want a desktop replacement (in that case go to a retailer and buy a Toshiba, Apple or Sony preferably or a little down the line an HP or Compaq)

2) If you want a nice, light business laptop for travelling, buy an IBM or an Apple. They cost more for the features, but they're high quality.

Personally, I'd forego the fancy 15" widescreens and go for a 14" laptop that has crappy video, crappy sound but is lighter. I've seen both business laptops and desktop replacements, and desktop replacements are too heavy to be truly portable.

My two cents.

A lot of these laptops by name brand companies are just rebranded. This means they're made by a company like CLEVO, but Dell or Acer or Alienware rebrand them. Some customize them a bit, and add their own warranties.

Sager is well known, and has a long time good reputation for notebooks.

See here
http://www.notebookforums.com/

I have a 3.2 ghz Dell XPS, 2 gig ram, 250 meg graphics card (Killer for games super fast on Halflife2 on full rez). Front side buss 800mhz(important). 60 gig 7200 rpm(important). Runs faster than any of my other 15+ office work encoding machines that are 2.8 ghz+. This thing kills anyneed for a desktop its basicly a LAN gaming machine but boy does it rock on encoding, graphics, super fast.

Can't say enough good things about it, its not a laptop to travel the world with as it weights 9 pounds or something but if your after something to take to the office in your breifcase and work on, then take home and work on its PERFECT.

Alienware also have some nice machines, nicer looking cases too. A bit more expensive than Dell but not much. You can get 3.4ghz now too maybe more

Ok...turning on all my messengers now. I'll catch you somewhere

go delllll

my main concern is quality ... ive been using dells, toshibas, but i always have this nagging fear the hard drive is going to take a shit so im always burning back ups - i travel all the time so i want a big screen, fast mofo, all the highest end shit ... i just want to make sure it is made of the most reliable parts. a warranty means squat to me when im in bum fuck europe or wherever the fuck ...

thanks for input, ill check out these links -any more comments appreciated :thumbsup

Dell's Latitude (business line) is pretty well-built, I can't say the same for the Inspiron (consumer line).

Generally I find their image quality poorer than other brands' though.

i bought samsung x 30 it rocks!
http://img.matrix.ua/auxiliary/01-084-000563_1.jpg

When it comes to laptops there really is only 1 choice, IBM's T series Thinkpad. Best damn laptop i have ever had, i get them cheap if you want one

I like Dell's laptops. I use last year's model, an Inspiron 8600 for daily use and video editing and it works great.

The one I'm looking at is around 2800...

anything BUT Dell

check out a Sager, built like a beast and some models are meant to be desktop replacements. They are just like Alienware, except not the fancy ass case.

Dell currently has a deal $750 off a purchase of 1900+..I'm thinking about it but don't know which model to go for, I don't think that includes the XPS.

I have a Compaq Athlon-64 based system (widescreen), and it is excellent. Due to a power supply failure in my desktop, I just sat my laptop where my monitor used to, and its provided a good desktop replacement in the meantime :1orglaugh