<$3000 NICE laptop?

[zimu]

what do you guys reccommend?

requirements:
- 15" screen
- dvd burner
- mobile/ light weight
- >60GB storage
- STYLISH

not for me, for a friend. has a realtively big budget, so go wild. he won't go powerbook, but basically thhat sort of quality wanted.

suggestions?

 

[ElFenix]

damn, this is a tough question.

 

[Fun Guy]

IBM makes the best laptops around. Look at the 'T' and 'R' series models, loaded.

 

[GnomeCop]

get that asus W1

first notebook I think of when I saw that he wanted a "powerbook-like" quality and "stylish" notebook.

or you can go for a hypersonic-pc CX5

nice paintjobs on them or you can choose no paintjob and save a little $$$

 

[Frightcrawler]

Why does it have to be "stylish?"
IBM series laptops are the best, but they are not made for people who want their laptop to look fancy. With IBM, you pay for quality, service, and performance, not for some paintjob.

 

[XeroXed]

Getting a big hard drive and DVD burner might be kinda hard to have and keep the notebook lightweight. Try searching newegg. Also, maybe he could have an external DVD burner, because you won't need to be burning DVDs all the time.

 

[TBP]

Try this:

IBM T42 2379DYU

http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=8713486&amp;storeId=1&amp;langId=-1&amp;categoryId=2049168&amp;dualCurrId=73&amp;catalogId=-840

15", DVD burner, light weight (in its class), 80GB HDD, "stylish" - maybe

And P-M 1.8G w/ 2MB cache, 512MB ram, 128 MB video ram should give you pretty impressive performance, though the 5400 rpm HDD is a little slow.

With some discount, should be able to get it below 3 grand.

 

[kpd489]

checkout http://mtwolfcomputers.com/notebooks.htm - they are distributors for Jetbooks

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: zimu
what do you guys reccommend?

requirements:
- 15" screen
- dvd burner
- mobile/ light weight
- >60GB storage
- STYLISH

not for me, for a friend. has a realtively big budget, so go wild. he won't go powerbook, but basically thhat sort of quality wanted.

suggestions?

Hp nx5000 perhaps

 

[mudboy]

Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with the eMachines M6805/6809. Upgrade the RAM to 1GB and put in a faster hard drive and you're still under 2 grand.

Oh, wait. You wanted light weight. Eh, I don't think 7.5 pounds is that bad, but maybe that's just me.

Pete