wifey's laptop took a dump!

Discussion in 'Off Topic Discussion' started by cccullen, Feb 4, 2009.

  1. cccullen

    cccullen Full Member

    My wife's IBM took a dump yesterday so I'm looking for a new one... I wanted to buy a MAC but they don't have any stock where I live (can you imagine that?) so It looks like i have to go with something else because they don't accept my credit card for installment payments...urgh!!!

    I'm not so much of a computer geek so i need advice on what to get.. It doesn't have to be that fast and I don't want it to break the bank either. I did a quick (very quick) search on the internet and this is what i came up with. Again, I don't know the prices of these yet so I need some help.. My wife doesn't do that much on a laptop... Surfing, checking email, excel and word documents but I do want a built in cam...


    Dell XPS M1530
    Asus G Series G1S-B2
    Sony VAIO SZ
    HP Pavilion DV6500T
    Sony VAIO FZ
    Dell Inspiron 1520
    Toshiba Satellite A200
    Sony Vaio VGN-AR61ZU
    Compaq Presario V3700 series
    Acer Extensa 4620Z
    HP 520

    any suggestions?
     
  2. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

  3. cccullen

    cccullen Full Member

    lol, I just got a compaq. it's not bad at all, the IBM that i had was getting a little old. The speed is more than enough for my wife but she still wants a mac, so once i can afford it, i'll just use the compaq.
     
  4. pedro quiroga

    pedro quiroga Well-Known Member

    macs aint cheap at all. i should know. mine was 1200. thank god for a big return last year.
     
  5. Eleu

    Eleu Full Member

    Go to http://www.Newegg.com if you want anything computer related, its the sonicelectronix of computers, you will ALWAYS get a good deal here, i spent a briefe stint building computers, this is where i got all my gear!!
     
  6. jonnyv713

    jonnyv713 The Young Gun of CAT

    thats an impressive website El. I will probably have to get a new modem from there towards the summer since i will have to give back the laptop until next school year.
     
  7. cccullen

    cccullen Full Member

    Nice site... I couldn't wait to buy from any site and wait for the shipping because I live in the Philippines. I went with the HP Compaq CQ40 and I spent about $900 (electronics are expensive here). I really had to buy right away and I wanted to wait but i just couldn't. oh well, that's the way it goes. I haven't gotten to fart around with it much but it seems to be pretty good.

    http://h71016.www7.hp.com/html/interactive/CQ40/model.html?jumpid=in_HP3D_3d/NBT/CQ40|3DCENTRAL|other
     
  8. Eleu

    Eleu Full Member

    Shipping from new egg is amazing no matter where you live, i would get my stuff next day when i lived in Cali, (the sites home is in whittier a couple hours away from where my setup was) and the stuff ive ordered in the last month since moving to iowa here, put it this day i order stuff three days earlier from sonic. and got the new egg stuff 2 days after ordering it, just got the sonic stuff yesterday lol it had been like 8 days, new egg has this psychic team that knows what your going to order before you do and sends it.... atleast thats the only thing i can think of...