Notebooks

[Shrimpo]

Hi, Wondering if anyone can reccomend a good laptop for around the $2000 mark. Would prefer a 17inch screen and needs atleast 2gig Ram and 200Gig Harddrive, 256/512mb Graphics wouldnt go astray either.

Thanks.

PS. Would prefer around $1700 but will go up to $2000.

[shortie]

Try using google. Like you suggested to somebody else earlier.

Glad to be of help

Richard.

[Beefa]

I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 with 20" screen was about 2k once I included all my add on's

Heath

[Shrimpo]

Yes i have been and i have found 3 that i ike but im after first hand opinions from people.

[kriso]

try harvey norman

[kriso]

Shrimpo wrote:

Yes i have been and i have found 3 that i ike but im after first hand opinions from people.

why dont you say which ones then some people might use them?

[STU]

I use a hp pavilion dv6000 entertainment pc its a good laptop no troubles so far had it for about 1year

[Shrimpo]

Hp Pavillion dv2800

Toshiba Satellite A200/W00

Thats my 2 favourites

[mangler]

Shrimpo wrote:

Hp Pavillion dv2800

Toshiba Satellite A200/W00

Thats my 2 favourites

Mate, I have a Toshiba Satellite A200 something or other, not sure on exact model, but know it is the A200, in the 15.4" screen, 160GB HDD and a heap of other features that I don't understand. And for me it has been great, It's just under a year old now and has served me very well.

When I was looking at buying one I was looking at the vaio range (Sony) however I asked a mate who is an electronics engineer and computer whizz about them, he said whilst they are great computers, you are really paying for the 4 letters written on them. He suggested that Toshiba will give me more bang for my buck and are very sturdy computers, both physically and platform wise. So I took his advice and haven't looked back since.

Cheers,

Matt

[adri4n]

I'm a Mac convert now and I highly recommend them, unfortunately in your price range you'll only be able to get the macbooks which only have a 13" screen. I'm really happy with my mac and have no problems with the switch at all. Don't know if you are considering macs at all but they are a great machine..

[Rocket75]

mmm notebooks, I've always been a fan of the spiral bound ones and you could buys lots of them for that money.:silly:

I had nothing worthwhile to add to this thread, but could not resist a bad pun as always:blush:

[Terry H]

pick something from the Asus line up

www.whirlpool.net.au should provide some advice in the forums

/>http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=7&g=78 is a direct link to the notebooks section.

[Shrimpo]

Thanks heaps.

[namyau]

as terry mentioned asus is good otherwise fujitsu and lenovo is ok as well, they should all have some that fit your requirements. 17inch is pretty big if your gonna be carrying it around (walking/public transport) i would go for something smaller like 14.1 or 15inch, but if 17 is what you need then go for it.

[bigtez]

I have had my HP Pavillion dv9000 for a few months now without any dramas allthough at about $2800 it may a bit out of your price range but it does have everything you were after.

Terry

[Shrimpo]

namyau wrote:

as terry mentioned asus is good otherwise fujitsu and lenovo is ok as well, they should all have some that fit your requirements. 17inch is pretty big if your gonna be carrying it around (walking/public transport) i would go for something smaller like 14.1 or 15inch, but if 17 is what you need then go for it.

Im not really going to be transporting it its mainly a pc for myself just to use at home and 17" would be good but its quite hard to find them.

[benno573]

go the toshiba. mine has never skipped a beat.

[kevinchen19870316]

love my sony VGN-S56C

why use a notebook if ur not travelling? i won't get a pack rod to fish my backyard.

[namyau]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

love my sony VGN-S56C

why use a notebook if ur not travelling? i won't get a pack rod to fish my backyard.

exactly what kevs saying - really pointless if your only using it at home, for home use deff get a desktop. they are easier to repair, cheaper to upgrade and cheaper overall if you shop at the right places and know what your after. but end of the day its your choice mate

[Lazybugger]

Mate,

Don't just rush out and purchase one this week. The federal budget had a lovely hidden change which is going to affect the market for laptaps/notebooks. Previously you could salary sacrifice a notebook for private use but as of 7.30pm Tuesday that is no longer possible. The option to salary sacrifice still exists if the laptop is a tool of trade but for most employees when that is the case the laptop is supplied by the employer anyway.

In the past a lot of mums & dads have been salary sacrificing laptops to give their teenage kids one, some with multiple kids are doing it every year. I wouldn't be surprised if Dell & a couple of the other manufacturers are going to find themselves a little overstocked in laptops over the coming weeks as the attractive pricing has just been removed for a fair portion of the market.

[jeff f]

i use a spirax feint ruled A4

[Shrimpo]

namyau wrote:

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

love my sony VGN-S56C

why use a notebook if ur not travelling? i won't get a pack rod to fish my backyard.

exactly what kevs saying - really pointless if your only using it at home, for home use deff get a desktop. they are easier to repair, cheaper to upgrade and cheaper overall if you shop at the right places and know what your after. but end of the day its your choice mate

No the idea is so i can have wireless and can go out on the patio then into my room then go into the study and hook up to the printer, And Lazybugger i wont be rushing out it will be a few weeks atleast.

[nabs]

I would say go for a Dell, they seem to be the cheapest from what I have seen and you can customize them to what you would like.

[Feral]

Rotten Government, found out today some changes made in the Government means I cant salary sacrifice laptops anymore!

Been meaning to do it for years, now I cant!