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Offline Meta

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Recommendations.
« on: September 18, 2008, 02:45:29 PM »
I am having to give up my office to make room for our new baby. I need recommendations from y'all on what kind of laptop to get. I want to cut the cords and actually get wireless this time around.

I want a laptop with wireless and a CD/DVD burner as well. I also need about 80 gigs of memory. I hate to upgrade to vista because I do not like it but if you use windows it has to be done. I would also need extra RAM to play my favorite game of all time on, NO it is not Warcraft it is Toontown.

I am guessing that I will have $1,800 to $2,000 to play with. What brand would y'all recommend?

I have played on a Mac pro and loved it sincerely until I found out that I could not get it for my price range and specifications.  >:(



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Re: Recommendations.
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2008, 02:49:15 PM »
I use a Toshiba Satellite 17" screen, and I think it would have all the bells and whistles you are asking for. In a word, SICK!
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2008, 03:07:21 PM »
There is no such laptop with 80Gigs of memory.  Storage on the other hand...  You can absolutely get a Mac Book for your price range, even most of the Mac Book pro's are within that range.
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2008, 03:10:37 PM »
Quote from: BrassMonkey on September 18, 2008, 03:07:21 PM
There is no such laptop with 80Gigs of memory.  Storage on the other hand...  You can absolutely get a Mac Book for your price range, even most of the Mac Book pro's are within that range.

I might of meant Hard Drive instead of memory. Let me clarify. I need lots of room to store my stuff. Lots and lots of room.
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Re: Recommendations.
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2008, 03:15:13 PM »
Two words:  External Hard-drive

Or is that technically three words? 
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« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2008, 03:53:31 PM »
Quote from: BrassMonkey on September 18, 2008, 03:07:21 PM
There is no such laptop with 80Gigs of memory.  Storage on the other hand...  You can absolutely get a Mac Book for your price range, even most of the Mac Book pro's are within that range.

But this one has a fingerprint reader, i.e. SWANKY!
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« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2008, 04:36:52 PM »
If I had $2k I would get a Mac.  There is no reason on this earth to get anything else for that price.
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Re: Recommendations.
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2008, 04:45:01 PM »
Quote from: Meta on September 18, 2008, 02:45:29 PM
I am having to give up my office to make room for our new baby. I need recommendations from y'all on what kind of laptop to get. I want to cut the cords and actually get wireless this time around.

I want a laptop with wireless and a CD/DVD burner as well. I also need about 80 gigs of memory. I hate to upgrade to vista because I do not like it but if you use windows it has to be done. I would also need extra RAM to play my favorite game of all time on, NO it is not Warcraft it is Toontown.

I am guessing that I will have $1,800 to $2,000 to play with. What brand would y'all recommend?

I have played on a Mac pro and loved it sincerely until I found out that I could not get it for my price range and specifications.  >:(

I hit you up on lj.
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Re: Recommendations.
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2008, 06:16:14 PM »
Quote from: ehowton  on September 18, 2008, 04:36:52 PM
If I had $2k I would get a Mac.  There is no reason on this earth to get anything else for that price.

Agreed 100%, and I am a windows guy  :-)
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2008, 09:30:32 PM »
O.k. Well confession time...


My baby has stolen what brain cells God gave and left me with just enough to barely function. My budget was suppose to be $800 to $1000..

OOPS....

Now what were you saying about the Macs????

Angi helped me to remember that my my budget was actually doubly lower then what I thinking.
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2008, 09:34:07 PM »
Well, if you are thinking Malaysian Ringgits, then you have it made. The current exchange is 3.46 Ringgits to 1 USD.

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« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2008, 06:07:01 AM »
You might could get a shiny new Abacus for that.
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« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2008, 09:05:03 AM »
LOL

Thanks for the laugh.
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Re: Recommendations.
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2008, 02:20:56 PM »
HP has really become a good brand, I've been very pleased with the few that I've seen in the past year.
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Re: Recommendations.
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2008, 02:29:41 PM »

20" iMacs from $1199 -- less if you can wrangle an educational discount.

They do nicely if you've got a few sqft to spare on a counter somewhere.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac?mco=MTE3MDM
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