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Old 04-15-2009, 12:09 AM   #1
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Need help in choosing a laptop
Was looking into a few laptops and was thinking about this toshiba they have on sale right now at bestbuy for 799
Toshiba Satellite 14.1" Laptop featuring Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8400 (E100-004)
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...14&catid=20354
only thing that it doesn't have that I want is a dedicated graphics card
So anyone have some recommendations as to which would be a good choice in something 14.1" or 13.......
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Old 04-15-2009, 12:12 AM   #2
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Price Range? Why are you getting a laptop (purpose)?? it would help narrow down the selections...
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no one has that in stock anymore just a fyi

even futureshop has none ( i try to go there and price match on saturday )
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Old 04-15-2009, 08:03 PM   #4
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Yeah it was out of stock but best buy at metro got a few in last evening apparently...
Anyways reason for getting a laptop mainly just to watch movies via hdmi out (to get best possible picture), internet, audio mixing, some gaming and photoshop
Price range around 1200ish
Also wouldn't mind a comparable AMD either

Oh and was thinking about getting this from us:
Hp dv3510nr
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218010176167
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asus/apple
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Satalites are the lowest of toshiba.. STAY AWAY!!!! If you want something that will last you. Go with what dragonone says.. Asus or Apple even dell if you like them... I only recommend dell because of their warranty (9am nextday parts)... My favorite notebook in appearance is ASUS but LG has some nice ones aswell but not as good performance..
I dont use apple so I wouldnt really know.. My tier 2 tech loves dells studio xps m1330 with the backlight keyboard (he likes it better than his mac and hes a mac fan)...
DONT GO HP...
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NCIX always have some Asus gaming laptop for sale , around 1100-1300
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Yeah the asus one I was looking at is out of my budget :|
LG laptops have 2 year warranty right?
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LG's are 3 years.. Atleast the ones i sell are... Anyways if you really are sticky on price just custom build one on Dell.ca that way you can build and price to your needs.. I recommend for a home notebook the XPS M1330... Very nice if not better than a macbook.. depending on your preference... My opinion go with a notebook with a backlight keyboard...
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