choocken :
Hello,
I hate Mac software so don't offer a Mac. I want a computer for general use. Mostly staying at one residence with little movement. I want it to process quickly and to download quickly. Mostly used for University work and general youtube-ing and other internet browsing. I will be using wifi and public provided wifi. I am considering starting online gaming. What should I get? With or without the gaming aspect?
Ive done a bit of research but i dont really know what Im doing.
Well for me, i've always liked toshiba laptops. No matter what price range i find them at, i've always found them (on the hardware side of things) working no matter what. I haven't been given a toshiba laptop as of yet that had hardware issue (all have been software related such as virus, spyware, ect) and the people that hand me there computers always give me the cheap toshiba's to fix (most of them are needing them for real basic stuff).
As for what
to get, that's definitely a harder question.
My question would be is what your budget?
Is there certain feature you may want for current/future use? Such as HDMI, USB 3.0, blu-ray, ect
Is there a certain screen size and resolution you want?
Overall, i would say first make a budget if you haven't and then try to fit as many of your needs and wants into that budget.
With online gaming in mind, i would say at the basic level get a laptop with a mid to low range cpu and a mid range GPU.
mid range cpu's are like the core i3
Mid range gpu are like the Nvidia geforce 540M and AMD 65xx.
A few laptops for example:
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/P770/P775D-S7302 (got a mid/high end cpu but it's cheaper than most other laptops)
http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/P750/P755-S5261
Well, when you have an idea of what wants, needs, and, what the budget is, just lets us know!
Also welcome to the forums!
popatim :
Toshibas have always done well for me. I've had friends with HP's get treated horribly but when I initiate warranty service for my customers they have treated me well so I don't know how to rate them. I've never used or worked for/on Dell Laptops. Lenovo business laptops I have found are usually very solid units and I don't know how much some of my clients pay for the extra warranty but I'm always impressed when they overnight me parts. I'm sure its not cheap for that kind os service.
Cant agree more. No matter what i've thrown at my family own Toshiba and lenovo laptops, there still chugging along and im certainly a cruel person for running a certain program that takes hours to complete that uses 100% of a cpu.
3 main laptops in my house are:
Toshiba A505 with core i7 720QM and Nvidia geforce 310M (bought in May 2010
Toshiba P105 with a C2D @ 1.6GHz (Feb. 2006 or 07, cant remember)
Lenovo 3000 N200 with Pentium Dual-core @ Ghz 1.86 (March 2008) (my torture laptop for running F@H for over a year. [:graywolf:8] )