Just clearing things up. Anyways I just prefer the eee because they have higher cell batteries and lower power consumption so they can last up to 10 hours.
Just clearing things up. Anyways I just prefer the eee because they have higher cell batteries and lower power consumption so they can last up to 10 hours.
Need a laptop for under $400 as good as I can possibly get for being that cheap. Halp plz.
Incredibly terrible budget.
How far over-budget can you go?
I would suggest looking at Lenovo computers. Usually fantastic keyboards, and save for graphics, they are pretty good and usually cheap. You're just going to have to accept that your graphical capabilities will be shit with that budget. You're on a netbook budget...and pretty much all of those have identical or otherwise similar specs.
That being said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834146580
Last edited by Warsaw; August 16th, 2009 at 09:30 PM.
Really don't want to go too far over budget. Its pretty much only going to be used for college work. Doesnt need to be a beast. I just want a good as I can possibly get for my budget.Originally Posted by Warsaw
Incredibly terrible budget.
How far over-budget can you go?
I would suggest looking at Lenovo computers. Usually fantastic keyboards, and save for graphics, they are pretty good and usually cheap. You're just going to have to accept that your graphical capabilities will be shit with that budget. You're on a netbook budget...and pretty much all of those have identical or otherwise similar specs.
That being said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834146580
Well, check out Best Buy, they have some $400 laptops. They are all going to be about even, I just like Lenovo because they are sturdy computers and are comfortable to type on, which is about all you can ask for in that price range.
I need a new laptop since mine ate it... I need a backlit keyboard and at least 2.5Ghz (dual core minimum), 4GB memory, 500GB storage capacity, and a 15" (approx) form factor. A dedicated graphics card would be preferred but it's not required, budget is $2,500.00 CAD so I think I might as well go with an Alienware m15x amirite? I've researched around a bit and I'd love to get an Alienware laptop anyways, but I'm just making sure that there's no other good options out there.
I'm not getting an Apple product.
There's also the ASUS G51VX. It has a backlit keyboard, is configurable with a wide range of CPUs surpassing your minimum, can hold 6GB of RAM, has dual hard drives, is 15", has a GTX260M, and is cheaper than the Alienware. Only advantage to the Alienware is that it has changeable colour lighting schemes.
http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-g51vxa1-order-p-2595.html
NewEgg also has some pre-configured options, but you get a better deal if you configure one yourself from XOTIC, PC TORQUE, or some other company along those lines. They all have the same prices, pretty much. And yes, they do ship to Canada.
That's about it that meet your requirements. The only other backlit notebooks are either bigger (Dell Studio XPS 16, OCZ Whitebook 17") than your desired screen size, smaller than your desired screen size (Dell Studio XPS 13), or are made by Apple.
Fake E: There's also the Dell Studio 15...that is backlit, but the graphics capabilities of the Alienware or ASUS are undoubtedly better.
Last edited by Warsaw; August 17th, 2009 at 06:54 PM.
What about the MSI GT729? From some benchmarks I've seen the 4850M is slightly better than the GTX 260M.
He wants a backlit keyboard, and the MSI doesn't have that. If it weren't for the backlit requirement, there are a ton of other options to consider as well.
I wouldn't recommend the M15x because it's running last generations hardware. the 9800M GT is not as powerful as the GTX260M, which is the current generations price point equivalent. That, and you can't put a quad in it (not through Dell anyways, and the BIOS likely won't support it either). Those two reasons make the ASUS a much better computer.
Last edited by Warsaw; August 17th, 2009 at 11:23 PM.
Wait, Alienware is actually worth getting now?
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