Laptop: Take 2

[Chaotic]

Ok, so I posted a short while before the general forum was erased about getting a laptop. There was some decent information, but unfortunatly now that the time has come to order it , it's dissapeared.


Basically:
I need something with long battery life first and foremost, preferably under 7lbs. It needs to be able to run WoW decently, other then that, I don't care. 512 ram 1.4ghz+ is what I'm looking at.

It's going to be my jerk off at work computer (11pm-7am overnight job with about 2 hours of real work) and my computer for school. I have no brand loyalty, no real preference. Need to get it shipped sometime this week.

[Grimble]

I know it is really mainstream and therefore probably not cool, but I got my laptop from Dell about a year ago at a really good price. Its a 2.2ghz, 256 RAM, about 5 or 6 pounds and I only paid about $700. The battery life is about 4 hours. I've heard of a lot of people with laptops that had their battery life get worse and worse, but mine has stayed right at the 4 hour mark for the year or so that I've had it. I got it exclusively for work related stuff so I didn't need anything real high end, but when my desktop got all fucked up I began running WoW on it and it works fine. I'm sure you could get something really decent from Dell for under $1000 now that would get the job done for WoW/work.

[The Bog]

Playing WOW + high battery life = does not compute.

Sorry.

[Matt the Gimp]

Price is always the determinate factor.

If battery life is a must then an intel centrino is like no other.

You can also get extra batteries as well.

[Rune]

Stay away from integrated graphics cards.

Trust me.

[Uber Uberest ~Rathe]

Battery life and WoW can exsist, get a higher end centrino or any of the athlon 64 laptops. Centrino gives you at least 6 hours of battery life and the athlon 64 gives you 4.5+. Both will run WoW.

[Chaotic]

well, WoW will be at work only, as thats the only place i'll have an internet connection other then home.

The battery life comes into play @ school, which means it needs to run word @ low brightness for about 4 hours without a problem.

I've actually been looking primarily at dells, but it seems every decent config is like 1300+

[Wizard_01]

My Dell laptop (1.4 GHZ Centrino) runs WoW just fine at low settings. The battery life is 4 hours when idle at the desktop and about 1 hour of WoW.

[Renolin]

Although Sony is overpriced, they look good and have X-brite monitors that really do make a difference. Their smallest model gives up too much for size, but their S series (second smallest, i believe) is quite nice.

IBM's were always good "work" laptops. By work, I mean light with long battery life. They did sell their consumer PC department, but I don't think the computers have been changed at all yet. I used to have a highly reliable desktop IBM, so I tend to think highly of their products. Any thinkpad owners out there?

[Ham n Cheese]

If you get your laptop at best buy, get the PSP. Most people don't know how to repair laptops themselves and it covers 1 battery a year.

It's seriously one of the only PSPs I recommend and I'd buy it myself.

[Gintron]

fujitsu make some good laptops. i have the s6220 and have had no problems with it.

[Zippygoose]

Dell + Centrino = win.

You might pay a little extra for the Dell (as opposed to buying a generic brand), but they have one of the best warranty plans I've ever seen, and are very quick to fix things (at least in my experience).

[Chaotic]

I ended up going with the inspiron 9200 from dell, saved like 400$ with a promotion they had this past week.

17" widescreen w/ dedicated graphics and 4 hour + battery life.

SLow hard drive and only 333mhz ram.. but its the price you pay I guess.

With upgrades (1.8ghz pm, upgraded screen, upgraded battery, some other minor crap)

I ended up paying 1600$ shipped. Not too shabby for what I got.
Doesnt leave them until 1/31 though ;\