Seeking Help Buying a Laptop

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Dooga16

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I am going to university to study English and Philosophy next year. As such, I want to get a laptop with particularly good screen quality/size. I will be writing at lot and my eyes are sensitive to light

Therefore, I am hoping to get a 17# screen. The weight of the laptop isn't too much of an issue these days, but lower weights are always preferred.

I'd like to get a good battery life as I will be on the computer almost 24/7. Also, if someone could explain how laptop batteries work as I have little knowledge? Can I replace a battery without turning off my laptop and recharge spare batteries and just switch them back and forth? What is this AC Adaptor I hear about? Thanks.

Also, whatever specifications are important when it comes to running multiple programs at once, such as internet files, itunes, msn, icq, and all that crap.

Brand reliability is extremely important. Windows support is desired.

I have found a few laptops currently

http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=1&product=5617&category=#

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050490,39096101p,00.htm

http://www.alienware.com/product_de...-LT-AURORA-M-9700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT#pdp-nav

I am not certain if the above are any good or not.

Price range is probably about 1200-1800 American (rough estimate) or 1000-2000 Canadian.

If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated. I can also be contacted at [email protected] via email or msn.
 
If I were you, with that range price I will buy Sony.

For laptop, screen and battery is most important. The screen of sony is quite stable. I used to use Nec's laptop, but after sort time, the sceen will be unstable.

You can replace a battery without turning off laptop, but I think It's is really not good for battery. Any electricical should be swichoff before disassemble any accesoris.

If you currently use laptop in fix space, you should repalce a battery and use it with AC adapter.

Recharge too much times is also made a battery callous. You should recharge when battery in a low level. It means few recharge more and more good.

If you want more thing, pm me : [email protected]
wish you have good Laptop
 
Well, to be honest with you I would really like to ask what you would be mainly using it for?

Additionally, if it is just school work and what you stated above.. I don't think you will have to spend all that much if it was in USD. You can probably get a machine to run all that pretty well and still save a couple hundred or so. Like under 1 grand.

From your post, my personal opinion would be for the Toshiba or Alienware (depending on how you choose to configure it).

The batteries, you should be able to easily switch them in and out. You just need to have the AC Adapter plugged in so that when you switch them out to charge, the laptop will have a power source to run from (assuming you are using your laptop at the same time)

The AC Adapter is what powers your laptop through your outlet. So like.. the electrical cord. When you have that, you don't really need the battery. Also, don't use that and the battery instantaneously at the same time if you plan to use it for a long period of time, use either or unless you are charging the battery. And if so, just don't overcharge/underchage it either.
 
The laptop will mainly be used for internet research, writing essays, using msn, and listening to music. Probably all at the same time.

I am an off and on gamer. I will find a game I like a play for a few months, go for a few months without playing any games, then find another game and start playing that. Really though, I am not a hardcore gamer. I could be wrong in assuming that the average 128 video card with 512 ram will run most games (not perfectly) for a few years to come.

I'd like this laptop to last me 4 years, at least, and preferably 6, but I know that is much more idealistic.

I suppose gaming is secondary if it can take a chunk out of the price. However, I am really interested in a 17" screen, however, and whatever things help with program running.
 
VietPhuong said:
Recharge too much times is also made a battery callous. You should recharge when battery in a low level. It means few recharge more and more good.
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This is true with older laptops, but with all new laptops, the battery technology is different, so it's better for the batteries to be charged as often as possible in order to maintain max battery life.

Also, if you're looking for a laptop that will have good gaming performance and a 17" screen, expect to give up a little on battery life, as this hardware will drain it much more than a smaller, power-saving notebook.
 
It seems a little expensive off the top of my head, but then again, I would need to compare a bit to be sure.
 
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