So I'm in the market for a new laptop and I'm looking to keep the price at or under $1K. I currently have a DELL Inspiron with a 17" screen and I've been happy with it; it's about 6 years old and it seems to be on its way out. The problem is I am not too familiar with which brands are "good" and what to look for/not look for so I have no idea where to start looking.

I more than likely will not be using it for more than the internet and Microsoft Office, and maybe Photoshop whenever I decide I want to learn it. I would prefer to stay away from Apple as I have had a Macbook and I am much more comfortable using Windows.

So what are my options?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

This is just to give you an idea, you can get a nice powerhouse for 1K.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/X...ming_Notebook/

 

Thanks for the link, Tekno.

Anybody else?

 

seems like overkill if you're just web browsing

 

...So do you have a suggestion?

 

Asus Transformer prime.

Or

ANY of the ASUS lappy tops that are sub $1k.
the Asus line has some pretty good specs.

 

butt, seriously....
how hard is it to browse new egg or the equivalent to find a laptop you want?

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...tops-Notebooks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834230171

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200403

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200403

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834158214

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200404

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200412

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834158215

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834158219

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200414

 

He gave the amount, lol

Of course you can go cheaper =] I'd go to best buy, sometimes they have awesome deals...sometimes..

search hp / dell coupons.. you can save 30%..

 

^i just like to take advantage of their no interest credit card purchases over a certain amount.

 

I'm looking to build my own or buy a prebuilt computer because I'm lazy and was also told about cyberpowerpc.com. I looked into it and found out that a lot of people say their customer service is shit and sometimes the system comes already broken or loose in the shipping box.

 

Lenovo IdeaPad V470. Screen's on the smaller side (14"), but for $689 you get

 

Post in this forum and ask:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/what...-should-i-buy/


If you want to build/customize your own these two sites are pretty good at it:

http://www.gentechpc.com/system_dept.asp?dept_id=SD-013

http://www.xoticpc.com/


Sager and Clevo are as barebones as you can get for laptops as they're the rebranded Dells and other manufacturers. Also, I believe GentechPC has a 10% discount if you have a student ID.

 

Thanks for the responses. After doing some research I think I'm going to go with the Toshiba Satellite. Now I just have to decide between the L750 and P750.

 

Based on the uses I listed (Internet, MS Office, Email, iTunes), would it be worth the extra $100 or so to get an i5 processor over an i3?

I've decided on the P750 series so now it's just between the i3 and i5.

 

Toshiba comes with a shit ton of crapware

 

For your use I'd rather have the i3 and put in an SSD drive than an i5 without SSD. Standard laptop drives are the suck.

 

Can you elaborate on this?

If it comes with a bunch of stuff I don't need then I assume I can just remove all of it, right?

 

It comes with a lot of trial software and other useless programs that the majority of people will never use. OEMs put all that software on computers because they're paid to do so... it helps subsidize the cost of the PC.

Yes, you can remove them manually or with a program like PC Decrapifier.

How much is the P series Toshiba going for? Best Buy's having a sale on an 15.6" Asus with Intel i5 tomorrow for $450. Asus Model: K53E-BBR15, SKU: 4854891

If you want to save $ and are set on a i3, there's a 14" Dell going on sale at Staples tomorrow for $350. SKU: 423370, Model: i14RN-1227B

 

Toshiba adds so much of their own worthless software. If you don't want to deal with crap ware then get a Microsoft Signature PC, it comes crapware free and comes with Microsoft Security Essentials installed.

Pretty much any laptop on the microsoft store should be a "signature" PC

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/...tPicks_Laptops

 

Well, from what I've read, bloatware really isn't a big issue. It can be fairly easily removed.

The biggest thing for me is speed and quality. I don't want to have to buy a new laptop a few years from now because it shit the bed. Toshiba seems to be a quality computer.

 

I reccomend Asus, stay away from HP