Laptop

[NaiLed]

I might be getting a laptop for Christmas, but I don't know anything about them (or computers in general).

Any ideas for what brand to get, which site to purchase from, etc?

I'd use it for gaming, working, storing files, and a big screen would be nice

[Superted]

http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthread.php?t=20547
http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthread.php?t=20103
http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthread.php?t=19353

A few threads to help you.

[Rab]

Battery life was my main consideration, 3 hours was no way going to be enough for me.

I considered 3:

1 - The one I bought, for 700, the Sony Vaio B3VP - no problems, good laptop, chose this one because 14 inch is a good size, i can get 5-6 hours out of it at normal use, and the keys are a good size.

2 - the one I would buy if i was buying one now. The Sony Vaio T1XP. Was 1500 3 months ago, is now 1000 from ebuyer. Nice little laptop, stunning resolution, great connectivity, and once again about 6 hours battery.

3 - various IBM Thinkpad models, purely for the battery life and good keyboard design.

[NaiLed]

That Sony Vaio T1XP is around the right price (I'm not paying for it - it's a gift from grandparents). Thing is, it only has 40GB memory. I have over that in just music on my PC, which I'd like to copy over to the laptop ideally.

[Arikel]

That Sony Vaio T1XP is around the right price (I'm not paying for it - it's a gift from grandparents). Thing is, it only has 40GB memory. I have over that in just music on my PC, which I'd like to copy over to the laptop ideally.

Vaio's are great laptop's, especially if you are looking for a small yet powerfull pc with a nice battery life, i've had 2 of them and never had problems so i can say that you probably won't be disapointed. About the music issue.... well you can always buy an external disk or just selct some of your music... cmon why would you need more then 40 GB of music in a laptop

[Rab]

well if u want portable music get an ipod.

[NaiLed]

hm, yeah, I guess I'm not going to get a bigger HD in a laptop. guess I'll have to suffer :/

My friend's brother has a Vaio - looks nice. I'll def consider getting one.

thanks

[NaiLed]

what about this:

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/ca...Y%20VGN-FS215S

[Rab]

battery life?

[Sufficient]

asus notebooks are quality ...

[NaiLed]

What does this mean? How many hours will this battery last?

Battery Pack & Life 8 cells 2400mAh, 71Whrs
Charging time: 4hrs/2.5hrs (System On/Off) to 95%

[Rab]

What does this mean? How many hours will this battery last?

Battery Pack & Life 8 cells 2400mAh, 71Whrs
Charging time: 4hrs/2.5hrs (System On/Off) to 95%

doesnt say

[NaiLed]

ha, ok. thought there'd be some way of working it out. doesnt matter- this latop looks pretty good. i doubt I'll be using the laptop away from a mains plug anyway

http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddeta...top_A7Vc-R004P

[RATTY...]

Mom bought a laptop for "chatting".
Intel Pentium M 2.13GHz processors
2GB ram and some crazy shit
17inch widescreen
100GB harddrive.
Geforce Go 6800 Ultra

I can run any game with max graphic resolution, monster machine.

[Sufficient]

ha, ok. thought there'd be some way of working it out. doesnt matter- this latop looks pretty good. i doubt I'll be using the laptop away from a mains plug anyway

http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddeta...top_A7Vc-R004P

I that what you're getting Nailed? If so it looks like a decent deal.