Thinking of getting a laptop

Nevakonaza · 02-03-2008, 02:50 AM

Im thinking of getting a laptop because a friend of my dads is selling his,Its a Dell and thats all i know about it until monday

but wth if its a good price il take it and its gotta be faster than my desktop now lol.

what would i need so i can move around anywhere in the house and still have both internet connection to the laptop and my desktop?

Wireless & router?

im dont have a clue

do modern laptops have built in wireless?

voyagerfan99 · 02-03-2008, 03:10 AM

Todays laptops and laptops back to about 1004 have built in wireless cards, yes. All you would need is a wireless router to bridge the connection from your modem, through the wired PC, then to the router.

vonfeldt7 · 02-03-2008, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by voyagerfan99

Todays laptops and laptops back to about 1004 have built in wireless cards, yes. All you would need is a wireless router to bridge the connection from your modem, through the wired PC, then to the router.

2004? Haha

voyagerfan99 · 02-05-2008, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vonfeldt7

2004? Haha

I edited it, but the site didn't keep it.

dznutz · 02-03-2008, 07:53 AM

don't know where you live but if it's cali then check this website out:
http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/laptpp.shtml

you can choose the state in the home menu. stuff is not just laptops but other appliannces as well. good deals on laptops at reputable department in-store or on-line. use this as reference when choosing to buy some guys old laptop

ms2134 · 02-08-2008, 12:41 PM

Laptops are a great thing to have if you like to use your computer whilst on the move or even just around the house or in the garden. I have a laptop :Compaq Presario 300EA which runs just fine on XP Pro and Media Centre Edition 2005. I did try vista but it played up a bit, Slow.
I would reccomend getting a nice little laptop with at least 2GB of and a minimum of 120GB Hard Disk Drive space for all your data and programs. Then if it have Windows Vista, remove it and put either LINUX or Windows XP Pro. These are much better Operating Systems and have been tested more. Even though they may say Vista is great. I can assure you it is nasty really.

Any other questions?

02-03-2008, 02:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nevakonaza VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 12,759	Thinking of getting a laptop Im thinking of getting a laptop because a friend of my dads is selling his,Its a Dell and thats all i know about it until monday but wth if its a good price il take it and its gotta be faster than my desktop now lol. what would i need so i can move around anywhere in the house and still have both internet connection to the laptop and my desktop? Wireless & router? im dont have a clue do modern laptops have built in wireless? __________________ Desktop= Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO @ 3.4Ghz\|MSI P35 Neo-F\|[5GB OCZ Vista Gold Series -6400 oc.\|XFX HD 4890 XT 1GB GDDR5 \| X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1\|Coolermaster Dominator 690 Black (Modded)\|OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular\| 250Gb & 500GB Sata2 Avermedia Volar HDTV Tuner\|Windows 7 Home X64 Asus X58 Laptop Intel M575 2Ghz \|120GB Sata HDD \|Crucial 2GB DDR2 800mhz \|15.4 inch Widescreen display]\|Intel GM965\|Vista Basic 32Bit\|DVD-RW

02-03-2008, 07:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
dznutz Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Age: 29 Posts: 741	don't know where you live but if it's cali then check this website out: http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/laptpp.shtml you can choose the state in the home menu. stuff is not just laptops but other appliannces as well. good deals on laptops at reputable department in-store or on-line. use this as reference when choosing to buy some guys old laptop __________________ ANTEC 900 OCZ STEALTHXTREAM 500W GIGABYTE EP45 UD3R INTEL E5200 ASUS ATI HD3450 2gb OCZ SLI RAM SAMSUNG SH-203N SATA SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1Tb and 1.5 tb SATA AIRLINK 101 300n pci XP PRO 32 bit

02-08-2008, 12:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
ms2134 New Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: I live in Kent, United Kingdom Posts: 8	Laptops are a great thing to have if you like to use your computer whilst on the move or even just around the house or in the garden. I have a laptop :Compaq Presario 300EA which runs just fine on XP Pro and Media Centre Edition 2005. I did try vista but it played up a bit, Slow. I would reccomend getting a nice little laptop with at least 2GB of and a minimum of 120GB Hard Disk Drive space for all your data and programs. Then if it have Windows Vista, remove it and put either LINUX or Windows XP Pro. These are much better Operating Systems and have been tested more. Even though they may say Vista is great. I can assure you it is nasty really. Any other questions? __________________ Mike, Last edited by ian; 02-14-2008 at 08:55 AM.

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02-03-2008, 03:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
voyagerfan99 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Connecticut/New Jersey, USA Age: 18 Posts: 3,712	Todays laptops and laptops back to about 1004 have built in wireless cards, yes. All you would need is a wireless router to bridge the connection from your modem, through the wired PC, then to the router.