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Gold Member Username: Freezeman_7FOR SALE, BNIB RD AUDI... USA Post Number: 2334 Registered: May-06 | ok, i know its the wrong section, i can read. but if you bothered to check i did post this in the laptop section of the computers and no has replied there, and i dont know anyone over there. ok, so heres what i need, im going to college.. well after i graduate hs. but my bday is coming up and thats what im after.. uhm not real interested in MAC, money? not more than 1600. that might make dad a lil upset, so what do you guys think? |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego, California Post Number: 4550 Registered: Dec-06 | http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220366 |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 8526 Registered: Jul-06 | Toshiba, top notch when it comes to laptops. |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego, California Post Number: 4552 Registered: Dec-06 | I always recommend Toshiba laptops but this model year they are having all sorts of issues with the BIOS, bloatware, multiple trials of software installed (including Norton and MS Office), compatibility (blame Vista) and the CDROM. The top notch build quality is still there but I would wait until they hotfix all these issues before buying a Toshiba this year. Asus is doing everything right as of now. |
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Gold Member Username: Tatonka-[Team Audible Insanity]- Post Number: 2295 Registered: Mar-07 | I agree, Brad. Toshiba has not had too good of a year when it comes to laptops. Right now, Gateway seems to be the top of the line in laptops. Me and 6 of my friends own all different models of gateway and every single one of them are still going strong. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 8529 Registered: Jul-06 | Well if I was buying a laptop now vista wouldn't be on it for long lol. |
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Gold Member Username: Freezeman_7FOR SALE, BNIB RD AUDI... USA Post Number: 2335 Registered: May-06 | is the hassle of vista worth buying a macbook? |
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Gold Member Username: Tatonka-[Team Audible Insanity]- Post Number: 2302 Registered: Mar-07 | There is nothing wrong with Vista. It is just a new OS in its developing stages. I haven't had a problem with it at all and I do just about everything on my laptop. If you don't like it, you can always reformat it and put XP on the laptop. Isn't hard at all. |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderPalm Beach, Florida Post Number: 6399 Registered: Jan-06 | i got a dell vostro 1500 for like 1000 a year ago and its still a great pc for me, i dont do the gaming deal though. |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 18421 Registered: Jun-06 | I have a HP laptop that works wonders for me. Granted it's not a workhorse and I use it maybe once a week? Knock on wood the last two HP laptops have worked great for me. |
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Gold Member Username: Big_edge_headMilwaukee, Wisconsin Post Number: 2782 Registered: Mar-07 | I've never had a problem with Vista either. I like it a lot better than XP. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 8533 Registered: Jul-06 | The people who like vista are the ones who use mainstream hardware...... driver problems are the bulk of vistas problems. |
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Gold Member Username: Tatonka-[Team Audible Insanity]- Post Number: 2306 Registered: Mar-07 | "The people who like vista are the ones who use mainstream hardware...... driver problems are the bulk of vistas problems." What do you consider "mainstream?" I've compiled drivers from scratch in Linux. I've never really experienced a driver problem in vista for any machine I have put it on. |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 8537 Registered: Jul-06 | Scanners, cameras, RAID cards, etc, lots of stuff made before vista doesn't have drivers. That is why my rule of thumb with microsoft operating systems is wait one year from release before upgrade, by that time the hardware/software compatibility has usually been worked out. |
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Gold Member Username: Tatonka-[Team Audible Insanity]- Post Number: 2311 Registered: Mar-07 | Yeah, M.S. They had that problem in the first few months that Vista was out. Now all of that is fixed. Vista picked up my acient HP printer right when I plugged it in. Also my old scanner from them. |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego, California Post Number: 4561 Registered: Dec-06 |
Fixed it for ya. Microshaft has been working on Codename Longhorn, now known as Vista, since early 2001. This was even before XP was released. So they knew all along there would be kernel and compatibility issues. They planned to release it in 2003 but there were so many problems and delays that the release was delayed until Jan. of 2007. To say it is all fixed up and all (or even most) of the compatibility issues have been solved is a false statement. Currently only 2700 programs are certified to run correctly on Vista, and quite a few of those are Microsuck programs. They will get it eventually, but it is not even close to over yet. The public opinion of Vista is so low that they made a series of commercials tricking consumers into looking at screens running Vista. Steve Ballmer, Microshank CEO, said it best at a recent industry tradeshow: "Windows Vista: A work in progress. [Laughter, applause.] A very important piece of work, and I think we did a lot of things right, and I think we have a lot of things we need to learn from. Certainly, you never want to let five years go between releases. Can we just sort of kiss that stone and move on? Because it turns out many things become problematic when you have those long release cycles. The design point, what you should be targeting. We can't ever let that happen again." |
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Silver Member Username: Wolf_houndPhoenix, AZ Post Number: 657 Registered: Sep-05 | Get in chat you ********* |
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Gold Member Username: Freezeman_7FOR SALE, BNIB RD AUDI... USA Post Number: 2339 Registered: May-06 | so mac? yay or nay? |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego, California Post Number: 4563 Registered: Dec-06 | Nay, get that Asus I linked. |
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Gold Member Username: ShortysetniesAndrew Capps, NC US Post Number: 2837 Registered: Mar-06 | Im on a mac right now and if I could figure out how to use it I would love it. Its just so different from a PC I cant even figure out how to resize and rotate pics (like you would do in mspaint). My dad has a toshiba and I really like it. Its almost 2 years old and still runs great |
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Gold Member Username: Livin_loudPost Number: 2649 Registered: Jan-06 | just picked this up from my brother http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220215 i'll probably go Asus again if i am ever to get another laptop. funny thing is i picked it out for him, he couldn't afford it, and now i own it lol |