EWC88

What do you suggest for a laptop then? or even what brand/model do you recommend? budget once agian is $1700

tlarkin

If you want a PC laptop get an Asus, HP business class, or Lenovo.

If you want a Mac get a Macbook Pro, but save up like 200 more dollars (get your educational discount as well, which is about 10%), err maybe with the educational discount it will be around $1700, you should look into that.

This is why I don't work sales because I never forced something on to someone. Do you live near a computer store? Go "test drive" a bunch of laptops and get a feel for what you like. Then post back what you like about each brand and why and we can better determine what you should get. I can sit here all day and tell you what I prefer, but that doesn't mean you would prefer the same things I do.

EWC88

I did try out the Macbook Pro and was pretty impressed if I must say so myself, and with the educational discount it goes down to $1799.

I also look at some HP's ( I was at bestbuy ) and I liked them as well..

Now I did like some features on the Mac, the back in time thing they have were when you delete something and earse it from your trashcan that you can retreive it back...also I did like the speed of it...The only thing that I'm questionable about is people tell me that I shouldn't get the Macbook Pro because yes it will work for what I want a laptop for but its really design for graphic art and things like that which really I'm not going be doing a whole lot of. ( mostly AIM, Email, School work, Music, )

I'm just all confused cause I don't really have the knowledge like everyone on here has with computers so this process of me picking out a laptop is taking forever..I just really want one thats going be GREAT for my needs and LAST as long as possible...Grant it I do want to get also a exterior storage thing ( don't know what its called but I know you can hook it up to your laptop and save stuff to that so its not taking up your laptop memory )

tlarkin

Well then it seems like you narrowed it down to a macbook pro or an HP, if you do buy HP I suggest you buy their business class, much better laptops.

Don't worry about what people say about Macs, I use them all day every day, and they get the job done. You can do everything you want to do on a Mac. It just comes down to your personal preference.

BookWen

you can change from old ram to one new!
but I suggest you buy a new laptop.I think the brand of dell is good.you can consider it.

EWC88

Yea I am going to for sure buy a brand new laptop, and Dell I'm a little iffy on with them..

I'm going check out a consumer report mag and other laptop mags to see what the top choices are...

EWC88

Ok I got a consumer reports that is from this months issue (june 08) I figured 15.4 is the screen I want I don't need the 17. Since I'm not on a budget I decided to look at the better ones and they show either the MacBook Pro or HP Pavillion dv6700t as the top 2..

Now what do you guys think I should go for out of those 2? If you pick the HP I was thinking of customizing it to have 3GB of memory ( thinking of 4 not sure ) and should I do the 250 or 320GB for the hard drive?

EWC88

Anyone? Should I go with a custom HP 6700t series or MacBook Pro

Kill Bill

MacBook Pro 17'' 2.5GHz or the 15'' 2.5GHz the 2.4GHz 15'' is soo last year. And the MBP goes up to 4GB of ram and a 250GB HDD 5400RPM but the 300GB is at 4200RPM which is ipod HDD speed and it will be like that on the HP. Just buy the 250GB 2.5GHz C2D,8600M GT 512MB SDRAM,2 or the 4GB of Ram, 15''/17'' Display and then buy a mybook External HDD.

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Macbook Pro 2.5GHz 17'' matte,2.5GHz C2D Penryn,2GB 667MHz,8600M GT 512mb,250GB 5400RPM,
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EWC88

So your saying get the HP?