Help with choosing a laptop!

[Sovik]

I have worked in PC world mostly at customer service. what you don't want is to buy a laptop from outside the country and then find out that you don't have warranty in Bangladesh if something goes wrong.

Do not buy HP or Compaq as they are very un reliable. Dell can be hit or miss.

while working in pcworld I did not see many faulty vaio or Toshiba.

Acer is not very good but their time line series is very good.

I was told by few technicians that IBM machines are the best.

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[Sovik]

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[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by lamisa
^^thank u so much! where did u get all this info from? if i could pls have the link, i would like to check out the price

800-1100$ er moddhe hobe, link ta bashar PC te so ekhon dite partesi na

[Zunaid]

Originally Posted by lamisa
^^thank u so much! where did u get all this info from? if i could pls have the link, i would like to check out the price

Originally Posted by offstump
800-1100$ er moddhe hobe, link ta bashar PC te so ekhon dite partesi na

No internet access?

Dell US:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-r/pd

Dell SG (Lamisa mentioned this as the possible acquisition source)

[Note: SG is too pricey - much cheaper to get it from the US or other places]

Inspiron 15 r, i-9, S$1199

http://www.dell.com/sg/p/inspiron-15...iron-15r-n5110

[iDumb]

Originally Posted by lamisa
i have nearly made up my mind about getting a 15R i7.i chose 15r mainly becaus i want i7. i intend to use this laptop for as long as i can and that's why i want i7. now pls help me with the specifications

You already made up your mind then why you opened this thread? THis is very typical maiya manush behavior. They already know they gonna be marrying some distant cousin who owns a store somewhere but goes around telling people I am looking for a good looking, well mannered highly educated guy who can stimulate me intellectually.

Then people do all this hard work trying to stimulate you on why he should be the one and you go marry your ssc failing store owner because he can buy you gold from Dubai.

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[lamisa]

^^^ i made up my mind after the helpful posts from bc. i picked the laptop after going through all the posts and i found that i liked sth from what offstump bhai wrote. and about one of ur previous posts, GET UR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!

[iDumb]

I have been trying to convince my wife why classy people don't buy gold jewelry and that gold jewelry are at a very inflated price. She just doesn't get it. She says he gyro stand owner (one of my friend) bought his wife gold churi because he loves her so much.

I mean I will buy you a gold bullion/bar if I can afford it but why the he'll would I buy this pearl infused gold selling by weit at gold's current market value. Stupid girls JUST don't get it.

[lamisa]

Originally Posted by Zunaid
No internet access?

Dell US:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-r/pd

Dell SG (Lamisa mentioned this as the possible acquisition source)

[Note: SG is too pricey - much cheaper to get it from the US or other places]

Inspiron 15 r, i-9, S$1199

http://www.dell.com/sg/p/inspiron-15...iron-15r-n5110

i couldn't find the price of the 15R with i7. that's why i was looking for the link. we are not going to the US until atleast next year. so i am making do with singapore!

[lamisa]

Originally Posted by iDumb
I have been trying to convince my wife why classy people don't buy gold jewelry and that gold jewelry are at a very inflated price. She just doesn't get it. She says he gyro stand owner (one of my friend) bought his wife gold churi because he loves her so much.

I mean I will buy you a gold bullion/bar if I can afford it but why the he'll would I buy this pearl infused gold selling by weit at gold's current market value. Stupid girls JUST don't get it.

gold is khaat!

[Maysun]

Originally Posted by simon
Toshiba are long lasting machines.

I've been using Toshiba for a couple of years now. and yes they long last! and they got harman/kardon speakers!!!

[lamisa]

i wanted to get 3 from the 25 lids that dell offers. however, dell singapore seems to have a very limited number of options and some very khaat ones like mehedi designs! why would they not have all 25 of the covers?

[simon]

Originally Posted by maysun
I've been using Toshiba for a couple of years now. and yes they long last! and they got harman/kardon speakers!!!

indeed,very loud & clear, love it.
even though the latest ones may not have such good quality sound.

[hoodlum]

My experience with Toshiba is very poor. My Toshiba died within a year. RIP

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by lamisa
^^^ i made up my mind after the helpful posts from bc. i picked the laptop after going through all the posts and i found that i liked sth from what offstump bhai wrote. and about one of ur previous posts, GET UR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!

more like a crappy wapda manhole in taj mahal road where he fell down.............


wait or was it me?

[lamisa]

^^^ u both went hand in hand

[BASSMAN]

I had an unfortunate friend who fell down a manhole. Three rickshaw walas had to pull him out. He came out only to say that his glasses were still in the man hole.

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[BASSMAN]

Originally Posted by lamisa
gold is khaat!

And also the amount of zakaat one has to pay on them.

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[nakedzero]

FUJITSU er performance oshadharon. Office er akta kaj a 25 ta machine (5-6 machines at a time) a fresh OS setup deyar shomoy practically difference dekhlam akbar.

[lamisa]

Originally Posted by offstump
Product Description
Processor

Intel® CoreTM i7-2630QM (2.0GHz/6MB cache)
Processor 2.0 GHz Turbo upto 2.9GHz, Qual Core, 8 Threads, 6M Cache)

Memory

6GB Shared Single Channel DDR3 Memory

Chipset

Mobile Intel® 5 Series Express Chipset

Video Card (Dual Graphic Card)

Integrated 1600MB Intel® HD 3000
1024MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT525M

Display

15.6 inch display (1366x768)

Audio and Speakers

SRS Premium Sound™ - 2 speakers @ 2W each
Built-in microphone

Hard Drive

640GB SATA hard drive (5400RPM)

Optical Drive

Internal tray-load DVD+/-RW

Power

6-cell 48WHr Li-Ion Battery

Camera

1.0MP Integrated 1280x720 native HD Webcam

Wireless

Wi-Fi Options:

Wi-Fi Bluetooth Options:
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 (1x2 bgn + Bluetooth)

WiMax Options:
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 (1x2 bgn + WiMax)

Ports, Slots & Chassis

Externally Accessible
(2) USB 3.0
(1) USB 2.0
(1) USB 2.0 with E-SATA & Power Share
HDMI v1.4 Port
VGA Port
Integrated network connector 10/100
LAN (RJ45)
AC adapter connector
Audio jacks (1-line out, 1 Mic-in)

8-in-1 Media Card Reader
Digital (SD) Memory Card
Secure Digital Extended
Capacity (SDXC)
Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)
Multi Media Card (MMC)
MultiMedia Card plus (MMC+)
Memory Stick (MS)
Memory Stick PRO (MS Pro)
xD Picture Card (xD)

Dimensions & Weight

Standard system
Width: 13.50" (343mm)
Height: 1.20" (30.4mm) front / 1.29" (32.8 mm) back
Depth: 9.68" (245.8mm)
Starting weight of 4.89lbs (2.218 kg)

SWITCH by Design Studio
Width: 13.50" (343mm)
Height: 1.26" (31.9mm) front / 1.35" (34.3 mm) back
Depth: 9.68" (245.8mm)
Starting weight of 5.24 lbs (2.38 kg)

i have finally got my laptop and i got this one! plus i got another 2GB memory free, so it's 8GB!

[mufi_02]

Lenovo G580 - $520

Can anyone say if these are good specs for this price range? Thanks

Processor
3rd Generation Intel Core i5-3230M Processor( 2.60GHz 1600MHz 3MB)

Operating system
Windows 8 64

Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 4000

Memory
6.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz

Display
15.6" HD Anti-Glare with integrated camera 1366x768

pointing device
Industry Standard Multi-touch 2 button touchpad

hard drive
500GB 5400 RPM

Optical Drive
DVD Recordable (Dual Layer)

Battery
6 Cell Lithium-Ion

Network Card
Lenovo BGN Wireless

Bluetooth
Bluetooth Version 4.0

Warranty
One year

Camera
Integrated HD Camera

HDMI
HDMI (Out)

[Maysun]

I would say it's a bargain? I think you should get it..

Even I need to get a new laptop. My 5 year old Toshiba is crashing more often and is showing a lot of problems. Haven't used it in 2 months.

[sum_1]

Looks like a good bargain. You can also take a look into HP Pavilion G6-2313AX. Has been using it for a while now, and pretty happy with it.

[ReZ_1]

Using lenovo for the past 2 years and still going strong, a good tool for rough use..

[mufi_02]

Thanks for the feedback. I am looking for a laptop with medium gaming performance. I am not expecting to be top of the line. But this lenovo and most others (this price range) comes with integrated Intel graphics card. The ones with nvidia and AMD graphics costs way more.

How good is the Intel HD 4000 graphicsc card for an average gaming performance?

[ammark]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
Thanks for the feedback. I am looking for a laptop with medium gaming performance. I am not expecting to be top of the line. But this lenovo and most others (this price range) comes with integrated Intel graphics card. The ones with nvidia and AMD graphics costs way more.

How good is the Intel HD 4000 graphicsc card for an average gaming performance?

A laptop for gaming is generally not a great idea. But I am personally biased towards the HP G6 series that sum1 mentioned a few posts up. I am using a G6-2103AX that came out Summer 2012, it has the AMD Fusion APU (CPU+GPU in one) and an additional discrete Radeon HD 7670M chip with 1 GB dedicated memory. Handles older games very well, and great when connected to my big screen TV and showing 1080p 3D Video, or just playing FSX. The HDMI signal is really clean (no signal loss) from this laptop, compared to my previous laptop with AMD Radeon HD 4250 that tends to do some clipping. The G6 cost me less than $500.

sum1's G6-2313AX has even better specs, the Quad Core A10 Apu at 2.3 GHz is gonna be awesome.

caveat: AMD cpus tend to run at a higher temperature so the fan runs a lot and it gets noisy. But the G6's are good value for everyday computing.

Frankly I dont think I'll ever buy another laptop ever again, this is probably the end of the generation. Next one will probably be a surface pro type tablet with a dock and a removable SSD. The only utility I get additionally from laptops/PCs is MS Office and that I can play the only 2 games that I ever play.... plus a little Photoshopping once in a while and some windows only programs that I occasionally need once in a while. That said I dont have any tablets because I can do everything I want or need on my PCs. A tablet is pretty superfluous when I have an iphone and wifey has a Galaxy Note II android phablet.