Laptops anyone?

[WithOutFear]

I head off to college in a month and I'm looking to buy a laptop. Problem is I have no idea what I should be looking at or what would be considered a good deal.

Right now I have a guy offering to sell me a HP 6910P and it's specs are:
2.4 GHz
14.1" screen
2 GB memory
120 GB HD
Battery life of 5-6 hours
XP software
and a 3 year warranty.

The computer would cost $975.00 and then I'd have to buy the microsoft office programs, the printer, mouse etc.

The only thing the school told me was I would be doing a lot with videos, watching mostly I think. So I was told to get a lot of memory, a large hard drive, and a decent video card.

Is that a good deal? Do you guys think it would be ideal?

The problem I'm having is I'm seeing a lot of other computers for what seems to be cheaper with 3-4 GB memory and larger harddives...

Any suggestions?

[PakZameen]

For $975 you can get a much better Laptop. Look for ACER Laptops/

[dunebug23]

i bought a 6910p recently with 2gb ram and a 2ghz cpu for $550 on ebay

[Lunatic]

Look on eBay for some really, REALLY great deals. My next notebook is going to be a Macbook Pro, and I found one on eBay for $2,000 that would cost me over $3,000 on the Apple Website. eBay has the best deals on everything, you just have to buy from a person with a really, really good feedback when dealing with merchandise that expensive. Make sure it's new too.

[danielMSF]

I'm thinking about getting this. Anyone got any opinions? It's for going to uni. Won't really be playing demanding games. Just multiple programs open music playing etc.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(36485)...Turion-64.aspx

Specifications

General

System Type
Notebook
Platform Technology
HP Pavilion
Processor

Processor
AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
Multi-Core Technology
Dual-Core
Cache Memory

Installed Size
L2 Cache - 1 MB ( 2 x 512 KB )
RAM

Installed Size
2Gb
Storage

Hard Drive
250 GB
Optical Storage

Type
DVD?RW (?R DL)
Card Reader

Type
5 in 1 card reader
Supported Flash Memory Cards
SD Memory Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card
Display

Display Type
15.4"
Max Resolution
1280 x 800
Widescreen Display
Yes
Video

Graphics Processor / Vendor
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Video Memory
256 MB
Max Allocated RAM Size
1023 MB
Notebook Camera

Camera Type
Integrated
Camera Features
Integrated Microphone

[PetethePianist]

Originally Posted by WithOutFear

I head off to college in a month and I'm looking to buy a laptop. Problem is I have no idea what I should be looking at or what would be considered a good deal.

Right now I have a guy offering to sell me a HP 6910P and it's specs are:
2.4 GHz
14.1" screen
2 GB memory
120 GB HD
Battery life of 5-6 hours
XP software
and a 3 year warranty.

The computer would cost $975.00 and then I'd have to buy the microsoft office programs, the printer, mouse etc.

The only thing the school told me was I would be doing a lot with videos, watching mostly I think. So I was told to get a lot of memory, a large hard drive, and a decent video card.

Is that a good deal? Do you guys think it would be ideal?

The problem I'm having is I'm seeing a lot of other computers for what seems to be cheaper with 3-4 GB memory and larger harddives...

Any suggestions?

sounds ok if you don't mind the tiny screen... spend a bit more and get a dell or macbook