armin922 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Processor+-+Titanium/9700714.p?id=1218152462975&skuId=9700714&st=asus&cp=1&lp=10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Depends on what your looking to get out of it? And I'm also sure you could get more bang for your buck from other vendors than Bestbuy. But I had this exact same (or very close) laptop a few weeks ago I sold for $300 and had no complaints from me or the buyer thus far. Worked for what it did. Also maybe watch slickdeals.net, I know I've scene various Asus laptops go up for sale for some well 'slick deals'. So if your not in a rush you could save $100.00 or more potentially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar231 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 have you checked either tigerdirect or newegg ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Fuck that pentium mobile processor. You could get the same performance out of a Atom and 2x the battery life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Fuck best buy for computers. They charge you for adding "software" when they don't add anything. When you tell them you want a computer that doesn't have the geek squad software updates added they will tell you they don't carry them that way. You don't need that fee go somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy43016 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Micro Center... I bought a Toshiba Satelite laptop 14.1" dual core 4GB DDR3 320GB HD for $499.99 for my wife for grad school. They have really nice refurbs that are under warranty you can get at a great price. I have seen a few on price watch and Tiger that looked decent, but I prefer going into a store to buy them especially if I can get them just as cheap as online. At least get 7 Ultimate...bit locker is a cool function to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200028 $50 more for a processor miles beyond the other one. Slighty smaller HDD though, but easy enough to upgrade in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99BlownYellowGT Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 I have the Asus gaming laptop and love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin922 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Fuck that pentium mobile processor. You could get the same performance out of a Atom and 2x the battery life. whats so good about the Intel Atom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 whats so good about the Intel Atom? Well, besides that pentium being a single core, way outdated 2.2ghz processor, you could have a dual core 1.6ghz processor that uses far less energy and produces less heat. And it would probably be cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) The Mobile Pentium DUAL-CORE T4400 is a DUAL-CORE processor. It's based upon the Core 2 architecture. It's not a good processor, but significantly more powerful than any Atom processor. For that price range you can probably pick up an Arrandale based Core i3 processor powered lappy. It's a newer architecture that's more powerful than the entry level pentium series, has slightly faster graphics, and is more energy efficient. Example: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i3+Processor+-+Midnight+Breeze/9716096.p?id=1218158634323&skuId=9716096 Edit for more info: The Intel Atom processor is really only good for one thing: low power usage. It's typically only used in netbooks and some tablet style machines. It doesn't have enough power to decode HD video and isn't suitable for a primary computer. Between the 2 machines posted by the OP and lolryan, I wouldn't buy either one. But the Asus is the better value. The Asus has a faster CPU (albeit it with a 1MB smaller cache but the same FSB) and a larger HDD for less $$$. Edited February 3, 2010 by JaSSon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin922 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 wow very useful information. THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin922 Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 hey what do u all think of the AMD Turion Dual core processor? Made by toshiba? What are some of your opinions/testimonials about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin922 Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Satellite+Laptop+with+AMD+Turion%26%23153%3B+X2+RM-70+Dual-Core+Mobile+Processor+-+Onyx+Blue/9163772.p?id=1218040476935&skuId=9163772 i was considering this one. Do u think the graphics are good enough to play WOW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 This is the one I bought. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=457024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin922 Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 i like that but i want to stay within the $550 range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Comparison of laptop graphics. The Radeon 3100 is still an integrated card, but will should run WOW of low-med settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin922 Posted February 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 AMD Sempron™ Processor M100, 2.0GHz, 512KB L2 Cache, 3.2GT/s what do u think about this processor with this graphics card ATI Radeon™ 4100 Graphics with 256MB-894MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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