good laptop config for under 1500usd

leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
edited September 2004 in Hardware
My sister asked me to help me find a good laptop for under 1500.

i haven't been reading any recent hardware news or laptop ariticles, so i pretty much have no idea what's good these days.

She wants to spend less than 1500 dollars. She is currently junior in college, and it will mostly be for school, and watching some movies sometimes, and play some 3d games. Her most played game right now is Warcraft 3.

I want it to have good battery life, and portable, and wireless networking.

suggest away guys.

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  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    http://www.powernotebooks.com/product.php?itemId=58
    http://www.powernotebooks.com/product.php?itemId=414
    http://www.powernotebooks.com/product.php?itemId=117
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Or, a DIMENSION 1500+. A bit less durable than a Powernotebook, but in some ways better hardware. I've seen good reviews on those for Student use. Those, you can get at that price point also, Dell came out with that subseries and targetted it just for college students and they are bundled accordingly. Powernotebooks are very much better for folks that could be rough with laptops, though. Also, see if her college can get her a student discount on a laptop from Dell or PowerNotebooks. Dell is looking at college bookstores for places to sell through if the college also uses Dell machines. Sometimes the sales are run directly through the Dell educational institution buying process and some discounting is passed on. They also promo them in fall and early winter and at Christmas to catch both first semester and second semester return students. The 1500's have upgrade options, and Dell called their media intense upgrade bundle for the Dimension 1500 the Dimension 1500 Plus. The Dimension 1000's are probably not for a movie watcher.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    Ok, John... see, he said his sister plays video games. The 1150 has Intel integrated graphics. As a result, the Inspiron 1150 is not a suitable choice.

    Also, I don't know where you get this durability thing from. I've got a Dell, a Sager, and my mother has a PowerPro. They're all equally well built. The only major difference is that the Sager and the PowerPro are, in some respects, easier to work on than the Dell.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    yeah, my sister play video games.
    She plays warcraft 3 which is a fairly new game, i doubt the intergrated intel graphic will be any good for her.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited September 2004
    leishi85 wrote:
    yeah, my sister play video games.
    She plays warcraft 3 which is a fairly new game, i doubt the intergrated intel graphic will be any good for her.
    correction, the intel integrated graphics isn't any good for anyone. its a piece
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    Oh, that's not true. It works just fine for office machines where no 3D acceleration is required. Don't ask it to do ANYTHING in 3D tho.
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    if there are no other suggestion, i will probably tell her to get one of those powerpro or the sager.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    The only other thing I can think of is this emachines:
    http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=eMachines_M6810

    But that's heavier than the Sager/PowerPro and it almost certainly gets worse battery life. It also only has a 64MB 9600m, which is going to be significantly slower than the 128MB 9700m in the PowerPro M5:6 and the Sager (although it'll be faster than the GFFX5200Go in the other PowerPro)
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