What are some good laptops between about $700-$1000?

[RP33]

The Acer has a much bigger screen and is a more powerful machine.. i really wouldn't worry about brand names, so long as they are a credible name.. acer has been in the game a while and i wouldn't hesitate to purchase anything from them.. my desktop is a Lenovo, which is an IBM brand and it's a beast.. if you can find a lenovo laptop it may be worth while.. but that acer is a nice laptop for the price.

[CFH]

The Acer has a much bigger screen and is a more powerful machine.. i really wouldn't worry about brand names, so long as they are a credible name.. acer has been in the game a while and i wouldn't hesitate to purchase anything from them.. my desktop is a Lenovo, which is an IBM brand and it's a beast.. if you can find a lenovo laptop it may be worth while.. but that acer is a nice laptop for the price.

What model is yours?

[RP33]

The Acer has a much bigger screen and is a more powerful machine.. i really wouldn't worry about brand names, so long as they are a credible name.. acer has been in the game a while and i wouldn't hesitate to purchase anything from them.. my desktop is a Lenovo, which is an IBM brand and it's a beast.. if you can find a lenovo laptop it may be worth while.. but that acer is a nice laptop for the price.

What model is yours?

it's a desktop and it's prob 3 years old.. 3000 J series.. it doesn't have much memory but it runs perfect even with all of the shit i have on the hard drive and memory sucking programs i use.

[CFH]

The Acer has a much bigger screen and is a more powerful machine.. i really wouldn't worry about brand names, so long as they are a credible name.. acer has been in the game a while and i wouldn't hesitate to purchase anything from them.. my desktop is a Lenovo, which is an IBM brand and it's a beast.. if you can find a lenovo laptop it may be worth while.. but that acer is a nice laptop for the price.

What model is yours?

it's a desktop and it's prob 3 years old.. 3000 J series.. it doesn't have much memory but it runs perfect even with all of the shit i have on the hard drive and memory sucking programs i use.

Ah, I somehow managed to miss the fact that it was a desktop in your original post. I've been looking at some Lenovo laptops, but the cheap ones seem to be a bit underpowered according to the CNET reviews I've read. The 1.3GHz processor seems to be a major issue. I have no idea what kind of processor I should be looking for though .

[brucelee]

What model is yours?

it's a desktop and it's prob 3 years old.. 3000 J series.. it doesn't have much memory but it runs perfect even with all of the shit i have on the hard drive and memory sucking programs i use.

Ah, I somehow managed to miss the fact that it was a desktop in your original post. I've been looking at some Lenovo laptops, but the cheap ones seem to be a bit underpowered according to the CNET reviews I've read. The 1.3GHz processor seems to be a major issue. I have no idea what kind of processor I should be looking for though .

For notebooks, buy one with intel atom n280 processor. I don't know if there are quadcore processor for laptops.

I'm using an acer notebook now and so far so good. I've heard from friends that the lcd monitor of acer laptops have problems.

I would still suggest that you buy an HP or a Compaq laptop. Toshiba is also nice but it heats easily.

[CFH]

Does this seem like a good deal for a Lenovo? It looks pretty good to me.

Lenovo - Notebook computers - ThinkPad SL Series

[RP33]

Does this seem like a good deal for a Lenovo? It looks pretty good to me.

Lenovo - Notebook computers - ThinkPad SL Series

For the SL500, lets put it this way.. It is a nice machine, good amount of memory, average sized screen.. nice processor.. decent hard drive space.. So for the price, it is definitely a nice laptop.. If you were looking (and could) spend more, there are laptops out there with double the memory and a bigger screen.. It really all depends on what you're going to do with it.. If you're just into surfing the web, maybe do some chatting online and some word processing then that will be plenty good.