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Sony, Toshiba, Acer or Dell? Please help I need a new laptop

by Uniquecustom Feb 10, 2009 1:07AM PST

Hey,

I am looking to get a new laptop and am having trouble deciding.. Im looking to spend between $450-$650. I will be using it for general everyday use and for video editing (for the business I own and for fun, I wont be doing commercial video editing), I have the Adobe Premier CS4 editing program and I know that says you need at least a 2 GHz processor and 2 GB of memory.

I have been trying to find reviews on a few different laptops but havent really found many.

So at that these are the laptops that I have found that I think would be good for me:

-Acer AS4730, 14.1" Screen, 3GB memory, 250GB Hard drive, Intel Dual Core T3400 (2.16GHz) Processor ($480)

-Dell 1545-143P, 15.6" Screen, 4GB memory, 250GB Hard drive, Intel Dual Core T3400 (2.16GHz) Processor ($550)

-Sony Vaio NS230ES, 15.4" Screen, 3GB memory, 250GB Hard drive, Intel Dual Core T3400 (2.16GHz) Processor ($600)

-Toshiba P305-S8900, 17.1" Screen, 4GB memory, 320GB Hard drive, AMD turion 64 X2 RM-70 Processor ($650)

-Toshiba L305-S5933, 15.4" Screen, 3GB memory, 250GB Hard drive, Intel Dual Core T3400 (2.16GHz) Processor ($500)

But I have no idea which one would be the best laptop. Please let me know which one of these you think would be the best, or if you know of a different laptop for between $450-$650 that would be better than these. I really really appreciate the help!!! Thank you!

Andrew

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Toshiba or Sony

by Renegade Knight Feb 10, 2009 4:13AM PST

Here has been my experience in the past 5 years.

Dell: 100% failure rate.
Toshiba: 100% failure rate.
Gateway (now owned by Acer) 100% failure rate.
Sony: Never tried.
Apple: Too soon to tell. (2 months)

Here is my support experience.
Dell: Crap, Crap, Crap.
Toshiba: Never tried, never needed it. Warranty work by others.
Gateway: Crap, Crap, Crap. Make Dell seem smart.
Sony: A pain to reach, not user friendly, but got me an answer on a non computer warranty item. (ended up not using warranty since Sony wanted my reciept and I coudln't find it).
Apple: Quick to answer, easy to work with, didn't need a reciept on a non computer warranty item.

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DELL

by com2009 Feb 10, 2009 1:03PM PST

DELL

you can find here: http://www.dearok.com/Keywords/Laptops%20Computer/

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