Recommend any laptop in the ~$1000 range?

[jinduy]

i'm particularly interested in a centrino....

are the dells any good from what you've heard/experienced? what's really important to me is something that will last me a VERY long time (like the 433mhz celeron hp lappy that i'm using for not much longer).

 

[simms]

bump, i want to know too..

 

[zzzz]

the compaq x1000's were a good deal about 3-4 months ago. Not sure about now.

 

[Anubis]

you can get a EMachines A64 lappy for like 1200 at best buy, thats a sweet deal and from what i have been told they are really solid, a few peopel on here have them

 

[RossMAN]

I might buy this today

Staples has the Compaq Presario R3000T Notebook w/ Celeron 2.8GHz, 256MB, 30GB, Free DVD, Free 15.4" WXGA (1280x800) screen, Radeon 9000 IGP, modem/NIC, IEEE 1394, 3 USB 2.0 ports, Built in 5-in-1 reader, XP Home for only $899 - $100 off coupon code on page (exp 5/8) - $100 rebate (exp 6/1) = $699 w/ free shipping, tax charged. HP has it for $799 shipped AR, no tax for most states.

 

[BCYL]

I bought this laptop a couple of weeks back:
Toshiba A40-4E4
Celeron 2.6Ghz
256MB PC2100 DDR
40GB HD
15" (1024 x 768)
DVD and CDRW combo drive
built-in 802.11b wireless
Windows XP Home

for $1199 CDN (~900US)

The battery last me more than 3 hrs so I am very happy with it...

 

[kroq]

I'd get a Dell 600m. You can get a centrino 1.4 with possibly 512m and 40gig, with a combo drive around 1,200, and aruond 4.7 pounds light. Built in 802.11b (up to g) as well.

I have four of these and four 5150s at work for client check outs. They go out into the field on a daily basis, and are treated quite roughly if i shouldn't call it abuse, and the M600s take them very well. We haven't had any problems with the four since we acquired them. Hope this helps.

 

[Ness]

Do you any specific needs with it? What levels/kinds of work do you plan on doing with it?

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Anubis
you can get a EMachines A64 lappy for like 1200 at best buy, thats a sweet deal and from what i have been told they are really solid, a few peopel on here have them

Yep.


But wheat ever you do, DO NOT GET A CELERON LAPTOP.

Athlon XP-M are good and can be had cheap. The emachine with the A64 is also supposed to be great. And every now and then a Cen. laptop comes out onsale.

 

[jinduy]

Originally posted by: Ness
Do you any specific needs with it? What levels/kinds of work do you plan on doing with it?

i want to use it for my job messing with db's n stuff. but i'd also like to use it at home. in other words, i'd like a nice all around lappy with a good vid card also. durability is a must... i remember my roommate had to rma his m600 twice due to hard drive and cd rom issues... but it did look like a sweet lappy.

thanks all (and of course rossman).

anyone recommend what sort of extended warranty i should buy? (if any)

 

[jinduy]

bumpumpage

 

[Relayer]

bump

 

[PlatinumGold]

pretty sweet price, $899.00 for a small laptop

i like this one because it's very small and light. check it out at your local staples.

 

[jinduy]

ah 12 inch too small for me, very nice find tho

 

[BaboonGuy]

ZT3000

You can downgrade it a bit but still get a sweet 15" screen with a 1.5GHz Centrino and Radeon 7500 for $1150. Later this summer I'm going to get that decked out with a beautiful 1920x1200 screen and 2 batteries for some serious laptop loving. It's got a small profile too!

 

[Ionizer86]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
pretty sweet price, $899.00 for a small laptop

i like this one because it's very small and light. check it out at your local staples.

Looks pretty decent, but I think I've seen it for $850 AR at OfficeMax. Coupons could bring it down a bit more.

Only review I've seen on this laptop was from PCMag though.

 

[rainypickles]

i think centrino will be >$1200 most of the time unless you get a fantastic deal. you could actually drop below that if you got a pentium-M celeron, but who wants that?

i think the athlon-xp Ms are a good alternative.

 

[solo717]

Best one is always DELL, but there are cons to DELL notebook.

I like this one...

http://store.4linkcomm.com/xtn2cemono.html

 

[Frightcrawler]

Perhaps you should consider an IBM, since you say you want your laptop to last very long. Dell and most of the others won't cut it.

The R51 is $1299. It might be less if you can get a discount (ordering over the phone, of course).

The R51 is the cheapest centrino IBM system available. Although its build quality is not as great as the T series, it is still miles ahead of other competitors.

 

[xcrunner51]

Dell D505 is the cheapest Centrino option i've seen

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: xcrunner51
Dell D505 is the cheapest Centrino option i've seen

Dell Small Business recently had the Latitude D505 for $849 after rebate.

 

[reverend1313]

Thats not a correct price if you use the 1.4 PentiumM with only 128mb of Ram and take the reast to the lowest possible you still have a 1200 laptop. The only way to get that low is to take a pentiumm CELERON>.. you might as well use a pen and paper... its faster then a celeron

 

[Abhi]

Celerons in notebooks are better than the desktop variants... (256 kb L2)

And if you dont wanna game... its a good cheap option