New School Laptop

[marisa406]

Now my school laptops went and died on me. I go from 4 computers to 1, and its my mac at home and really, no offense, something always goes wrong when I try to code on my mac.

I need a laptop that is superb for coding in Java and C++ and that's reliable and fast with loads of space. Anyone know of any good deals that would fit this description?

 

[parsalian]

Compaq - Presario Laptop with AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor QL-60 - CQ50-105NR Plenty of power for coding, and u can get a bigger drive for cheap

 

[trekkie00]

Er, except that it's a Compaq. I have an older one (~2yrs), and it's had quite a few problems - not exactly the most reliable thing. More reliable than my Dell, but still not that good.

If you can spring it, I'd go with a Lenovo - a Thinkpad preferably, or an IdeaPad if they're more in your price range. From what I've seen, they're built like tanks - I have one from early 90s that still works reasonably well, and I know several people with older ones which have rarely had problems. They're more expensive, but not by that much. Have to pay for good reliability...

 

[Trotter]

Toshiba's are good. if you go for Dell, go through their Small Business section and get a Vostro (same lappy as the higher priced models, but without all the BS that usually comes on them... plus they are cheaper).

 

[trekkie00]

I'll give you a single guess as to what kind of Dell I have that's broken down more than my Compaq... Just got its second motherboard replacement today.

Granted, I might just have had really really REALLY bad luck with my Vostro 1400 - note how they don't sell it or a remake any more! - but I'd still hesitate to recommend it to someone.

And when it does work, I love it, it's just the "working" part that it has trouble with.

 

[philbar71]

what is your budget?

 

[office politics]

eMachines E620-5885 Notebook PC - AMD Athlon 2650e CPU 1.6GHz, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DL DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Webcam, Vista Home Basic LX.N260Y.170 at Global Computer

eMachines E620-5885 Notebook PC - AMD Athlon 2650e CPU 1.6GHz, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DL DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Webcam, Vista Home Basic

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