need help in finding the right laptop

[D4L]

Hello everyone, newbie to the forums! I am in market for a laptop and I would like to get suggestions on which brand to go for? I have read few topics in this forum and found that people are looking at Asus and E-machines, now are these better than the big names like IBM, Toshiba, Sony, etc... I was under the impressions that E-machines were horrible atleast when it came to buying their desktops, although this was few years back but can anyone tell me if they are any good and worth the money? Also my main use of the LT would be for doing internet, word processing, dvd watching, programming some video games so a good video card would help as well. I am looking for something that is close to high-end although not more than $1500 to $1700, preferrablly less as i am under tight budget. I was thinking in 1.5gig centrino with 32 or 64mb video card and wireless and all that good stuff. Thank you in advance for your opinions and suggestions.

 

[DaWhim]

what wil you use your laptop for? that's the primary concern.

 

[cipher00]

Try skimming powernotebooks.com Relatively good stuff. Just don't get a Dell. Oh, and welcome to the forums.

 

[D4L]

Thanks for the reply, I am mostly looking to use my LT as replacement of Desktop, I know I have limitations in regards to playing games and such but still I am sure I can play some games maybe not at the best resolution. But games is not the most import thing as I will still have desktop but for the majority of time I would using the laptop for word processing, internet browsing, programming/web development, more for learning reasons to try out different things on the laptop. Now my concern is going with no name brand laptop is it good to do that? and if so which ones are recommended? I am also looking for something that is light, anything <7-8lbs.

 

[kpd489]

checkout mtwolfcomputers.com/notebooks.htm