Shopping for a laptop

[syx]

I will buy a laptop at the end of the summer, i want to get a low cost laptop but NO CELERON, i was looking at something like an HP or a compaq with an 2400+ or a 2500+. But i want to compare, can anybody give me advice and a site to compare performance of mobile processors and laptops??
I dont really need a long battery life but i need wireless. I was also thinking about the mobile athlon 64 but when is it coming out??

[AsianBatman]

The 64 are already out. Emachine..believe it or not have a pretty good laptop that carries a 64. Also ibuypower has P4-m. Sorry if i am not that much help, but look into the emachine. Whats your budget btw?

[syx]

Budget max 2000$ CAD, but would like it to be really good at that price!!

[tacos4me]

http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=eMachines_M6809

Uses the Athlon 64, not a bad laptop :)

[AsianBatman]

Yea that is what i was talking about.

http://store.yahoo.com/sagercomputers/

http://www.ibuypower.com/mall/notebook.asp

[Yawgm0th]

PC2700 with an Athlon 64? Radeon 9600 Pro 64 MB with an Athlon 64? :thumbs do
Unfortunately, it's may be one of the best you'll find.
What is it that you do? Gaming? Video edting/encoding? Or are you just a "regular user?"
If it's the latter, you can go HP, Dell, or Gateway (all of which suck, IMO). For gaming, the AlienWare ones seem nice, but they probably go a bit above your budget. You can try www.newegg.com, too. It really depends on what you're going to do with this.

[AsianBatman]

Those are budget laptops ....the sagers laptop are nice...

[syx]

If i get a laptop powerfull enuph (wont be hard to find) i will sell my current computer... You say radeon 9600 pro is not powerfull?? Im am still using my TNT2 and my little 1800+ with a 20GIG HDD!!! And looking at the emachines makes me drool!!! :shock: Well better start saving money!!

[AsianBatman]

If i get a laptop powerfull enuph (wont be hard to find) i will sell my current computer... You say radeon 9600 pro is not powerfull?? Im am still using my TNT2 and my little 1800+ with a 20GIG HDD!!! And looking at the emachines makes me drool!!! :shock: Well better start saving money!!

...why invest in a laptop..when you can spend the money of the emachine to buy a powerful pc? seriously..with 1300..you can have a really nice computer with a 9800...if you want it..i will give you the prices..and list to build a mid range pc..

[Yawgm0th]

Yeah, I found hardware for a system in the event that I get some money for around a $1000 U.S. Athlon 64 3200; Radeon 9800XT; Mobo with SATA, RAID, Sound LAN (forgot the chipset); HSF, Srctic Silver, 10000RPM 8MB Cache 80GB SATA Drive; 1 GB dual channel PC3500 CAS 2 RAM. All for under $1000 U.S. and way under your budget. But if you really need the mobility of a laptop (although a light case can be almost as mobile), I guess it doesn't matter.

[syx]

[Yawgm0th]

You could probably do better than that with $1100 CAD.

BTW i could get this system and get an used laptop like a PII 366 for 350$ CAD, but will i be able to get wireless internet on something this old?

Argh, a P2. I wouldn't go that cheap. At least a higher Celeron, a P3, or a low-end Athlon XP. Anyway, you can get wireless if it has a USB port. It works just as well as any other way of doing it. You should be able to tell whether you can get wireless on a laptop by simply looking at it or its specs.

[syx]

A PIII laptop cost about 700 to 900$ CAD... that is why im looking for a new one... Anyway with a PII and Linux i should be able to edit all needed documents and got on internet wireless right??