Heyyyyyy. I know we have a few threads about laptops, but I haven’t really found what I’m looking for while sifting through all the recommendations.
I currently own an HP Laptop (I can’t tell you the specs off the top of my head, so I’ll edit this with the specs when I wake up this afternoon) and I’ve had it for 4-5 years. It’s gotten quite slow, to the point where doing ANYTHING causes the computer to crawl by. Videos aren’t even able to be watched usually, and basic computer functions take forever to come up.
Anyways, I’m looking to replace my current laptop with a new one. I don’t do all that much gaming on my laptops, as I prefer a desktop (and am going to eventually begin building one). However, I need a laptop for my travelling and some programs I’ll be looking into running.
What I will be using said laptop for:
-Basic writing functions (I.e Microsoft Word)
-possibly some recording and mixing
-possibly some light gaming (I’m rather fond of a couple mmorpg’s and some online shooters such as DoD)
-Internet browsing (such as watching videos and such, normal business)
I’d prefer to spend less than 400 U.S. dollars if possible, and a DVDS drive would be nice (but not wholly necessary as most things can be downloaded). I’d like a 13 in or larger screen as well, but the price is more important than that (I have a monitor if it’s too small.)
Sooo…any suggestions for a laptop?
Edit: not that I wanna shoot down any proposals or anything from the start, but I don’t do Dell’s. I’ve never had a good run with any of them. Unless you’re sure its a stable laptop (and not a massive POS from the box), then I won’t take the risk. Again.
Edit #2: alright so I went to go and retrieve some of the information off of the laptop to give some specs, and now it won’t even start up all the way -.- it spins it’s wheels for hours and makes almost no progress. I haven’t touched it in months cause it got a BSOD and then somehow kept working long enough for me to reset it.