Best laptop for $3000?

[swatoa]

$3,000 is the limit my brother's school will pay for a new notebook. He said he wants a DVD burner (DVD-RW I guess?), and also he said it might have to be from either Dell, Compaq or some other...

What about Alienware? Or are they not worth the $? Winbook?

I ain't as keen on laptops as I am on PC's, so any input/suggestions would be most appreciative!

 

[chin311]

Holy crap, 3K$?? you can deck out any machine for below that almost....pick a brand, max it out, viola. dell would be good, gateway....

i myself have a compaq, its great....

 

[Viper0329]

For 3k, get a T40p. He won't have the DVD burner, but will have everything else a person could have in a laptop.

 

[pukemon]

geez $3000 is a heck of a lot to spend on a notebook, you can get a decked out (pick one of the following) Powerbook, Vaio, Thinkpad, or Inspiron for that much...

 

[JackHawksmoor]

Yeah, for $3000 the only one I'd get is Apple's 17" PowerBook (once it's updated later this month). There's nothing else I'd consider spending that much money on. Alienware's a ripoff BTW. IMO going with Dell or Sony would be better for a Windows notebook, as you'd be paying half the price for better hardware.

 

[mocca]

For $3K, I would definitely go with IBM T40p. It is on sale right now for about $3050. As for the DVD-burner, I would rather have an external one instead of a slow internal DVD-burner. Just get an external DVD-burner which will be much faster than the internal one. Most internal laptop DVD-burner max out at 1x or 2x while the external one max out at 4x and probably 6x or 8x soon.

Mocca

 

[eastvillager]

toshiba 5205-S705 seems to meet your requirements, and then some.

 

[Rufio]

IBM t40.

Message me if you want me to get it for you at cost

 

[Kickus]

Originally posted by: eastvillager
toshiba 5205-S705 seems to meet your requirements, and then some.

I just bought one and I love it to death. For what it costs, it's hard to find a competitor that can match or exceed the features it has. Also, the screen is simply stunning and the keyboard is fantastic.

 

[sentinel2000]

Kickus: Which model T40 did you get? Which screen?

 

[Kickus]

Originally posted by: sentinel2000
Kickus: Which model T40 did you get? Which screen?

I bought a Toshiba 5205-S705, which comes with a 15" screen.

 

[chin311]

Originally posted by: eastvillager
toshiba 5205-S705 seems to meet your requirements, and then some.

:: Droooool ::

those are some sweet lappys

 

[CastorTr0y]

Tell him to get the Sager 5680, when it's released(editrobably around early august). It will be pretty massive.

 

[andrewjm]

Get the Toshiba 5205-S705.... $2699 and its $3000 with tax and shipping... you will love it!!!

 

[alfatekpt]

Originally posted by: CastorTr0y
Tell him to get the Sager 5680, when it's released(editrobably around early august). It will be pretty massive.

Can you share more info about that Sager 5680 ?
Specs, expected price?