Looking to purchase new laptop

[Idz21]

Hey everyone,

I am pretty computer savvy but have been out of the loop lately in regards to good and price-friendly laptops. I was thinking about purchasing a Sony Vaio TR series laptop or one that is very similiar. I am looking for something compact but at the same time very good and reliable. I would appreciate if you guys could fill me in on what you think would be the best laptop to purchase at this time.


My pricerange is anywhere from $2000 - $3000. Give or take a few hundred.



All comments are greatly appreciated.



Thank you!

 

[n0cmonkey]

I'm looking at the Asus S5Ne. The review I saw on it was pretty good.

 

[Arcanedeath]

In that price range for the money I'd get an Emachines M6809, can't really beat it for the price / features, it's under 2 grand and has pretty killer performance, only small downside is that it only comes w/ a 64mb mobile raedon 9600, otherwise and all around good machine.

 

[kalster]

ibm thinkpad x series could fit the bill

x31 with pentium 1.6 would be nice

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Arcanedeath
In that price range for the money I'd get an Emachines M6809, can't really beat it for the price / features, it's under 2 grand and has pretty killer performance, only small downside is that it only comes w/ a 64mb mobile raedon 9600, otherwise and all around good machine.

Isn't that the big, bulky, power hungry AMD64 notebook?

 

[Idz21]

I believe it is the big one.

I'm looking something along the size of the Sony Vaio TR Series as seen here: http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start;sid=T8Spv4gFXAqprMirmbCjtMcLS8y8lPG2SkI=?CategoryName=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers_TRSeries&Dept=cpu


I'm not really sure what purpose the laptop will serve yet, but I am purchasing it at least for the sake of convenience.

 

[Idz21]

any other input?