I might be getting a job soon and if I do I will be saving up for a laptop so I’m curious what you guys think are the best laptops out there.
My three favorites for the 1000-1500 price range would be the HP Envy 14 and Alienware M11x/m15x.
For the techies out there, how’s the envy’s video card options compare to the Alienwares’? Are the Envy’s lower/stock video cards at all comparable to the stock Alienware?
Not the alienware.
I’m not just saying that because Alienware has a stigma, which it does…one of my mates actually got one, and it just crashed constantly
What’s the best laptop ASUS do? Take a look
Gaming laptop = ASUS, or maybe HP as a distant second option. No other way to do it.
Well, I’m thinking about Alienware just because they look so badass. As long as it were functional, I’d be happy to spend an extra 100 to 200 just to get such a visually stunning laptop.
Alienware sux, get ASUS
personally I like toshiba or lenovo, but I’d recommend Asus over anything because of everything my eee 900 went through and survived.
Any specific ASUS laptops?
Maybe you go to a local computer store, and have them build one for you? Or they might have some on sale. See what you find, you would most likely get better prices at a local store.
He likes to use it.
My god, a laptop with speakers and a webcam you say? It sounds so advanced :rolleyes:
If you go with Asus, don’t take the G73. Its like its alienware counterpart.
A friend of mine purchased one of ASUS’s gaming laptops- big as fuck, pretty much a desktop replacement, but it’s a damn good laptop. And yes, go with ASUS. You may pay some extra cash, but you get very high quality for your investment.
If you do get an asus don’t drop it or the hinges will break off. Unless the newer models have some sort of aluminium chassis.
old HP laptops, like hp compaq nc6400, or in general laptops that is durable and powerful with matte screen.
I don’t see why some people are recommending against the G73. While I haven’t used it myself, I read plenty of positive reviews on it and I used its predecessor, the G72jh, for quite a while and loved it.
Anyway, if you do check out the G73, you’ll be able to get a 5870m (equivalent to a desktop 5770 in performance), first-gen i7 processor, 17 inch screen (resolution varies from 1600x900 to 1920x1080 depending on where you buy it), possibly a blu-ray drive depending on which model you buy, etc. etc.
lol blu ray drives are fucking useless
I permanently broke a core 2 duo HP pavilion just by trying to upgrade the BIOS because HP doesn’t offer bios recovery. HP sucks.
My acer has been going for 4 years with no problems, my brother’s went for 6 before we replaced it. Extremely reliable, despite the stigma they seem to carry.
But I get the distinct feeling you’re not going to be using it to work on, so I’d go with these fine gentlemen’s advice :rolleyes:
I had to reinstall windows on 3 acer netbooks yesterday, coincidence?
I said laptops. The netbooks are another story entirely 
Lenovos > *
They’re ugly, but they’re extremely reliable and pretty cheap. This could be good for you:
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