Looking to come back.. Recommend me a budget laptop

[Porcoa]

Originally Posted by joppykid [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you talking about the ones that are plastic casing on the outside as well or is the plastic on the inside? The one OP got has a nice metal casing around it which is what you'll get with the nicer computers.

Every Toshiba laptop I have taken apart had cheap plastic on the inside. They may look nice and sleek on the outside, but the insides are cheap. I have yet to see one that was well built. Compared to every other brand, Toshiba and Acer have the most poorly built laptops, imo. Dell's business line and Sony laptops are solid in their construction.

Edit: Toshiba could have a nice line of laptops, like I mentioned with Dell's business ones. If they do, I haven't seen one yet.

[baalzy]

Originally Posted by Porcoa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Every Toshiba laptop I have taken apart had cheap plastic on the inside. They may look nice and sleek on the outside, but the insides are cheap. I have yet to see one that was well built. Compared to every other brand, Toshiba and Acer have the most poorly built laptops, imo. Dell's business line and Sony laptops are solid in their construction.

Edit: Toshiba could have a nice line of laptops, like I mentioned with Dell's business ones. If they do, I haven't seen one yet.

IBM was the king of solid built laptops. Not sure how it is now that they're Lenovo but the Thinkpad series is tough as nails. But they'd have to be tough for as much as the darn things weigh.

[Thulack]

I love my alienware m15 i got off ebay for 500 bucks cause guy didnt know how to replace a battery lol. Would never spend 2k on one brand new but compared to what people pay 700 for i'll take my alienware all day.

[Bill Tetley]

people that spend the $ for alienware... tarded! can get a msi with the same specs as an alienware for sooo much less.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Bill Tetley [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

people that spend the $ for alienware... tarded! can get a msi with the same specs as an alienware for sooo much less.

and i agree. As i said i wouldnt pay 2k for it brand new but getting one for 500 bucks i love it. Better specs then anything else in that price range. Messing with people with the light displays is fun though.

[Yinikren]

I picked up a refurb MSI GP70 for 640$.. I love it. Thank you, whoever returned it because it didn't have a blu-ray drive and saved me 200$.

[webrunner5]

I think the OP did not make out too well with what he bought for the money. Hell you can run P1999 on a iphone. Without a good video card and a SSD other games will studder. Not impressed. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Options]

If you can find better for the same price or less post the link. Its best buy so I have the option to return it easily.

[joppykid]

Originally Posted by Options [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you can find better for the same price or less post the link. Its best buy so I have the option to return it easily.

15 days [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Unless you're an elite member. I would go with something like this below if you plan on playing more recent games, even then it's still only 768MB Dedicated. You always spend less on AMD's though since they don't advertise like Intel. I am thinking of getting this one myself.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/envy-tou...0a10&cp=1&lp=5

or if you want to spend a little more.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/15-6-tou...20i7&cp=1&lp=4

Has 2 GB dedicated. You can probably find similar specs cheaper somewhere else, I was just posting more for reference.

[Options]

I like the first option. With the extra $150 i could throw in a ssd.. are they all about equal?

I'm not really familiar with laptops so that being said..is it an option to put a dedicated graphics card in down the road?