Thanks for the help
 

Thanks for the advise, I was kind of leaning tword the Levitra oops I mean Lenovo. It may do some gaming, my son is drooling over the new flight simulator. What about Sony laptops? I have had Sony desktops previously. The computer will do some traveling with me on vacations. Now to set my house up with wi-fi. Due to where I live (in the sticks) we only have dial up. That will be a challenge. Thanks again.

Sony Laptops are trouble, stay away!

I agree. I've had an iBook G4 for about 13 months and I love it. Very easy to use, no viruses, no trouble whatsoever. Those new MacBooks are sharp, no matter what kind you get!

My current arsenal consists of an Alienware Sentia, a Macbook pro (my lmost recent acquisition), and a Dell XPS. Of the three, the Dell has been the best thus far as far as gaming is concerned. At least, that's what I've been told. I'm not much of a gamer, but I have freeloading friends who are! If you get an Alienware, beware, as the motherboards tend to crap out after the warranty expires (how convenient!). If you plan on doing not only email, but graphics, photo and video manuipulation etc., then I think a Mac is your best bet. Please note, this is all just my opinion!

This might help. Give it a read. http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/s...rticleID=13207

I have a Dell laptop from work and a Thinkpad T60 for personal use. I love the Thinkpad, it's the only way to go!! :thumbup:

I'm an IT manager for a major medical company. We've had Toshiba, Dell and IBM (now Lenovo) used by our sales force. We refresh the laptops every three years. I have to say that out of all three brands, the IBM Thinkpads fared the best. The Toshiba's came back cracked, keyboards falling out, etc. etc. The Dells came back with parts dangling too. The Thinkpads were the only ones who took the abuse of a salesrep over 3 years and kept on trucking. Kudos to IBM, now Lenovo who acquired their PC division not too long ago. By the way, Lenovo was the subcontractor was previously building the Thinkpads for IBM. However, now they own them. :D

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Interesting and timely, (for me too), thread as we are in
the initial hunt for a laptop. And, thanks for the links, but
I didn't see much diff between the link price and the Dell
ad flyer price, other than shipping.

Like most stuff these days, I am amazed at how quickly the
price escalates when one adds a few "optional" items:
that "$795" 1405 Dell quickly became a 1200 buck plus
item, and I added very few items, (jes'power&mem), and
I am no gamer or techie. Then, the options pages just keep
rolling by, ad nauseum...one could make that "795" model a
$16-$1700 rig in a freakin NY minute.

Sorta the BMW approach to "options", and everyone is
doing it...I "sold" stuff for 30 years and was very good
at selling and managing people; this constant "up sell"
by everyone from the BestBuyPunque to the "Investment
Advisor" is wearing my skinny azz out. Most marketeers
have forgotten how to pitch real Feautures-Advantages-
Benefits, and just wanna pile the gizmos and frills on,
without regard to what one really needs. Rant over...

But, good thread, thanks...I would like to cop a decent
powered notebook, bells & whistles not needed, for
about 8-9 Bens. It doesn't look very viable.
BR,mD

MD - Lenovo Thinkpad R series.