Just bought a new laptop

[BttleFedC10]

I really dont care for a huge screen. Just more to lug around. I was posting for all 5 links i posted up. lol. Which outta the 5 do you think is the best bang for buck?

Also, backlight keyboards laptops are really expensive arent they?

[Kenny_Stang]

That's a tough call in IMO, one you get more RAM that comes installed, the other you have a bigger hard drive. One has an Nvidia graphics card, the other has Radeon. And one is a 15 inch, the other is a 17inch.

Just depends on what interests you more. You can't go wrong with either of those.

If I were you I'd go with the 15" laptop, the 17" laptops are huge, not very mobile, and weigh a ton. On top of that it's difficult to find laptop cases or backpacks that can fit one.

[motoman]

http://www.frys.com/product/6197119?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

http://www.frys.com/product/6197189?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Which one of these above is the best bang for the buck??

That's a tough call in IMO, one you get more RAM that comes installed, the other you have a bigger hard drive. One has an Nvidia graphics card, the other has Radeon. And one is a 15 inch, the other is a 17inch.

Just depends on what interests you more. You can't go wrong with either of those.

[BttleFedC10]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0382829

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0383134

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0388286

http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0383136

http://www.frys.com/product/6197119?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

http://www.frys.com/product/6197189?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Which one of these above is the best bang for the buck??

[BttleFedC10]

HAha, alrighty. I just might take it back. But if i take it back i wont have the money for another one till i get paid again. Gotta drop the coin on a new motor this weekend.

[ram57ta]

Sum it up basically to say you can get a HELL of a lot more laptop for $500 bucks than what you picked up at Wal-Mart. Restore the drive with the built in recovery partition and take it back. Wal-Mart is the absolute LAST place on earth I would go to buy a GOOD laptop. My FIRST place (locally) would be Microcenter, followed by Frys, then on to the only remaining big box retailer Best Buy. I would look on the internet for specials from TigerDirect/CompUSA.
Hell I'd buy a used laptop on Craigslist before I'd go to Walmart. Don't mean to offend....but Walmart carries the absolute most bottom of the line, most cheaply made electronics that can be sourced from the cheapest vendors they can find...so they can mark it up and make HUGE profits.

[Ratt]

Fry's also has this Alienware for $499, if you're into that sort of thing, similar specs to the second link I posted above:

http://www.frys.com/product/6272990?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

That hasn't been available for months. It's twice the computer that you posted before, because the video card has dedicated memory, not VRAM. They've just been lazy and haven taken it off the website.

[Tx Redneck]

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0382829

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0383134

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0388286

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0383136

[Rick Modena]

They call it a Multi-touch, I had to sacrifice 1080p, but 900p is enough and I can finger fuck the screen...

[motoman]

Let me tell you, this bitch flys! I really like the touch screen option. My other business CPU is a POS touch screen and I really like this feature. The backlit keyboard rocks, no more lights on at night.

Shit, I didn't realize it had a touch screen option.

[Rick Modena]

That's the system that's I've built out with Dell several times in the past few months. I just don't have that kind of skrilla to spend right now.

Let me tell you, this bitch flys! I really like the touch screen option. My other business CPU is a POS touch screen and I really like this feature. The backlit keyboard rocks, no more lights on at night.

[motoman]

Heres the laptop specs for my Dell I just bought...

XPS 17
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2760QM processor 2.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz
6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
Backlit Keyboard - English
17.3" HD+ (900p) LED Display with Multi-Touch and 2.0MP HD Webcam
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Elemental Silver Aluminum
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit, English
Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
Tray Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
JBL 2.1 Speakers with Waves Maxx Audio 3
Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N + WiMAX 6150
Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2010
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

That's the system that's I've built out with Dell several times in the past few months. I just don't have that kind of skrilla to spend right now.

[Kenny_Stang]

Fry's also has this Alienware for $499, if you're into that sort of thing, similar specs to the second link I posted above:

http://www.frys.com/product/6272990?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

[Rick Modena]

Heres the laptop specs for my Dell I just bought...

XPS 17
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2760QM processor 2.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz
6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
Backlit Keyboard - English
17.3" HD+ (900p) LED Display with Multi-Touch and 2.0MP HD Webcam
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 550M 1GB graphics with Optimus
500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Elemental Silver Aluminum
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64-Bit, English
Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
Tray Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
JBL 2.1 Speakers with Waves Maxx Audio 3
Intel© Centrino© Advanced-N + WiMAX 6150
Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2010
56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

[Kenny_Stang]

These two would also be a good buy:

http://www.frys.com/product/6197119?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

http://www.frys.com/product/6197189?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

First has an Intel Core i7 processor, 17.3" screen, 4GB of RAM, 640GB hard drive, and an ATI Radeon HD video card

Second also has an Intel Core i7 processor, 15.6" screen, 6GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, and an NVIDIA GeForce video card