Should I buy this laptop?

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I'm thinking about buying this one.

 

http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/147195...ication.do#tabs

 

On the plus side it has 1024MB of DDR memory and 1.8GHz processor. That gave me a knee jerk reaction to buy it, until I found out most other laptops are using DDR2 (albeit, only 512 MB).

 

Can anyone explain one's better than the other (other than the obvious 1024 > 512)?

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Don't get a Gateway. Their customer service sucks balls and their equipment reliability isn't the greatest imho.

 

Find a nice HP, Thinkpad, or Dell (shudders). I've dealt with all of them at work and on a personal basis and they seem to be solid and customer support is good to great in most cases.

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And Acer too...here's a decent Acer on the same site.

 

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Acer-Aspire...roductDetail.do

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Go Toshiba.

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Go Toshiba.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1140394319148

 

Thoughts?

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Are you getting a laptop for mobility or is it a desktop replacement?

 

Overall it looks like a good model to me for mobility, not too far off from a desktop replacement I just picked up from them recently.

 

Depending on what you plan on running you may want to check into getting an extra 512MB of RAM in there. You could probably get a DVD burner upgrade for a bit more as well, if you're into that.

 

I find the best thing about Toshiba's are their longevity and the tough shell. I've seen these fuckers (not mine, lol) fall off of tables and still work a-ok.

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Are you getting a laptop for mobility or is it a desktop replacement?

 

Overall it looks like a good model to me for mobility, not too far off from a desktop replacement I just picked up from them recently.

 

Depending on what you plan on running you may want to check into getting an extra 512MB of RAM in there. You could probably get a DVD burner upgrade for a bit more as well, if you're into that.

 

I find the best thing about Toshiba's are their longevity and the tough shell. I've seen these fuckers (not mine, lol) fall off of tables and still work a-ok.

 

I'd like to get something to replace my PC, since its 3 years old and crashes all the time. I already made my house wireless, so I thought it wouldn't be a bad thing to be mobile (plus I can bring it to work if I need to).

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Are you getting a laptop for mobility or is it a desktop replacement?

 

Overall it looks like a good model to me for mobility, not too far off from a desktop replacement I just picked up from them recently.

 

Depending on what you plan on running you may want to check into getting an extra 512MB of RAM in there. You could probably get a DVD burner upgrade for a bit more as well, if you're into that.

 

I find the best thing about Toshiba's are their longevity and the tough shell. I've seen these fuckers (not mine, lol) fall off of tables and still work a-ok.

 

I'd like to get something to replace my PC, since its 3 years old and crashes all the time. I already made my house wireless, so I thought it wouldn't be a bad thing to be mobile (plus I can bring it to work if I need to).

 

This is the model I have:

 

http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=e...rt=3410#spectop

 

It's a perfect replacement for a PC. It's kinda large/heavy to be moving around, though. I think the one that you posted earlier is probably the happy medium between power and portability. (I don't work for Toshiba, I swear!!)

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Are you getting a laptop for mobility or is it a desktop replacement?

 

Overall it looks like a good model to me for mobility, not too far off from a desktop replacement I just picked up from them recently.

 

Depending on what you plan on running you may want to check into getting an extra 512MB of RAM in there. You could probably get a DVD burner upgrade for a bit more as well, if you're into that.

 

I find the best thing about Toshiba's are their longevity and the tough shell. I've seen these fuckers (not mine, lol) fall off of tables and still work a-ok.

 

I'd like to get something to replace my PC, since its 3 years old and crashes all the time. I already made my house wireless, so I thought it wouldn't be a bad thing to be mobile (plus I can bring it to work if I need to).

 

This is the model I have:

 

http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=e...rt=3410#spectop

 

It's a perfect replacement for a PC. It's kinda large/heavy to be moving around, though. I think the one that you posted earlier is probably the happy medium between power and portability. (I don't work for Toshiba, I swear!!)

 

You didn't pay that much, did you?

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Here's what I ended up buying.

 

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshiba-Sat...roductDetail.do