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Best Laptop brand

  • HP

    Votes: 18 26.5%
  • Toshiba

    Votes: 17 25.0%
  • Asus

    Votes: 24 35.3%
  • Acer

    Votes: 8 11.8%
  • Dell

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Total voters
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Omie Jay

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I'd get an alienware desktop, if i won the lotto some day. I'd also settle for retirement that day.

The new macbooks have a 9400m or 9600m, and are advertised on mac website with a screenshot of need for speed carbon on their screens, implying that it can play that game. These macs are probably fine with games, but u need the Apple specific version of the game (LOL!), and macs are fucking expensive too.
 

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nah, the processor and ram matters a lot less than gfx when it comes to gaming.
overall i'd get more frames than you in games
but i'd lose to you in general everyday tasks

lol, mine's still a bit cheaper and comes with 2 years as well. no overseas for me =(
 

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yulia said:
my option isn't on your poll.

i have a sony vaio. best computer i've ever owned.

HPs are shit.

I work with a guy who used to work with HP, take it from us, they're just crap.
Second that. I work part-time at a computer store and believe me, hp is the most common laptop brand to come in to be repaired. I would say that the most reliable laptops are Toshiba's. Hp laptops don't seem to be as well built as other brands.
 

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if you are buying dell- upgrade no matter what cos vista is going to suck half ur ram anyway.
 

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HP all the way. Even though I have had (and still am having) some of the strangest computer problems I have ever come across on my HP's, they are reliable, reasonably priced and nicely powered.

Toshi's are real good. I've used a couple, never owned one, but they are solid in performance and design.

If you go Mac, I did, and I like. The MacBook Pro boasts some of the best specs at the moment, and runs real clean. If you NEED windows, run both Mac OS and Windows through Paralells or BootCamp.
 

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Lol, just reading the prices people got their laptops at, and I can't resist bragging.

Sorry.

I got my MacBook Pro 17" For....

$500.

For real.
 

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AusBluesMan said:
Lol, just reading the prices people got their laptops at, and I can't resist bragging.

Sorry.

I got my MacBook Pro 17" For....

$500.

For real.
wtf lol
how
tell me
 

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dp624 said:
wtf lol
how
tell me
I'm going to SAE this year and it's compulsory for students to have a high-end Mac laptop. So, the school figures that since it's compulsory, they'll make a deal with Mac to sell the laptops to students for $500.

Funny thing is, when SAE proposed this, Mac jumped right on board and offered the school the best in their range.

I almost died (was litterally rolling on the floor) when the receptionist rang and said they offered them to students at that price. I was actually on the SAE and Apple websites, dreading the price at that very moment.
 

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I'd buy a whole bunch of em, then sell em at retail price minus about 500 (still making huge profit), enough times to afford myself an alienware desktop system.

And a house.

And retirement.
 

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omg hot damn i want that.
but i'd just install windows over, lol

but dayum
 

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Omie Jay said:
I'd buy a whole bunch of em, then sell em at retail price minus about 500 (still making huge profit), enough times to afford myself an alienware desktop system.

And a house.

And retirement.
AND claim the depreciation value on the Mac's that are still in your possesion through tax, claiming that each is used for your studies... Or families studies...
 

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Yeah. I've adjusted to both. I run XP through paralells. Soon Vista. Only problem is, now when I swap from Mac to Windows, and vice versa, I get all turned around (Start bar on top/bottom, X button on other side).

Omie.

I love your sig.
 

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