-- Posted by meghank91 at 7:05 am on Sep. 6, 2008 I am starting to consider the possibility of purchasing a laptop, but I have to admit that I don't really know much about electronics or any of that stuff. So for anybody who does know, what is the best available brand of laptop that I could get for a relatively low price? I'm looking to buy cheap here and I know that means I wont get the best laptop but I don't need any special features or anything. Just something that works well enough. Suggestions? -- Posted by Eos at 7:06 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Dell. -- Posted by ElfQrin at 7:06 am on Sep. 6, 2008 I know you want cheep, but what's your price range? I'll give you some suggestions -- Posted by bowler921991 at 7:06 am on Sep. 6, 2008 HP -- Posted by Is this you at 7:07 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Vaio -- Posted by Mattie17 at 7:07 am on Sep. 6, 2008 ive got a sony and its very good -- Posted by meghank91 at 7:07 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from ElfQrin at 10:06 am on Sep. 6, 2008 I know you want cheep, but what's your price range? I'll give you some suggestions I'm talking pretty cheap here. Like $600 max. -- Posted by leon0213 at 7:07 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Try novatechs site, they have some good deals on laptops. And E-system laptops are pretty good too. Try to get a friend or family member to look at laptops with you, someone that knows good specs and the technical side. -- Posted by The Stranger at 7:08 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Gateway -- Posted by meghank91 at 7:10 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Dell, HP, Vaio, Sony, Gateway... I was sort of hoping I'd see large support for one particular brand but instead I'm getting a crazy range. Nobody knows which is the best? -- Posted by BBallAsh23 at 7:10 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Every post you get here is going to be biased. HP is only good if you get a lemon and then they can't find it at the repair center and then they offer to replace it free. And then you yell at them to give you the specs you want. Those are the best laptops! I've had no issues with the FREE replacement one... except when I play a game the area above my hard drive gets very very hot. So of course I will say HP. Sony annoys me with their little start up sound, but you can disable that some how. Which I was considering a Vaio I almost had the card out to pay for it when HP called and was like yeah we can't find it so we will replace it. Then two weeks later both the replacement and my original arrive on my door step. HA! Really all the laptops are the same, just with a brand stuck to them. So you should consider... HP, Dell, Toshiba, Sony, but I would avoid Gateway. -- Posted by JC at 7:12 am on Sep. 6, 2008 dell are pretty shit imo, get a HP or an Asus -- Posted by Meals on wheels at 7:12 am on Sep. 6, 2008 sony -- Posted by BBallAsh23 at 7:13 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Just make sure you get a laptop that has at least 2gb worth of ram since it will have Windows Vista on it. If you are going to play games on it, don't get the intel accelerator graphics but go for the nvidia if available. -- Posted by ElfQrin at 7:24 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Acer usually has cheeper models, along with Compaq and eMachines. However I would stay away from eMachines since Gateway owns them. Gateway computers typically have more problems with them when compared to other brands. Depending on what you are going to do on it, if you are a gamer, then I would suggest an Intel Core2 Duo as a processer. AMD's equivelint isn't "up to par" when compared to Intel's. Aggreing with BBallash23, I would suggest 2GB of RAM, mainly because Vista will need it and depending on what applications you will run. If you are doing just internet and e-mail then 2GB of RAM will be fine, and either brand of processer will work, since you aren't doing anything that "intensive". This model right now is really cheep and is a good deal. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8933005&type=product&id=1215216329460 There are little quirks about every brand, however basically what's inside of them like the processer, graphics card, etc. is what's going to make it good or not. One problem with Gateway is that they usually will out-source (or get from other countries) almost all of there parts, so most times they don't work as well, because they will get a cheeper model too. Hope this helps, -Daniel -- Posted by Midnight Frost at 7:35 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Get a Macbook. -- Posted by meghank91 at 7:44 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Midnight Frost at 10:35 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Get a Macbook. Yea cuz they're so cheap. -- Posted by applefreek113 at 7:58 am on Sep. 7, 2008 Apple