what laptop should I buy?

hey guys, I'm going to use the money I get from notebooks4free, mp3players4free, minicool.4nocash, and wifimusic.4nocash as well as some personal savings (if needed) to buy a laptop.

I'm looking for a [b5ca96047e6]ultra light laptop [/b5ca96047e6]that will mainly serve for internet, mail, pictures, movies, presentations, etc.

Things that I want in it
[b5ca96047e6]li Ultra light[/b5ca96047e6]
li base station that I can leave on my desk w/ my monitor keyboard, etc plugged into, or take on the road when I need backup battery, floppy/cd drive (if the laptop doesn't come w/ a cd drive)
li long battery life (if possible or replacemnt battery options)
li integrated wireless (and bluetooth if possible)

I could use your help getting reccomendations on different laptops and with a few questions.
What are the features that you couldn't live without in your laptop?
What things do you absolutly hate in your laptop?
what is the thing you most often wish your laptop did?
what do you use least in your laptop?

I haven't seen many so far that fit my needs; the IBM X-Series[=http//www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/3dtours/xseries/x_series.html] IBM X-Series, Dell Inspiron 700m[=http//www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_700m?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd] Dell Inspiron 700m, and the refurbished Dell Latitude X300[=http//www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_x300?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb] refurbished Dell Latitude X300. However I haven't really looked. At the different options.

What do you guys think?

Side note; I'm also going to be getting a new LCD sometime soon, and I want a big one (I currently have a 21" CRT, so I don't want it to change too much). Do you reccomend I do a site and get it from them, or take the cash and buy it somewhere else? Either way which LCDs do you reccomend?

mofo

[quoted933da4c4c="mofocrew"]hey guys, I'm going to use the money I get from notebooks4free, mp3players4free, minicool.4nocash, and wifimusic.4nocash as well as some personal savings (if needed) to buy a laptop.

I'm looking for a [bd933da4c4c]ultra light laptop [/bd933da4c4c]that will mainly serve for internet, mail, pictures, movies, presentations, etc.

Things that I want in it
[bd933da4c4c]li Ultra light[/bd933da4c4c]
li base station that I can leave on my desk w/ my monitor keyboard, etc plugged into, or take on the road when I need backup battery, floppy/cd drive (if the laptop doesn't come w/ a cd drive)
li long battery life (if possible or replacemnt battery options)
li integrated wireless (and bluetooth if possible)

I could use your help getting reccomendations on different laptops and with a few questions.
What are the features that you couldn't live without in your laptop?
What things do you absolutly hate in your laptop?
what is the thing you most often wish your laptop did?
what do you use least in your laptop?

I haven't seen many so far that fit my needs; the IBM X-Series[=http//www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/3dtours/xseries/x_series.html] IBM X-Series, Dell Inspiron 700m[=http//www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_700m?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd] Dell Inspiron 700m, and the refurbished Dell Latitude X300[=http//www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_x300?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb] refurbished Dell Latitude X300. However I haven't really looked. At the different options.

What do you guys think?

Side note; I'm also going to be getting a new LCD sometime soon, and I want a big one (I currently have a 21" CRT, so I don't want it to change too much). Do you reccomend I do a site and get it from them, or take the cash and buy it somewhere else? Either way which LCDs do you reccomend?

mofo[/quoted933da4c4c]
just get a vaio its like uber small i forget the model nmber but its like 2600

Thanks for the great suggestion!
Are the Vaio's worth the money? don't they have a tiny "picture book" too?

Does anyone know any Brick and Mortar stores that I can go play with a Vaio at?

I see the Sony Vaio T-Series[=http//www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start?CategoryName=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers_TSeries&Dept=computers] Sony Vaio T-Series, it looks like it doesn't come out until june.


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I just saw Dell's newest ultra light http//www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/latit_x1?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd the Dell X1

[quote94814eafe6="mofocrew"]Thanks for the great suggestion!
Are the Vaio's worth the money? don't they have a tiny "picture book" too?

Does anyone know any Brick and Mortar stores that I can go play with a Vaio at?

I see the Sony Vaio T-Series[=http//www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start?CategoryName=cpu_VAIONotebookComputers_TSeries&Dept=computers] Sony Vaio T-Series, it looks like it doesn't come out until june.[/quote94814eafe6] there is a uber smal 1 like 6"wide by like 10"long 3/4" thick its pretty pimped it even had a dvd burner....ive seen it at compusa its been out for a lil while

[quote728cd014f4="mr_black"] there is a uber smal 1 like 6"wide by like 10"long 3/4" thick its pretty pimped it even had a dvd burner....ive seen it at compusa its been out for a lil while[/quote728cd014f4]

do you see it on their site?

btw http//www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/latit_x1?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd dell's x1

the X1 has an external optical drive, thats lame. The 700m is light enough isn't it? Hell, I lug around my 8 lb notebook.

ya, the x1 has the add on optical drive and no good base station options. (that is key) so it is out of the question

Laptop Dell Inspiron 600m

Love Wireless/bluetooth (excellent wifi reception), long battery life (I have three batteries original main battery (doesn't work great), new main battery (2-4 hrs) and relatively new seconary battery (3-5 hrs)), speed (512 ddr makes a lihugeli difference), giant 14.1" screen at 1400x1050, bright and sharp.

Hate recharging (duh), lugging around the case (not really heavy; a bit bulky though), keeping it clean (keyboard and more difficult/annoying screen), 5400rpm hard disk (SLOWWWW).

That said, I think Dell laptops are pretty decent. That X1 looks pretty cool. I'd check some epinions.com first, though, as well as dell's message boards for that model (might be some first-run issues with it or something).

People also swear up and down about their IBM laptops. The X series that you linked to looks good, but if it were me I would get the T42p, beautiful screen on it and a fast processor.

Thanks for the posts!!

epinions.com is agood idea Admin

update, I looked more into the x300 and they make a media base for it that can hold optical drives and extra batteries, replicates all ports (even monitor) etc.

if only it wernt so old PentiumŪ M Processor 738 (1.40GHz), 30GB 4200RPM drive.

what do you think about refurbed laptops? can I still get a bomb ass waranty?

I have a friend who has a T42, I figure 99% of the time I don't even need a CD drive or anything, why carry the weight with me all that time?

Get an iBook or a PowerBook

other people hae suggested this, what does everyone think?