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Wanna get a new one my question is...whats a good processor nowadays been awile since i had to research this,i know memory and HD just not sure on whats a good powerful processor.

looking at Dells..
 
I'd at least swing for a Core I3. I do all intel at my job, I'm not sure what AMD has nowdays, but they generally don't have as efficient of processors which matters more in a laptop.
 
Originally Posted By: bepperb
I'd at least swing for a Core I3. I do all intel at my job, I'm not sure what AMD has nowdays, but they generally don't have as efficient of processors which matters more in a laptop.

Thanks,,whats AMD?
 
We've had our dell for about a year and a half and it's been pretty reliable. Now that I say that it will probably crash haha.
 
AMD is another company besides Intel that makes processors. They are competitive in the desktop processor market, but for a laptop I'd definitely go with an Intel processor.

As was mentioned, go with one of the new "i" series laptops. There are "i3" "i5" and "i7". There are several speeds of processors (1.6 Ghz, etc.) within each of those.

If you just do basic tasks, go i3. If you do some more demanding apps, go i5. If you do gaming, go i7. As you progress through each "i" series, you will use more battery (so i7 processors will use more battery than i5, for example).

For brand, I like Toshiba or Asus. HP can also be good. Hate Dell. Lenovo are too expensive for what you get. There are some other "specialty" computers as well that are very good (like Sager), but they are expensive.
 
If you are not a serious gamer, I would go for the I5. lst choice would be an ASUS and Second would be the Toshiba.

We have two Toshiba Laptops and a Toshiba Netbook and have not had any problems with them.

Will look at the ASUS first when I replace one.
 
Originally Posted By: wallyuwl
AMD is another company besides Intel that makes processors. They are competitive in the desktop processor market, but for a laptop I'd definitely go with an Intel processor.

As was mentioned, go with one of the new "i" series laptops. There are "i3" "i5" and "i7". There are several speeds of processors (1.6 Ghz, etc.) within each of those.

If you just do basic tasks, go i3. If you do some more demanding apps, go i5. If you do gaming, go i7. As you progress through each "i" series, you will use more battery (so i7 processors will use more battery than i5, for example).

For brand, I like Toshiba or Asus. HP can also be good. Hate Dell. Lenovo are too expensive for what you get. There are some other "specialty" computers as well that are very good (like Sager), but they are expensive.

Thanks,Ok...so also look for speeds Ghz?
 
it depends on your needs. I would go Intel for a laptop and proably go i5 or i7. I do frequently spec AMD for our servers.... just picked up a couple octa-core AMD's!
 
For CPU, as stated earlier, an "i" series would be a good choice. Although, if you're on a budget and don't do anything real demanding, one with a Dual Core would suffice too.

I've had A LOT of bad luck with Dell laptops in the past. Though, Dell has different lines and my bad luck was all in the Latitude line. I personally like Lenovo.
 
Budget is ok so it sounds like maybe a i5 will work,just need to decide on brand name now,,have been fond of Dell have had good luck with desk tops but if there's something lil better would go that route.
 
A lot of this is personal preference; I would rather have a slower processor with 4 to 8Gb RAM than a fast one with 2Gb memory. A faster processor with limited memory resources just "waits faster"
 
What do you need it for?

If you travel a lot, I would not get one of the larger hogs. I bought a netbook and I absolutely love the thing. I can take it everywhere

Besides all the desktops in this house (and laptops) I have my own laptop and a HD 12.1" netbook. Poor laptop sits unused unless I'm in the shop and even then I take the netbook. I'm not talking about the elcheapo 10" with 1GB netbooks. Mine has 360GB HD, 4GB ram - full 64 bit Windows 7. Just something to consider.
 
despite people's passions over brands - I have found (at least lately) that most name brands are comparable. Dell, HP, Toshiba, Asus, etc.

It's probably more important to consider what you want to do with the laptop. For example, do you want to watch streaming video from a website? I watch missed shows from NBC by connecting my laptop to my plasma via an HDMI connecter - so that was a need for me.
 
Intel and AMD are both different companies that make the processor, ie the "brain" of the computer. For my part, I prefer Samsung, ASUS, HP. Sony and Toshiba to me are meh.. Dell is a big no no. FWIW the gateway I bought for $419 (on sale) a few months ago hasn't had a single problem yet. That one is a AMD Athlon II P340, 4GB DDR3, 320GB HDD, 15.6" Screen. It's a fingerprint magnet but other than that I can't complain. I suggest you head out to Best Buy this sunday and see if there are any sales going on. Supposed to be some good ones every week till black friday.

Also, my parents picked up two of these for my bro and sis for christmas.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Laptop+/+AMD+Athlon%26%23153;+II+Processor+/+15.6%22+Display+/+3GB+Memory+/+320GB+Hard+Drive+-+Biscotti/1258296.p?id=1218243757227&skuId=1258296&st=355dx&cp=1&lp=1
 
I'd take a look at ASUS or Lenovo. I've been a big ASUS user for a long time, but I recently started bringing in Lenovo as well. The L510 is a decent notebook that probably falls in your price range.
 
Originally Posted By: tomcat27
despite people's passions over brands - I have found (at least lately) that most name brands are comparable. Dell, HP, Toshiba, Asus, etc.



Warranty and afterward support can be big differentiators between brands. Some draw a hard vacuum, some are pretty good.

On my wife's 3 or 4 year old HP laptop we had good warranty support, and no after warranty problems. Unfortunately, when I changes to Windows 7 HP didn't have the drivers it needed available. I called them and their response was that our perfectly adequate, relatively recent model laptop was no longer supported and I should by a new laptop, so I did. It wasn't an HP though.
 
Lenovo - can recommend with years of dependable use in our house 2 laptops, about 5-6 yrs old, still going strong.
They're not much for eye candy, (except the "Edge" series), but get the job done, and is very tough.

Go with the ThinkPad or higher - they're the most robust, with metal hinges, etc.
 
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