Is now a good time to buy a laptop?

<p>reasons why I want/ need:
1. I dont have internet at my house, and a laptop would present a lot more accessability.
2. I do a lot of traveling for school related things (MUN and such).
3. Senior year in high school, lots of heavy courses, great to have that type of thing on the go.</p>

<p>and what brand?</p>

<p>just bumping</p>

<p>Macbook or a Macbook Pro. You could install Windows on it if you're weird about Macs and the cheapest one isn't that expensive, about $1000 or so, I believe. It comes with a camera (part of it) and it's very reliable. </p>

<p>Plus, macs are so much hotter than pcs. ;]</p>

<p>I just got my boyfriend (a diehard PC user) to buy a Macbook Pro and he is absolutely in love with it. You just have to get used to it for a bit and then you begin to appreciate how much more smoothly it runs than a pc. </p>

<p><a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/0.RSLID?mco=A4791B5D&nclm=MacBook%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/0.RSLID?mco=A4791B5D&nclm=MacBook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>yes, but i'm a PC girl, and I use macs for work, so I know the difference. plus I just check the website, and I'm looking for PC prices ie <$800 ... and mac prices are >1000. thanks for the suggestion anyway.</p>

<p>I see.</p>

<p>What kind of PC are you looking for? Any minimum or maximum you want in particular in regards to screen size, memory, speed, hd size, etc?</p>

<p>I've been looking at 15.4, general stuff... enough mem to hold pics, paintshop (I do image work) alongw/ my school stuff, travels easily, fast enough to be competent? you know? thanks for helping (i've been checking dell.com).
P.s. I agree w/ your comment on the porn post.</p>

<p>LMAO. Wow. I think that gave everyone that just read that a wonderful impression of me. lol. Kidding.</p>

<p>Okay, I don't have a particular laptop in mind, but this is what you should be looking for: 512 RAM <em>MINIMUM</em>. Don't even think of getting a laptop with less.. cause you'll DIE during all the lagging. And honestly, I think 512 is way too slow, especially if you're doing work on graphics.. so think 1 GB ram. Screen size is your option. I personally like small laptops (12"-13"), but have a bigger 17" powerbook right now. Ah, also RAM speed.. I don't know, 500-something should be okay, I think. Not sure. Space.. you decide how much you need. I'd suggest getting something with at least 50 GB and also getting your own external harddrive to put all your crap on. Graphics card shouldn't matter because you're just doing school work on it. Ah, don't forget to pick up the laptop when you're shopping for one and check out its actual weight. It should also have WiFi.. a laptop without WiFi these days is useless.</p>

<p>Um.. what am I forgetting.. </p>

<p>I'll look for a good students' laptop and post it here some other time.</p>

<p>thanks yeah. I was thinking 80 gig space... plus possibly having an upgrade to 1 gig. WiFi is obvious. Thanks so much for helping me out. I just enjoyed how you had basically a similar reaction to that girls ZOMGporn! moment. Then there was the feminist and so on. intreresting things on CC.</p>

<p>I just got a laptop. I got a Dell E1505 T2500 with 2 GB of ram. It's pretty fast. I'd recommend getting at least 1 GB of ram, and if you can get the new Core 2 Duo. It's probably 20-30% faster than the Core Duo.</p>

<p>Just remember to not purchase a laptop that uses a Sony lithium-ion battery--6 million recalled in 2 weeks.</p>

<p>I got a question: is the reason why Macs run so "smoothly" because of hardware, the OS, or both? I'm not being cynical/skeptical; I just am researching into Macs because I may end up getting one.</p>

<p>It's both and neither. The reason why Macs run smoothly is because Apple controls both hardware and software side of their business. The chances of disaster are less likely when hardware and software are on the same page, that is, Apple's page.</p>

<p>PC's on the other hand are put together with a whole bunch of different components. You can build a PC from the ground up yourself and have a different company build each component. This complicates things but it also makes it cheaper for the buyer. Plus, if you have the ability to build your own PC, chances are you have the ability to know to avoid the types of problems the average PC user faces.</p>

<p>^ Not true. If you're running windows on a computer you built, you're still going to get fcked at some point.</p>

<p>Unless you're using unix/linux, then that's a whole different issue.</p>