Like the title says, I am looking to buy a new laptop ASAP. I am a student and I do not need to many ultra high features in my laptop. Just a simple kind suitable for a student is good. Price is not a concern. So what do you computers experts recommend?

And one more thing, which one would be better for buy, a Mac or a PC?

 

 

Dude,

           Go for a inspiron 1525.Thats a good deal for a student.

ek,
check this out.
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bqdwi1e&s=bsd&dgc=BF&cid=7421&lid=197378

Damn, I missed that "Price is not a concern part".
Abort!Abort!!

How about buying  Compaq Presario C751NR, since u r a  student its just for 449.99 .

Here are its specification

 Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core T2330, 1.6GHz, 15.4" WXGA, 1GB RAM, 120GB, Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW, 802.11b/g, Windows Vista Home Premium

Fair enough huh...1 GB RAM should be enough for vista if u r not using any heavy duty softwares on it, or else  u can always switch to XP later.

Here's the link where u can find more info abt.

 http://www.deals2buy.com/computer.htm

if price is not a concern, go with mac book air, fell in love with it in the first sight   .

You can install xp on that but its a little tedious process, need some expertise

Here's the link

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

I'd say, when in doubt, buy Dell with XP OS (if you haven't used Vista yet).

Don't buy mac, it sucks eventually. Been using mac book pro for more than 2 years, and now I think of it as a big hype. Plus it heats up so badly, you can not call it a "laptop". Everything annoys me about mac these days -- my-poop-smells-jasmine attitude of mac. Right now, if I have to choose between mac and ubuntu, I will go for Ubuntu, hands down.

In the age of Virtual machines, I don't think running multiple OS simultaneously is a big issue.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&dgc=EM&cid=21690&lid=511380

Better than Mac and obviously superior to Vista.

whois,
do you actually have an experience with Dell XPS Ubuntu? I am kinda thinking of it, and would like to hear your opinions on it.

Thank you for all of your suggestions. I am still unable to decide. Keep them coming please.

buy toshiba satellite.

buy toshiba satellite.

Dell doesn’t have the same quality they used to have.  I've a 2 year old dell laptop and already ordered 5 ac adaptors.  Worst part is you can't find it on any store and have to wait for a week to get it.   Finally I gave up ordering it every 2 months and got myself a nice hp for $699 and loving it.  Go for HP bro, its better than dell. 

 

 

Lenovo 3000 Y410 .. the best

Good news or bad news?? if you have VISTA instead of XP,  you can not download certain software if you have borrowed or brought from Nepal.

buy any laptops doesn't matter as far as config is good. i would say go with intel dual processor, 2 GB of Ram and 256 video memory. that should be fine with any laptops. i have acer, toshiba, dell, and hp. All of them are running good. Not a single problem at all.

 

I dont think there're any laptop left to recommend now, you've been already recommended all the laptops available in the world

dell, mac, acer, toshiba, hp,

Here's the config, so which ever laptop you buy select these config.

intel 2 duo core (any GHz is ok, go with cheaper one but make sure its 2 duo core not just duo core)

2 GB RAM (it should be same price for all)

Video card (any(inbuilt should do))... unless you are a big time gamer)

harddisk(120-160 GB you will never end up using even half of it unless u start storing tons of movie)

Operating Sys (generally every laptop comes with Vista now a days so if u've 2 GB ram there will be no problem with it, if u r not a computer student then u dont need to install ubantu or linux on it since microsoft still has the most stable OS)

DVD R/W ( i think HP has introduced Blue-ray or hdd(not sure) if u r rich go for that too)

go with 14 inch screen, dont go with bigger one, 'coz its a laptop not desktop

if you chat a lot add built in webcam, speaker and mic.

you can also add bluetooth, coz u can tranfer images and ringtones to ur cell without any cost

I guess , these should rock ur laptop and u will never need to regret.

Now regarding the brand  itself

Here are my suggestions

Sony (Pros : looks good and good brand

         Cons: Heats up real fast and bit expensive

                   Some of them dont allow you to downgrade to XP.)

Mac Book Air(PROS: The best laptop ever made.

                       Cons: No CD player, you'll need to buy external cd.

                                        You 'll need to make bootcamp to install xp)

HP :(PROS : Cool Looks. Nice Price.

        Cons: pretty hard to use the touch pad, feels like your skin is peeling off.

     )

Dell : (PROS: Looks good, stable, less heat, I'm using it  

          Cons: Doesnot look as good as sony or mac book air, looks bulky

  )

 

Dont even think of other brands, they suck.

Good Luck with your laptop, do post us which one u bought at last.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you everyone for the help.