Decent Laptop for College Freshamn w/ $1400

[leggysoe]

Among thousands of laptops, I narrowed em down by choosing

anything between $1000~$1400
have 512MB at least, 2MB Cache..
good-looking =] yes it matters the most..🙂

and these are the three that best fit to my requirements..

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/ProductC...47216%2CN82E16834147211&SubCategory=32

Which one would you choose? or let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Thanks ~

btw, anyone goes to UT Austin? =]

 

[Rottie]

good looking laptop? Try Sony Vaio laptop.

 

[leggysoe]

hard to find decent sony ones within my price range =[..

 

[wisdomtooth]

Originally posted by: leggysoe
Among thousands of laptops, I narrowed em down by choosing

anything between $1000~$1400
have 512MB at least, 2MB Cache..
good-looking =] yes it matters the most..🙂

and these are the three that best fit to my requirements..

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/ProductC...47216%2CN82E16834147211&SubCategory=32

Which one would you choose? or let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Thanks ~

btw, anyone goes to UT Austin? =]

You might want to check out the educational discounts at UT Austin to see how much you will be able to save by buying a laptop through your university, HERE.

 

[Wuzup101]

12" Powerbook can be had for $1400 w/ the student prices 🙂

 

[Funyuns101]

why not jump in a dell deal and build a desktop at the same time for a total of under $1400?

 

[Mike01]

This is the most bang for buck laptop that I know of:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...yId=pcmcat22300050001&id=1109938021195

It frequently goes on sale for 1399 or less.

 

[fbrdphreak]

The Gateway 7426 is a great machine, actually plays games decently for the money.
Not very portable tho, only 2-2.5 hours batt life and weighs almost 8 lbs.

If you don't mind a 14" widescreen, check out the HP dv1000. Small, relatively powerful, 6-7 hrs batt life w/12-cell, stylish looking to me, and cheap! Check the site in my sig for a full review 🙂

 

[Carl Uman]

Of those three I would go with TOSHIBA

You can also get a good deal on refurb machines and save a little money.

 

[leggysoe]

Thanks!!

 

[ender11122]

I would also say the Toshiba because you will really want the X600 down the road if you want to do any kind of gaming whatsoever.

 

[Mike01]

I would also say the Toshiba because you will really want the X600 down the road if you want to do any kind of gaming whatsoever.

There's a review of a mobility x600 online where they get 22fps in Aquamark3 on the default settings.

The 9550 in muy 7426gx gets 21fps on the same settings, but 26fps fully overclocked, and 24fps moderately overclocked.

If the x600 is overclockable, great...if not...not much of a difference.

Then again, that Athlon 64 3700 doesn't hurt my score either. 🙂