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and I want a really good one, like something that wont go out of date in the month after I get it, and like with a built in video camera, and it also being a tablet would be nice. if anyone has info can you please post some information please?
Quote:quote:Originally posted by ys8er2323and like with a built in video camera
would you like it to make you pancakes too? I wasnt aware laptops came with built-in videocameras – I know you can buy separate peripheral devices like webcams, but to the extent of my knowledge they dont come built in
otherwise, my advice is dont buy gateway
EDIT: I found this site that had something similar to your request…
Quote:quote:Ideal laptop configuration?After four years and a few drops my 500 MHz IBM Thinkpad seems ready for retirement. This posting and associated comments are intended to produce a collaborative ideal configuration for a new laptop.
The mission: Use exclusively when traveling, often for weeks at a time. I would like to play music in my hotel rooms, ideally from built-in speakers but possibly from little portable speakers that are packed separately (I have a weird little AAA-powered Creative speaker system now that is sort of okay for background music). I would like to copy large high-res photos from professional digital cameras, usually by pulling a CF or SD card from the camera and plugging it somehow into the laptop. I want every possible means of connecting to the Internet, wired and wireless, except for telephone (don’t have an ISP and life is too short for dialup). Battery life is not very important as I’ll usually be using the machine some place where power is available.
Here’s what I think I want
* 120 GB (or larger) disk drive. I upgraded my current laptop with a 48 GB drive nearly 2 years ago and am dismayed to discover that the largest 2.5″ drives available right now are 80 GB. Was Moore’s Law revoked for notebook drives? Anyone with inside knowledge know when/what the next step in disk drives will be fore notebooks? I don’t want to bother re-installing all my old software onto a disk smaller than 120 GB.
* TrackPoint nubby pointing device in the middle of the keyboard, as popularized on the IBM Thinkpad. I was never able to adapt to those pad devices that are most common for laptops.
* analog video/audio output to enable playback of DVDs on hotel room TVs, some of which have A/V inputs
* reasonably high quality built-in speakers
* as many USB 2.0 ports as possible (at least two because I’ll want to use an accessory mouse that will chew up one)
* a built-in Webcam and microphone suitable for video conferencing. Supposedly MSN Messenger contains a reasonable quality video conferencing feature. Would also be nice to be able to make phone calls from the laptop in cases where a hotel provides high-speed Internet but expensive voice calls and/or the cell phone isn’t working in that area.
* built-in sockets for CF, SD, and other digital camera memory cards
* built-in 802.11b for sure, Bluetooth?, maybe something for mobile phone Internet would be nice, e.g., a GSM radio
* at least two PC card slots for expansion and the weird little card burner that I must use to keep my airplane’s GPS databases up to date
* mid-size screen and keyboard to keep the weight below 5 lbs. and the size compact
* Windows XP operating system (most aviation software is Windows-only)It might be fun to play with the TabletPC software in order to add sketches and other personal annotations to emails, documents, photos, etc. Is this software ready for prime time? And does having a TabletPC interfere with the other goals?
Ideas anyone?
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I have to disagree with TigerBlade about not buying a gateway. I got a gateway computer almost 2 years ago, with a 20GB Hard Drive and a moniter and speakers and a printer, Cdrom drive, Ram. I have the Hard Drive on an extra computer now, along with the printer, CD rom drive, and ram. I still use the excellent moniter on my main computer, and I still use the great speakers for my main computer, and they both work perfectly.
But if you want something really good and powerful, get an Alienware laptop, that is, if your willing to pay for them. They feature game systems that are very powerful, and they usually last a really long time. PC Gamer Magazine seems to think highly of them. You can completly custimize your desktop. http://www.alienware.com/system_pages/area-51m.aspx
Edit: I never said the actual Gateway was good, I was just saying it lasted a long time
Just don’t go gateway or E-Machines, I’ve experienced first hand how much the machines, and the tech support sucks.
Personally, I wouldn’t go with a laptop at all, desktops can be much more powerful, for much less.
Alienware definately makes the best computers. But they are also very expensive (around $2,500 for a laptop). I have a Sony Vaio laptop and it’s good for most everything.
If you are looking for one away from home/business, consider looking into handheld like TREO-600 (http://www.handspring.com), etc or mini-laptop like FlipStart PC (http://www.flipstartpc.com).
EDIT- I advise people against getting laptop computers, because they don’t last long and many are not upgrade-friendly – not worth your money!
wow thank you for the info,i was already looking at the tablet compaq , the vaio laptop, and the protoge tablet. any info on those?
What do you mean by “a really good one”?
First of all, I suggest staying away from Compaq/HP. Secondly, for battery life, if that’s considered really good, get one with a Pentium M processor. With them, you can get P4 performance with much less battery usage.
A very good, more business oriented place to look would be ProStar. Depending on your budget, this would be the way to go. I haven’t had any problems with their products.
There is probably only one advantage to buying Alienware: upgradable video cards.
Ohh…found this. Here is one that seems like a really good one that won’t be outdated and has a digital video camera built in.
http://www.shopprostar.com/index.cfm?mainpage=productdetail&model=8794
I think buying these things is just like anything else. It’s just a matter of preference. For example one person may get a dell and love it, and another person may get the same exact dell but happen to get a lemon and have nothing but problems. The best thing to do is research and figure out what’s important to you. With me it was the service. I did NOT want to send my computer away somewhere to get it fixed, which is the only reason I didn’t go with a mail in computer company.
However the real question is, is there really a computer out there that won’t be obsolete in a year or two. hehehehehe
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