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A laptop of awesome?

tuttle88tuttle88
edited November 2006 in Everything Else
So my friend wants to buy a laptop. She asked me for advice, I told her I didn't know but I knew people who did, i.e. you lot.
She's got about AU$2000.
She is finishing uni this semester but may go back later.
Will probably be going to Japan to teach next year.
Won't want to do mad gaming but will probably have a lot of pictures from a digital camera.

Any hints?

Comments

  • CramitCramit
    edited November 2006
    Well my MacBook is nice and does pictures and such very well; and it runs window, OS X, and Linux. That being said I would have bought an IBM (Lenovo) if I hadn't decided to go Mac.

    I nearly forgot to mention that Apple offers educational discounts.
    Post edited by Cramit on
  • tuttle88tuttle88
    I don't know if she's change to mac, she resists change. She still uses IE despite my constant plugging of firefox and offers to set it up with all the awesome ad-ons.
  • CramitCramit
    Well as I said if she isn't up to the switch; I would go Lenovo, or maybe Fujitsu. What does she need in a laptop? Doe she want something with a large screen or is she looking for portable?
  • ThaedThaed
    Toshiba makes cheap good stuff. Dont' forget about Dell. The Dell Latitude on my desk has put up with 3 years of abuse from me including a great deal of travel.
  • HMTKSteveHMTKSteve
    So, what are those astronomic units worth in real money?
  • KieyKiey
    This is a laptop of awesome.

    Anyway, I would recommend Toshiba. I got a Toshiba tablet laptop last fall and I love the thing. Granted tablet's aren't for everyone, I use it for drawing which is why I got it.
  • AprecheApreche
    If I had to get one laptop today, I would get the Fujitsu P Series. The problem is, it doesn't have a nice Intel Core processor yet. It's still an old Pentium M. Not so great. If I could afford it, I would get this thing. 32GB of Flash instead of a hard drive. If you've got the green, and you like things small, you can't go wrong with a Japanese model. If you're not a serious computing person, then whatever you want will probably be just fine. If you want to save lots of money, get a used old IBM Thinkpad T series and put Linux on it. The wireless card will work out of the box with Ubuntu.
  • KiteKite
    Be careful which Toshiba laptop you buy, my old M15-S405 had serious ventilation problems and the hard drive would every 6 months like clockwork.
  • tuttle88tuttle88
    Thank you, I will pass that on. The engadget one is awesome but 'm not sure if that's what she had in mind.
  • AmettoAmetto
    edited November 2006
    Aw damn it. I should've come here to get some laptop advice. Those are some sweet laptops, Scott.
    Post edited by Ametto on
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