Okay guys, here is the situation, I am going into college and need a BASIC laptop for data storage and studying at night. No video games as my desktop is far more superior than any laptop I can get.
The main problem is that I have a "need or fetish whatever you want to call it" in wanting to own all the new gadgetry, while this time I need just the basics. I know basically what I need, but I do not know the levels of integrated graphics, what can safely run DVDs and still have good quality ect.
Basically it will be a portable studying item that I can use for looking at typed notes or working on small projects for school. I need it to be able to play DVD's with decent quality and be able to run at the very least Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver (maybe photoshop).
I am looking for something in the range of $600-900. I was thinking a Dell laptop with a dual-core or maybe HP or Toshiba.
So, in summarization it needs to have a good battery, good processor, at LEAST 512 (hopefully around 1 gig) of ram, 80 GB hard drive, and at the very least able to play DVDs with little to no quality loss.
Any suggestions?
Thanks guys for all of your help.
The main problem is that I have a "need or fetish whatever you want to call it" in wanting to own all the new gadgetry, while this time I need just the basics. I know basically what I need, but I do not know the levels of integrated graphics, what can safely run DVDs and still have good quality ect.
Basically it will be a portable studying item that I can use for looking at typed notes or working on small projects for school. I need it to be able to play DVD's with decent quality and be able to run at the very least Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver (maybe photoshop).
I am looking for something in the range of $600-900. I was thinking a Dell laptop with a dual-core or maybe HP or Toshiba.
So, in summarization it needs to have a good battery, good processor, at LEAST 512 (hopefully around 1 gig) of ram, 80 GB hard drive, and at the very least able to play DVDs with little to no quality loss.
Any suggestions?
Thanks guys for all of your help.
