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[evil ways]

I need some help and opinions, I'm getting my fiancee a laptop for her birthday in a week and I was wondering between these choices:

http://www.officemax.com/omax/catalog/sku.jsp?skuId=21711113&searchString=sony vaio&category_Id=

Sony Vaio

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Tosh...sem/rpsm/oid/224547/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Toshiba Satellite

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-G...23182/catOid/-18746/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

HP

my budget is about $700.


Thanks in advance.

 

[Lionheart1827]

I just bought the A305 Toshiba Satellite with Vista SP1.

It's really nice laptop for the price. Runs really fast. More than enough ram, dvd burner, core 2 duo centrino, harmon kardon speakers, 2mp webcam, card slots, wifi, etc.

For the price I bought it at it was well worth it imo.

 

[MultiCore]

If those were my choices, I'd go with either the HP or Toshiba.

I like the HP because it has a bigger hard drive, bigger screen, higher-resolution, and a faster video card. You give up a gig of ram, but it's a worthy trade-off.

 

[crowphoenix]

That particular model of HP laptop has known wireless card issues. I should know. I had to send mine in about a month ago, and was told that they could not repair it. But, because it was known, I could get a new laptop of equal value. I got the Toshiba, and I'm liking it so far.

But, not to totally nah say the HP. Some of my pals have it and have no problem.

 

[Gremmie4]

If you don't mind spending a little extra money, this laptop is a great deal.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-dv5-1000us-15-4-Widescreen-Entertainment-Laptop-FE850UA-ABA/sem/rpsm/oid/215030/catOid/-18746/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

This laptop has one of the new 45nm Penryn processors and 4GB of ram running 64-bit Vista. This thing will be a nice laptop for a long time, and the ram is expandable to 8 GB so in the future you could put some more ram in if needed. It's also got some nice features, such as an HDMI output, a good size hard drive, and a nice screen. It a pretty good deal for $800, and you get a $50 rebate.

 

[cbodom]

if you want to save some money
buy it now from ebay with the 30% rebate

great deals to be found..