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suggest good laptop with following features.

Jul 7, 2009 9:52PM PDT

Lithium battery ? 4-8 hrs backup
Light weight.
Integrated camera.
13 or 14 inch.
250 GB hard-disk
4 GB RAM
Good resolution.
Low price.

Preferably Sony, Toshiba, HP.

I have to buy it from california, US.

Regards,
Gaurav

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Almost all laptops you see in stores.
Jul 7, 2009 10:12PM PDT

Fail this list. You are most likely looking at the Apple for the battery TIME and ordering the unit off the maker web pages to customize the unit with the bigger batteries. All the retail boxed ready to buy laptops that met your specs (save runtime) are all 2 to 4 hour batteries.
Bob

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suggest good laptop with following features.
Jul 10, 2009 1:02PM PDT

Change your criteria. There are no "good" laptops that run 4-8 hours on a single battery, have 4 GB of RAM, are light in weight, AND come with a low price tag. You get what you pay for. Let that sink into your head. You can pay too much and get too little, of course, but you'll never pay too little and get too much for your money. That's what everyone in America seems to want to do these days.

Sony is a bad choice: expensive, problem-riddled, and proprietary. Toshiba is probably better because it doesn't cost quite as much, but the last Toshiba that I had was proprietary. HP looks like the best of your three options, but I would look at Acer and Asus notebooks too.

[These are strictly my personal opinions based on more than 25 years of computing experience, troubleshooting, and PC maintenance. Others' opinions will necessarily vary. No one but you can definitively answer your question. Look at what's available, try them out, ask lots of questions, read lots of reviews, and make your choice based on what you need the notebook for.]

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requirements change
Jul 10, 2009 2:24PM PDT

Hi,

Seems my requirements are too demanding.

I want a good 14 inch laptop with atleast 3-4 hrs battery backup. I am a software engg and like to travel a lot as well. 4 GB RAM is must. If I get good looks and good service that would be a bonus. Also, please consider that I would like to have Global service for the laptop. How much does it costs and which brand is better in this regard.

~gaurav

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video special needs?
Jul 10, 2009 7:28PM PDT

Can only concurr with Bill Franke.
The only point I would add is relative to the graphic card, do you have specific requirements in terms of video parameters, RAM etc.?

PP

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"Global service for the laptop."
Jul 11, 2009 3:47AM PDT

BAM! This reduces the products to laptops like Fujitsu's Toughbooks and the price doubles.

Have you been shopping long?