suggestions for laptops

[Prone]

raen7 said:

That's clearly not the website that you proclaim it to be. Maybe a typo on your part?

Anyway, probably going to go with Gateway. Slightly more expensive but worth it for the durability and service.

Estimated Price: $1,240

Gateway® NX860X
Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz, 2MB L2C, 667MHz FSB
Intel 945PM Chipset
Vista Home Premium (probly gonna switch it out for XP)
1GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM
120GB 5400rpm SATA HDD
17" WXGA TFT Active Matrix 1440x900 max. res.
Integrated 802.11a/b/g/n wireless
CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 128MB
Bluetooth built-in
Ports: (4) USB 2.0, VGA, IEEE 1394 (FireWire), S-Video (TV-Out)
6-in-1 media card reader
10/100/1000 Ethernet

...and a partridge in a pear tree. Drooling yet?

If you're a power junky, and like to run more than one app at a time, especially media applications, I'd recommend 1.5-2 gigs of ram, but don't get any more than that, unless you get a 64-bit version.

Vista is a child's operating system, which is why I don't want to use it, because it's.....kinda on the beginner/novice side.

[raen7]

LOL... you have no idea how much of a tech geek you're talking to. But I'll forgive you since I don't post that much.

When you run XP and not Vista, 1 Gig is all you need for mid-level computing (e.g. not more than 2 apps at once, games that aren't brand-spanking new, etc.).

Besides, this is a laptop we're talking about. For my fiance. The most graphics-intense thing she does is play The Sims 2.

Now if we were talking desktops, I'd be building it from scratch, with all the right components and none of the garbage that so many manufacturers like to "throw in".