Laptops General Discussions

[michom]

IA64,
Thank you for the answers, it really helped me make up my mind about few things. but it's an ASUS, not an hp/dell/... I know all the components are usually the same in all vendors, but still it makes me a bit unsure about getting an ASUS (or acer or whatever). There's always differences between brands. Dell laptops exterior paint starts to fade in a year for example, HP software and drivers are a complete mess, so is Vaio's. Toshiba's laptops... well i prefer not talking about it... I will check the reviews and see.

Is that its price in Lebanon? in that case I would look for better specs, I can expand my budget till ~2000$ (as I said I am looking for a laptop that lasts a bit). When I bought my first laptop in 2001, they came up with centrin, or something better can't remember exactly, the next month. When i bought my centrino, core duo showed up... I don't want to make this mistake again... So any other additional suggestions?

[Evolution]

Originally Posted by michom

Is that its price in Lebanon? in that case I would look for better specs, I can expand my budget till ~2000$ (as I said I am looking for a laptop that lasts a bit). When I bought my first laptop in 2001, they came up with centrin, or something better can't remember exactly, the next month. When i bought my centrino, core duo showed up... I don't want to make this mistake again... So any other additional suggestions?

NOTEBOOKS

This website have many laptops that sells at very reasonable price in Lebanon. For example, HP DV6-2020 has i7 720QM (which is faster than Q9000), 4GB ram, 500GB HDD, LED display and windows 7 64-bit. The only downside is that it have GT 230M which is not very powerfull GPU. Though the laptop cost only $1415

For ~$2000 I'm pretty sure that you can find a laptop with similar specs but with much better VGA

[IA64]

Originally Posted by michom

IA64,
Thank you for the answers, it really helped me make up my mind about few things. but it's an ASUS, not an hp/dell/... I know all the components are usually the same in all vendors, but still it makes me a bit unsure about getting an ASUS (or acer or whatever). There's always differences between brands. Dell laptops exterior paint starts to fade in a year for example, HP software and drivers are a complete mess, so is Vaio's. Toshiba's laptops... well i prefer not talking about it... I will check the reviews and see.

Is that its price in Lebanon? in that case I would look for better specs, I can expand my budget till ~2000$ (as I said I am looking for a laptop that lasts a bit). When I bought my first laptop in 2001, they came up with centrin, or something better can't remember exactly, the next month. When i bought my centrino, core duo showed up... I don't want to make this mistake again... So any other additional suggestions?

Hi michom, ASUS are way better than you think.

Asus has served as an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) for many brand names you see out on the market today. In other words, they're not new at this game and have made laptops for companies such as HP and Dell.
ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers such as:

Apple Inc. (iPod, iPod Shuffle, MacBook)
Alienware
Falcon Northwest
Palm, Inc.
HP
Sony Computer Entertainment (Playstation 3)


I would pick an ASUS over Dell or HP. I recommend you to stay away from HP as I had really bad experiences with it and from Sony as they are way overpriced and the battery dies after few months ( happened to me with all my vaio laptops and I swear I will not purchase any next time ).

The DV6-2020 seems to be interesting but I'd rather buy a laptop from the dealer not from pcandparts to ensure you get a valid warranty ( we all know how pcandparts gets the hardware).

it's a 1.6GHZ core i7 and Display (1366 x 768) with Video Card: N Vidia GT230

HP still hasnt got any review yet so Id rather wait to see what's cooking.

ASUS got 89+% in most of the reviews claimed to be a top performing gaming machine.

..." When all the dust settled, the ASUS G51VX is a very good performer, easily hitting the top of the class compared to other notebooks we have tested. ASUS crams lots of performance into the G51VX, but it crams a big price tag in there, too.. " ...



ASUS G51VX-A1 15.6-inch Gaming Notebook Specifications, Availability, and Pricing :: TweakTown

[michom]

The laptop you suggested seems the best option till now, if they get Windows 7 on it by Christmas or maybe an updated version of this series... however I read a few reviews, there seems to be a problem with the screen, they said something about the colors and the graphic card not being the best out there comparing to others. Lots of people complained a lot about the heat and its weak cooling system, something that has to do with the ventilation design :/ but still, it was dell or this, and I don't see any better option in dell.
I will head to microfolie, some malls when I go back... or if u have better suggestions... i prefer not to buy laptops from other places, even if it will cost a bit more...