Anyone know much about laptop computers. I need a laptop for law school and Im stumped. Im leaning toward the new HP 9000z notebook.

Please help

 

Get a Sony Vaio, or a Dell XPS

Sony Vaio

Dell

 

I am not a fan of HP anything. Mainly since replacements parts are usually expensive or unavaliable. I've had the best luck with Toshiba. They are the pure work horse laptops. They may not be the faster or cheapest. But they will take a beating like nothing else.

I like Sony Vaios. But they tend to be delicate if you carry them everyday.

 

Id say go dell, they are company that deals a lot with notebooks and desktops. Its like buying a toyota.

 

not true...

they are like GM.
service sucks with dell.
go toshiba.

 

I just recently bought myself a HP DV2000t and I like it very much...

 

Everyone has there own opinions. Ive dealt with over 1000 dell notebooks working in the Tech Sector and Id reccomend them.

 

deal with 500 here...nothing but problems...
if you like spending three hours on the phone to report a problem, only to have them take three days to order a part and have it be the wrong part....
then have some idiot who doesn't know which end of a screw driver to use work on your machine.

i have had my own experiences with dell over 75% have been disasters.
go research it yourself, dell has had the worst customer support for a long time now.

stay away from dell.
don't talk yourself into it saying 'i'll get a good machine' or ' i know how to take care of it, i'll never have a problem'

 

hmm seems like you get the short end of the stick all the time. I always have had nuthing but quality service and support from them. Even at consumer level. When ever I call to report a problem I tell them the problem and they send me the part out right away with out doing tests. Although I am governemnt so our service contract is proally diff.

There is a reason why they are one of the worlds biggest comp companys....

HAPPY BDAY BTW lol. you shouldnt spend it arguing over comps

 

thanks...and it's cool.

i am in a big company and we have a decent contract... but it always seems like i get the rookies to deal with.

i am surprised that nobody mentioned apple stuff yet...LOL

 

lol apple. forgot about them. There server support is amazing. I was on a project to build a supercomputer (224 node) composed of xserves. Boooooyy was that a task. BTW they are made strong loool, dropped one of those puppies.

Apple is good for video editing ill give you that.

 

do you need a laptop for just school, word processing, internet, and email, or do you want to have more power to burn dvds, play games, etc... my personal opinion on laptops, i like acers and toshibas. I'm not a fan of dell since I used to have to work on them all the time, but I always reconmend dell laptops for people getting their first laptop. I have 3 laptops, 2 acers and 1 dell. I use the dell for work, the acer to play on, ond the other acer is for my wife. If you like playing games, go with the xps, if you just want to use it for school and have a little extra, get a D610. I've never had an issue with Dell's tech support, other than they wanted me to reseat the memory when the LCD was cracked :p good luck on your search... go to cnet.com and look up some reviews.

 

FYI SQUIRLEY and ILLWILL IS THE BOMB

 

i just got a dell E1705 the beginning of the month, $300 student discount + on sale= real cheap.... check to see if dell offers ur school discounts, helps alot

 

Trying to be objective I have heard so many nightmares about Dell. Its probably because they deal in such high volume, but everyone that I have talked to says that their Dell was like a dream for about 6 months and then went to hell and customer service was bad. They claim planned obselesence.

I dont know. I really like the look of the Hp 9000z and Im impressed with its dual 64 processors, but I know that HP can rip you a new one on parts and service.

Has anyone seen or heard about that particular model, which is also very similar to the 6000.

Thanks for the comments. The search goes on.

Also, what is the deal with exploding batteries?

 

Do not get a Vaio. They are overpriced and break quite a bit. I have a friend who is on his third Vaio laptop because they keep breaking within a few months of each other.

Overall you can get much better laptops for a good amount less than a Sony. There are literally dozens of places to get laptops from that include specialty stores for reasonable prices.

I have and HP dv2000z and I like it alot. I got everything I want with it in terms of specs and will upgrade the hard drive and RAM myself to save a crapton of money. Just be aware that HP tech support (like many of the big manufacturers) is in Asia.

 

if your going to be carrying this laptop around then i would recommend getting something smaller than a 17' screen, like a 15.4.

it all depends on what your budget is, but my biggest recommendation would be to get a core duo or a core 2 duo if you can wait for it.

 

i had a toshiba.......
uhm yeah

- battery died 3 times within a 6 month period
- constantly freezing
- pieces fell off...like literally fell off (the lil circle that supports the CD/DVD fell off and got lost and the lock broke

never again
next one up Dell

 

if ur getting a intel processor get a core duo!!!

 

who me?