Whats the best laptop? Price is no object...

[charliebrown]

I have a wealthy friend in Kenya. He wants me to get him a high end laptop.

I've heard IBM Thinkpads and Sony Vaios are good. Any other opinions?

 

[EcoLogic]

If price truly isn't an issue and he wants a desktop replacement, this should work pretty well...


Voodoo ENVY m:780 Cinema Gaming Notebook

Voodoo Disaster Recovery System II

Voodoo Performance and Stability Re-Engineering

Voodoo Koeskin System Binder

Voodoo Attack-Pad Mousing Surface

Free VoodooPC T-Shirt

IS09001:2000 Quality Control Standards

Voodoo Allure Finish for ENVY m:780

Voodoo ENVY m:780 Cinema Gaming Notebook

Intel Pentium 4 - 3.40GHz HT Extreme

1024 Meg DDR-400 LL Memory Kit

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Cooling Compound

Envy Performance Motherboard

Disable RAID (less risk, more reliability)

60 GiG 7200 RPM HGST Travelstar

Pioneer DVD+-RW Dual Format DVD Writer

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 256 Meg

Voodoo ENVY m:780 Video Camera

17" TFT WXGA+ LCD Display

Envy Immersive Theater Audio System

Envy Theaterbook Immersive Subwoofer

Internal High Speed Ethernet Card

Voodoo Envy baG Wireless

Internal 56K Fax Modem

Voodoo Internal Bluetooth Module

No Shipping (Pickup)

Windows XP Professional

Voodoo Lithium Ion Rechargable Battery Pack

Standard Select Upgrade Assurance

Voodoo PlatinumCare 1 Year

$4,887.57

 

[preslove]

If your friend is not a gamer or an enthusiast, and his questioning of you suggests to me that he isn't, I would get a 17" powerbook. They are powerful, have a beautiful screen, has good battery life, and weigh only 7 pounds. That voodoo weighs close to 9 pounds and probably has terrible battery life.

? 1.33GHz PowerPC G4
1440x900 resolution
? 1GB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM
? 80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400rpm
? SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
? AirPort Extreme Card
? Professional 17 Backpack Case by Brenthaven
? Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
? APP for PowerBook (w/ or w/o display) - Enrollment Kit
? 17-inch TFT Display
ATI Mobility Radeon9600 (64MB DDR)
Gigabit Ethernet
FireWire 400 & 800
DVI & S-Video out

Subtotal $4,173.00

 

[GnomeCop]

I agree with the voodoo.

If money and mobility isn't an issue, then the M:780 with a 256mb 9700 and 3.4ghz P4EE should be able to handle your gaming AND work like childsplay.
Hell its even got raid and a dual format DVD burner. NUTS

 

[charliebrown]

Thanks for the advice, but this guy is 50 yrs old - he's not a gamer. And he wants something lightweight. He's replacing a Dell (about 3 yrs old) that's too heavy for him (probably only weighs about 7 lbs).

 

[loup garou]

http://www.dynamism.com/x505/index.shtml
If you want thin & lightweight...that's the current champ.
Screen is a bit small though.

 

[preslove]

How about this?

It's under 4 pounds but it has a 14" screen, a combo drive, and a powerful processor with lots of ram.

 

[charliebrown]

thanks for the link werk; that's just what I need

 

[dsaewra]

If he's 50...i'd look at something with a larger screen, well, depending on how good his eyesight is. IBM T4x would be my choice for him.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Panasonic has some nice lightweights as well...

 

[Mwing]

Panasonic Y2

 

[Corporate Thug]

powerbook 15 inch/ 1.25 ghz/ 1 GB of ram/ superdrive/ 80 gb HDD

$1999 + 100 more for another 512 of ram = $2100

 

[aakerman]

Without a doubt -

IBM ThinkPad T41p.

 

[eastvillager]

ignoring the fact that we have no idea what he is going to do with it(besides pose), I'd go with a fully decked-out powerbook.

Ignoring price(which you are in this case), it is hard to pick anything besides a powerbook, unless you're a gamer, imho.


hehehe, if I weren't a gamer, all I'd have is macs, which is kind of sad, considering how anti-apple I've historically been.

 

[Firus]

Boo-Yah

I don't think you can beat this for utter overkill for a laptop

 

[Yomicron]

Originally posted by: Firus
Boo-Yah

I don't think you can beat this for utter overkill for a laptop

Originally posted by: charliebrown
he wants something lightweight

10lbs != light

 

[Firus]

heh, didn't read down that far...jumped on too fast to show my uber linking skills

 

[EcoLogic]

I didn't either, and you didn't read my post either or else you would see that I beat that overkill with the config I made him

 

[Tango57]

Originally posted by: Firus
Boo-Yah

I don't think you can beat this for utter overkill for a laptop

funny that they listed the battery as optional 'cause with that kinda power you'd probably have to keep the dang thing plugged in all the time

 

[MuffD]

I'm gonna have to say IBM Thinkpad for overall durability.

 

[dakovar]

Here is my list of top reasonably mobile (ie less than 5.5 lb) laptops.

Best All-Around Laptop - 4:3 aspect Screen
IBM T41
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http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/s...=1&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73&categoryId=2072541
- 1.4 to 1.7 GHz Pentium M
- 4.5 to 5.0 lbs
- 14.1" Screen - 4:3 aspect
- CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo built-in
- ATI Radeon 9000
- $1600 to $3000

Best All-Around Laptop - 16:9 aspect Screen
SAMSUNG X30 1700
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http://www.rm.com/HE/Products/Product.asp?cref=PD199682
- 1.5 to 1.7 GHz
- 5.2 lbs
- 15.4" Widescreen - 16:9
- Less than 1" thick
- nVidia Go5200
- 1900 British Pounds (not yet available in US)

Best Ultra-Portable Computer w/DVD
Fujitsu P5000/P5000D
----------------------------
http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/www/productbridge_pseries.shtml
- 1.0 GHz Pentium M
- 3.4 to 4 lbs
- 10.6" Screen - Wide format
- CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo built-in
- $1599+

Panasonic Y2
-----------------
http://www.dynamism.com/y2/index.shtml
- 1.0 GHz Pentium M
- 3.3 lbs
- 14.1" Screen - 4:3 aspect
- CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo built-in
- $3200+

Best Ultra-Portable Computer w/out DVD
Panasonic R2
-----------------
http://www.dynamism.com/r2/specs.shtml
- 1.0 GHz Pentium M
- 2.1 lbs
- 10.4" screen - 4:3 aspect
- $2600+

IBM X40
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http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/s...=1&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73&categoryId=2072542
- 1.0 to 1.2 GHz
- 2.7 to 3.2 lbs
- 12.1" screen - 4:3 aspect
- $1499 to $2200+

 

[Frightcrawler]

IBM.
Quality.
Non-gaming.
Perfect.

 

[KiLLaZ]

Apple 17" Powerbook G4

1" thick, 6.9lbs., backlit keyboard, 100% beautiful airbrushed aluminum machine, 100% beautiful OS.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: KiLLaZ
Apple 17" Powerbook G4

1" thick, 6.9lbs., backlit keyboard, 100% beautiful airbrushed aluminum machine, 100% beautiful OS.

i perfer the 15 for better battery life, not as heavy

i find the 17 just to big, esp for the tiny tables we have in the lecture halls