Best place to purchase new laptop?

[Muscles]

I'm looking to buy a new laptop for work. I do a lot of multitasking between photoshop, acrobat pro, firefox/IE, email client, spreadsheets, etc.

I want a dual core laptop. A decent graphics card would be nice but not a requirement.

Does anyone have any suggestions where I should look to buy other than Dell? Alienware is too expensive.

 

[MichaelD]

You ask "Where to look" and then mention brand names instead of stores. The two can be different, you know. That's like saying "I want to buy bread. Is Georgia a good place to look?"

I've used all the name brand laptops thru my place of employment over the past...13 years. Some were great and some were duds.

5 months ago, I purchased an Acer 4402 WLMI (not sure on the letters, but the numbers are correct) from Newegg. For what I got, for that price, I got a good deal IMO.

I've used it non stop since then, no probs. It came with a 1 year warranty. For another $110, I extended it to 3 years, no deductible. I'm covered. These days,
you don't need to purchase a "major brand" laptop to get your money's worth. Another company that comes to mind is ABS. Check them out.

 

[ForumMaster]

depends. i'll take the flames and say that you might wanna look at the MacBook Pro. It has a core duo, ATI x1600 graphics, and can run windows plus OS X. although i assume by the "Alienware is too expensive" part you said, you are on a limited budget. I do know that ACER has some good laptops. look at pcmag.com for reviews. they are a good source. anyway, update when you get whatever you get.