Could anyone help me out, I'm buying a laptop since I snapped my old one in half.Here is the link to the site I'm buyign from as it is local and cheap.

Could anyone who knows anything about computer suggest me one since I know almost nothing about them, just that bigger numbers usually means better.

My price range tops off at about $1,200 maximum.

 

From first glance I don't like the website lol, But you'd have to pick and choose one first then post a link so we can compare it. And what exactly are you looking for? What do you need it for? Gaming, normal word processing email internet, graphic design (get a mac lol)?

 

Just one for general use, internet surfing, minor gaming (not advanced games, older ones like WC3), downloading music/movies.

Here is what I thought would be good:

Here

HP DV6000 Multimedia Laptop, Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, CD + DVD Writer, 15.4 Inch Screen 256Mb Ge Force 8400 Grraphics, Wireless, Bluetooth, 5-1 Card Reader, Webcam, Windows Vista Premium

For $1,300

Or

Here

Sony Vaio VGN-FE38GP - Intel Core2 Duo T7200 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 120GB HDD, Wireless,CD+ DVD Writer, 15.4 Inch Widescreen 128Mb Ge Force 7600 Graphics, Windows XP Home

$1,100


Here

HP DV6000 Multimedia Laptop AMD Turion 64 X2 TL58 1.9Gh, 3Gb RAM, 15In Wide Screen, 160GB Hard Drive, 128Mb Ge Force 8400 Graphics, CD+DVD Writer, Fingerprint Scanner, Bluetooth, Wireless, Firewire, HDMI, 5-1 Card Reader, Webcam, Vista Home Premium

$1,200


Here

Dell Latitude D620 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1Ghz, 2GBRAM, 100GBHDD, CD + DVD Writer, 14.1In Screen 256MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M Graphics, XP Professional

$1,000

 

First one is the best. Although see if you an try and get a 8600, doubt you will, also, 4gb of RAM. Go for C2D aswell. A Dell Studio 15 is also an option.

 

I've heard HD space counts for shit since it doesnt matter for the computer over all and I have 2 externals.

It seems most of them have between 1.8 and 2.2Ghz, is that much difference? That seems to be the big difference between the higher cost ones and the cheap ones.

Also is 1GB of Ram enough, I hear you shouldnt settle for anything lower than 2 and is ideal.

 

If thats all you want then you should get the one I got. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147935
That one is a little better then mine for 450 so around 480 ish with tax and S&H.

• Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
• CPU Type: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0G
• Screen: 15.4" WXGA
• Memory Size: 3GB DDR2
• Hard Disk: 160GB
• Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7150M

Comes with the video card setting a little lower, can make it perform better if you want. (not overclocking)

 

wtf ? I'm getting roughly the same thing and paying 600€ for it (about 800 USD).

 

Is it safe to assume that you're talking about 1200 New Zealand dollars? (~$615 US)

 

That would explain a lot. And make me the guy who's being fucked over.

/dumbass

 

Yeah all in NZ dollars.

 

Well, now I feel old...

 

1GB of Ram is not enough, 2GB is; though I would recommend getting 4GB if possible.

 

3GB seems like the most I can get in my price range, is 4 really needed?

 

you wont use 4gb in that price range. You will max out your cpu before you will get close to using 4gb of RAM. I have a beast of a laptop, t9300 2.5ghz, 2x200gb 7200rpm HDD's, ATI HD 3650 256mb, 4gb ddr2 667mhz RAM, 17" 1920x1200 lcd widescreen, blu-ray player, backlit keyboard, tv tuner, wireless n, fingerprint reader.

Now, I do some pretty intensive stuff and I can only max out the 4gb of RAM when I'm doing audio mxing in Pro-Tools with multible instances of auto-tune, amplitube metal, compression, eg, gates and massive amount of real-time editing.

Somehow I think 2-3gb of RAM will be enough.