calciumiscool
New Member
Hello I am looking to buy the best laptop possible for my needs within my limited price range. My range is around $750, could go a bit higher, but nothing more than $900. Windows only please.
I am planning to connect my laptop to my old PC monitor and use it as a quasi-desktop replacement, however, I don't want the laptop to be of the standard "desktop replacement" type, that is, bulky and heavy. I would like it to be light enough to be easily portable because I will probably be taking it around with me just as often as having it connected to the monitor.
As for what I am doing with the laptop, I will mostly be using it for your standard word processing, internet browsing, and music listening, however I will also be using Photoshop, playing WoW, and will be doing some video editing with the computer. I would also be watching movies and burning CDs with this laptop, so a nice-sized screen would be nice as well. Harddrive space can be whatever. Basically, I would like it as fast and powerful as possible with my price.
The current desktop PC I am using is a 6 year old $700ish 512MB RAM Compaq model that wasn't treated very well by my family prior to my getting it, but I have been using it for most of my purposes listed above, with the exception of playing WoW, as it is unable to run it. However, the computer does take what seems like forever to startup, has constant internet failtures, has trouble streaming some videos from the internet, and it's burning capabilities have died completely. It has been a good, old computer, but I have tired of the constant freezing and slowness that it runs at.
Above all, the laptop that I am looking for should be fast, with no lag or freezing. I don't know if what I want is possible within my price range, and if it's not, if you could give me some recommendations of computers that may not have all of the features that I want, or may be out of my price range, they would be greatly appreciated.
I am planning to connect my laptop to my old PC monitor and use it as a quasi-desktop replacement, however, I don't want the laptop to be of the standard "desktop replacement" type, that is, bulky and heavy. I would like it to be light enough to be easily portable because I will probably be taking it around with me just as often as having it connected to the monitor.
As for what I am doing with the laptop, I will mostly be using it for your standard word processing, internet browsing, and music listening, however I will also be using Photoshop, playing WoW, and will be doing some video editing with the computer. I would also be watching movies and burning CDs with this laptop, so a nice-sized screen would be nice as well. Harddrive space can be whatever. Basically, I would like it as fast and powerful as possible with my price.
The current desktop PC I am using is a 6 year old $700ish 512MB RAM Compaq model that wasn't treated very well by my family prior to my getting it, but I have been using it for most of my purposes listed above, with the exception of playing WoW, as it is unable to run it. However, the computer does take what seems like forever to startup, has constant internet failtures, has trouble streaming some videos from the internet, and it's burning capabilities have died completely. It has been a good, old computer, but I have tired of the constant freezing and slowness that it runs at.
Above all, the laptop that I am looking for should be fast, with no lag or freezing. I don't know if what I want is possible within my price range, and if it's not, if you could give me some recommendations of computers that may not have all of the features that I want, or may be out of my price range, they would be greatly appreciated.
