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I want to buy a laptop in the very near future. I am leaving for Japan on the 15th and would like to have one by then but I'm not sure if I should wait to see what Japan has to offer. Should I try to find one now or wait and what specs should I look to get in either case?
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I think it really depends on what you need it for.
For temporary use, extended battery life, consider something with Centrino. Some of the Toshiba M55x models are fairly nice. I've got an A70 which is a beast, but, it is my primary machine. I found Toshiba (for the 4th time in 12 years) to have the most bang for the buck. Comparing features versus price, Toshiba came in well under the competition in terms of price versus performance. IBM's thinkpads are very nice and rugged. HP and Compaq have a few very nice machines. Dell has pretty good price/performance ratios. However, you need to figure out: Are you using this occasionally, sometimes, or a lot. Do you need a lot of battery life or will you usually be near power? Some laptops have firewire, usb, bluetooth, pcmcia, memory stick access, CF cards, etc. Then, figure out your budget and see if the features are worth the $$.
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Specs depend on what you're looking for. If you dont want to play games, you can get a darned decent laptop for $1000 or so these days loaded with nice screen, big hard drive, plenty of ram, wireless, etc... If you want a laptop capable of decent gaming, you're gonna need to open the wallet much wider. |
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you gotta specify:
size? weight? budget?
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