I want a really good laptop

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Originally posted by blind34_1
unless you absolutly NEED a laptop for your work or whatever, do not buy one. buying a laptop simply for the coolness and convenience factor is just retarded in my opinion. All laptops no matter the brand are:
1) expensive as f**k to fix
2) prone to screen signal wires breaking (open and close the lids enough stresses the wires)
3) very easily to break the screens themselves
4) extra expensive to upgrade (gotta use special memory and harddrives, and as far as I know a proccessor swap is out of the question)
5) graphics suck. lcd is not fast enough yet for anything graphics intensive
6) those little nubby mouse things and touchpads break easily, and of course are a piece you must buy from the factory at a rediculous price
7) batteries are expensive, (only buy the lithium ion batteries, others are easier to mess up)
8) if any drive breaks, you can bet you'll pay at least triple the cost of a replacement desktop model.

...you get the picture. ANd even if you think the Dell Warranty will cover you when something goes wrong...well, all I can say is ask someone who has tried to deal with them.

My dad works on computers for the school district, and all the time he gets people asking him to fix there laptop because of one or more those problems I mentioned above. He tells them to ask Dell or Toshiba or IBM or whoever to fix it and the response is always something like "they won't do it because..." or "my warranty didn't cover..." or "they gave me the runaround" or " I did and its still broke" etc.

so all I'm saying is unless you ABSOLUTLY need one and have the money to drop on the ourageous initial cost and for repairs, don't do it.

1) Fix it yourself... if it even breaks
2) Used many newer laptops without a single problem
3) Umm... how would you break the screen short of shoving something through it?
4) Processor swaps are possible, mem and HDDs are more expensive.
5) Graphics are great. My GF4 Ti4200 does well in games and the 1960x1200 resolution is great. Ghosting isn't a problem on this LCD at all.
6) No problems with pointing devices here, and they are under warranty. Dell customer service is hard to understand, but they help you out if you need it.
7) Batteries are somewhat spendy, but they don't go bad that fast, especially the Li ones
8) Drives are a little expensive, but not triple normal drives.

Yeah, laptops are a little more expensive, but the convenience is worth it. How is convenience retarded?