laptop / digital camera

[Mexi]

Laptop budget: $1100
Digital camera budget: $350

basically i want a high performance laptop with a decent monitor, and a digital camera with some cool dealies before i go back to school. where should i look for the best deals, and if you're really cool, and have some ideas in mind, you could always linky linky ;o

p.s. fuck THOA


p.p.s. lauren says hi

[Suicidal Anomaly]

http://www.deals2buy.com/

Don't know if they have what you're looking for but I'd suggest checking the site out. Click dell deals at the top and they have coupon codes that give you a percent off of various dell laptops and the deals change each week. I got a very basic dell laptop using a coupon from there and total with getting it delivered was like $350. Obviously it's not what you're looking for but they did have coupons for the higher end models on there then and it looks like they do right now too.

[ReCoN]

get a macbook, and a nikon camera

[Griffith-]

fuck mexi

ps. hi lauren, wanna make out?

[Nine]

Don't get a MacBook if you need it for school. The parts are all backordered so badly because all of them are fucked up. If you have a problem it will take a long time to get it fixed in other words.

Besides, you can't afford a Mac.

There are some decent laptop threads in the tech center.
If you ask about the camera in the art gallery.. I'm sure someone there will recommend 10 different cameras that cost $200 more than what you want to spend, but it's worth a try.

[darksoldier]

ok, ive been recently studying all the laptops available on the market, and to get a decent one, thats not too expensive, but supports what your looking for (similar to my needs), a 15.4 inch laptop is pretty much your only bet, to get a 17inch laptop for 1100 or less, it would be a really stripped down one that had no videocard at all. so here is what ive came to the conclusion of. for some odd reason, dell small buisness computers seem to be notoriously cheaper than their home computers, and they are basically identical in looks, and components.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=i6400sd304&s=bsd

Inspiron 6400 Intel® Core™ Duo Proc T2400(1.83GHz/667MHz/2 X 1MB L2 Cache) edit
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Home edit
Operating System Re-Installation CD Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition re-installation CD edit
LCD Panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™ edit
Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm edit
Hard Drive 120GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive edit
Additional Storage and Backup None edit
Combo/DVD+RW Drives 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability edit
Video Card 256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™ edit
Sound Options Integrated Audio edit
Primary Battery 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
Additional Power Adapter None edit
Wireless Routers None edit
Dell Recommends
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Add Netgear WGR614 Cable/DSL Wireless Router [$43 $37]


Wireless Networking Cards Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Internal Wireless edit
Mobile Broadband None edit
Great Deals on Dell Printers None edit
Purchase Intent Purchase is not intended for resale. edit


ok so basically the only thing that i changed from the norm, is i upgraded the CPU, added a reinstallation disk, changed the video card to the x1400(yes its better than the geforce but dont ask my why its cheaper) and to top it off, i upgraded the battery to the 85whr battery. and the price comes out to $1,080 roughly. seems to be the best deal i can find, that includes that CPU, a gig of ram, 120gb harddrive, and a decent video card for the price. so tell me what you think?

[Kaneda]

Not sure which model would be in your price range Mike but Toshiba makes the best fuckin laptops ever.

As far as cameras... it depends on what yer using it for. My olympus old and bulky but serves the purpose of takin a few shots every 2 months or so. If you wanna do some real nice photography go with a real nice nikon.

[Vr_]

for a digital camera what are some good mega pixels to look for?

[VP-]

for a digital camera what are some good mega pixels to look for?


the one with the mostest!!!!! because the advertising tells us so.

To double the printable size of one camera you have to quintuple it's resolution (some crazy shit like that)

To be honest, it's not the amount of mp, but the quality of the mp that are captured. For instance the original 1D can make splendid enlargements at very low mp, whereas I see people print shit from their ubersmall-compact-eleet- point and shoot at 6-8 mp (almost double the 1D) and they struggle to make good 5x7's because anything over iso 200 sucks, and they use the digital zoom crap.

www.dpreview.com

find something you're interested in, and then read reviews.

[bergenhell]

macbook, cameras i dont know about.

[hate]

why is the ati X1400 better than the 7300go but cheaper?

[dook]

i have an extra laptop you can buy. paypal me $1000

[Glacier]

I just recently got a laptop, and it's awesome. I get around 100-180fps in source and it's twice as fast as my old computer.

Heres basically what I got minus a few changes;
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ntbkx649900.asp?v=d

[tice]

Talk to me on AIM mike ryan I'll sell you my laptop.

[Success@Failure]

my laptop 300 bucks go for it.