I am in the market for a laptop (first one) as well as a new phone Options

[DoubleJ]

For the phone, I like the pda phones, so I am thinking of a blackberry. I want something that is durable and what not and I think blackberrys are definitely that.

As far as a laptop, let me explain my main uses for it.
I will be traveling back and forth, and I need to use it for school work as well as other things. I like to download from itunes alot, so of course that will definitely be on there. I surf the web, but I usually stay to about 10 - 15 sites so as far as that is concerned, it is not that big of a deal. I like to play alot of train simulators, so I figure that it will definitely be a factor in the decision. Any advice would help thanks.

[breakingdawn]

mac

[MissHygienic]

Do you have a budget on this thing? I don't like Macs, but you should consider a gaming laptop because they are more likely to be faster laptops as they can handle more. My boyfriend has recommended Falcon Northwest laptops and the Dell XPS. But they're highly expensive, so if you have no budget, then go for it. The higher end of Toshiba laptops aren't half-bad, either, but it's up to you.

As far as a phone, get the BlackBerry Curve. NOW!

[DoubleJ]

I definitely have no budget when it comes to this. I am going to get my iphone and then I am going to have the blackberry for everyday use and what not. My mom actually bought a toshiba laptop last week and she loves it. I want it because of the fingerprint thing and because it is black. If you see all of my electronics, you will see that they are all black or silver. I just love those colors when it comes to expensive shit!

[arcanum]

Blackberry curve, most def.
And I'd say MacBook pro. Macs take a wee bit of getting used to, but you'll get attached, I'm sure. haha

[DoubleJ]

I hear alot of people saying yes about the mac, I also hear people saying that it isn't good because alot of games only come programed for windows.

[breakingdawn]

Eh, I guess that was once true, but now that macs are becoming more popular, more things are becoming available. You can pretty much find every program.

I've had dells and toshibas, and I definitely love my macbook the most. They're very user friendly.

[DoubleJ]

Cool. What would you say is the thing not to get with a mac?

[breakingdawn]

What do you mean?

[DoubleJ]

I gues an added on accessory or feature that is totally useless with the mac or are they all equally useful?

[breakingdawn]

I'd say that pretty much everything you need is included in the box.

They have a lot of programs that they try to sucker you into buying though, like .mac. I'm using the free trial of it now, but I honestly don't get what it does. Something about making your transition to the internet smoother or something--not going to buy it.

Um, you don't need to get any antivirus programs. There are no viruses that can attack the mac os x operating system, so that's definitely a plus.

[DoubleJ]

I'd say that pretty much everything you need is included in the box.

They have a lot of programs that they try to sucker you into buying though, like .mac. I'm using the free trial of it now, but I honestly don't get what it does. Something about making your transition to the internet smoother or something--not going to buy it.

Um, you don't need to get any antivirus programs. There are no viruses that can attack the mac os x operating system, so that's definitely a plus.

Really about the no viruses? How is that possible?

[libertie]

^ The thing about macs not getting viruses is certainly true, but it's mainly because mac users take up such a small percentage of the marketshare that hackers would rather target windows users because they're such a large group.

I personally love my mac and don't understand why anyone would not want to use one. It's worth every bit I spent on it and I absolutely don't want to go back to using windows. In fact, I had a windows partition installed for a while and I ended up removing it because it took up too much space.

The only time I've ever come into a problem with something I want to use not working with the mac is when I played flyff briefly last year. That was when I had the windows partition installed, and I must tell you that Vista ran faster on my mac than on any computer I've ever seen it pre-installed on.

Aside from gaming, any software that isn't compatible with the Mac has a comparable version out there, and it's usually free. I did all online classes for a semester last year, and I don't know how I would have managed without my laptop.

[DoubleJ]

^ The thing about macs not getting viruses is certainly true, but it's mainly because mac users take up such a small percentage of the marketshare that hackers would rather target windows users because they're such a large group.

I personally love my mac and don't understand why anyone would not want to use one. It's worth every bit I spent on it and I absolutely don't want to go back to using windows. In fact, I had a windows partition installed for a while and I ended up removing it because it took up too much space.

The only time I've ever come into a problem with something I want to use not working with the mac is when I played flyff briefly last year. That was when I had the windows partition installed, and I must tell you that Vista ran faster on my mac than on any computer I've ever seen it pre-installed on.

Aside from gaming, any software that isn't compatible with the Mac has a comparable version out there, and it's usually free. I did all online classes for a semester last year, and I don't know how I would have managed without my laptop.

Looks like I will be getting a mac then. Unless someone convinces me otherwise.

[Insurmountable]

Do you have a budget on this thing? I don't like Macs, but you should consider a gaming laptop because they are more likely to be faster laptops as they can handle more. My boyfriend has recommended Falcon Northwest laptops and the Dell XPS. But they're highly expensive, so if you have no budget, then go for it. The higher end of Toshiba laptops aren't half-bad, either, but it's up to you.

As far as a phone, get the BlackBerry Curve. NOW!

Dell XPS FTW! Their amazing little laptops, if your looking for something for portability then get a dell XPS 1330, their small and ultra light and very portable. Their gaming laptops so their by far one of the best smaller laptops out right now.
Its actually what I'm thinking about getting Oh also their around 3 lbs :D

Other than that, if cost isn't an issue or weight. I would suggest getting a macbook pro, their also a great laptop..if you like macs. If you want something bigger than a 13 in screen get the 15.4 or 17 inch mac book pros. Its going to be around 2,000-2,500 $ but its worth it, and their going to be around 5-6 lbs. Also if you want vista operating system you can also make another user so to speak and have vista on it and still have mac OS X on another. Cool perk.

Michelle has a blackberry and from what Steven told me about it he said that its a nice phone and its pretty much indestructible XD Personally I like my smartphone, the newer version is even better. IT has GPS, WI-Fi, and bluetooth. Of course you need to have cingular to get them, its the AT&T Tilt, the only downfall that I really don't like about my phone is that it has a windows operating system. Palms are nice phones they have a mac operating system and of course blackberries have their own operating system.

(linking you to cingular website..)
AT&T TilT
Palm Treo
BlackBerry 8820
And apparently the pearl's are supposed to be decent:
BlackBerry Pearl

Oh and then a not so common phone that is pretty sweet, but I mean its going to cost your around 600$, my Dad got this phone for Christmas and absolutely loves it. Of course it was well worth to my dad in the long run because he takes really good care of his phones and keeps them for a few years.
Nokia N95
Mad cool phone, has GPS (Free maps), wi-fi (extremely good), has a 5 megapixel camera, shoots videos at a 30fps (frame per second), has a pretty nifty media center, also if you shift the screen down and flip the phone around you'll see little play, stop, etc buttons for music and such.

If you click on the link you'll find pictures.

The thing about macs not getting viruses is certainly true, but it's mainly because mac users take up such a small percentage of the marketshare that hackers would rather target windows users because they're such a large group.

Extremely true, yet the mac market is getting bigger and more viruses are getting made. Although if your smart you won't be affected by them.

I've grown up with windows and if I ever got a mac I guess I would just have to have a windows partition on it. I love windows and I love how I can customize every little thing that I would ever want to and with macs you can't. Also with windows I can buy new parts and change what I want, with macs you can't.

Theres negatives and positives to everything, I guess the thing with macs is once you have it a few months down the road theres going to be something better made by them or someone else.



damn >_> long post.

[Tung]

wait for the IPHONE 2!!

[Just_Dream]

I don't know if you've already bought the computer, but there's a rumor that there will be a new macbook/macbookpro coming out sometime this year (June-ish?). The laptops are going on sale at my campus, and damn, makes me wish I waited.


I don't recommend Dell ONLY because their Customer Service is so shitty. So if something breaks down, you're pretty much screwed, unless you have a way with words or are intimidating on the phone.

I would recommend Asus laptops if you're into gaming. They're very reliable.

[DoubleJ]

Oh for sure with waiting. I am just going to get a mac and an iphone2 at the same time. Do you think that I can have windows vista on my mac as well as os?

[Tung]

yeah you can get vista on a mac.

[DoubleJ]

oh alright cool

[Just_Dream]

Yea you can use bootcamp or parallels to get windows on mac. But I'm not for sure about vista though. But if Tung says so, I guess so.

[Tung]

Yea you can use bootcamp or parallels to get windows on mac. But I'm not for sure about vista though. But if Tung says so, I guess so.

of course you can. even on mac's website it says you can run windows xp, and even vista.

here's an article.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/10/vista-s...alled-on-a-mac/



GAME OVER.