Best Laptop for $2000?

[thepersianguy]

I have $2000 to spend on a laptop after tax, warranty, etc. I'm not going to play games on it, however I wanted to play Spore to see how it is, if possible.(current computer not good enough). I'm also considering doing some graphic design work on it.

the main things im looking for are battery life, processing power/ram, overall smoothness, reliability. either pc or mac doesnt really matter.

any and all help is greatly appreciated!

[akademiks]

You can pretty much buy whatever you want with $2000.
But if the most intensive thing you're going to be doing on it is graphic design, then a $700-900 laptop would suffice.

[theguyz]

look at macbook pro or a macbook for that kind of budget and will work wonderful with your graphic design.

[pitz]

Do you have a size of screen in mind?

Any other esoteric requirements? Looking to hook an external monitor or anything else up to it?

Do you need a trackpoint, or would a touchpad be good enough?

Anything else?

[nx6288]

is it going to be sitting on your desk at home most of the time? or would you need to carry it around?

[thepersianguy]

screen size doesnt matter, i guess the more important thing would be if it's lightweight so i can work on the go. don't need any special outputs other than the standard ones that come with it. hdmi might be nice though, any comments on how useful it can be?
i think a touchpad is good enough, i might buy a tablet seperately.

Do you have a size of screen in mind?

Any other esoteric requirements? Looking to hook an external monitor or anything else up to it?

Do you need a trackpoint, or would a touchpad be good enough?

Anything else?

[renhui]

For 2000, I would go for a Thinkpad X300.
13" WXGA+, 64GB SSD and under 3lb.

[dasaylay]

+1 on x-series thinkpad

[Zertz]

for 2000, i would go for a thinkpad x300.
13" wxga+, 64gb ssd and under 3lb.

+1

[sickcars]

You could grab an Alienware Laptop, yes you do pay for the name and so on but they are pretty good laptops and you could choose Windows XP instead of Vista which will give youl ess problems with all the software you are going to run on it. Also it takes up less resources like ram which you would need for graphic design.

http://www.Alienware.com
take a look

[DeimosBeros]

Graphic Design? On a Mac? Not with those highly reflective glass screens they got now.

With 2k, I'd grab a Sony Z. Reasons being:

-Beautiful Resolution and sort of matte'ish LED screen for accurate colour reproduction.
-Hybrid Graphics Chip(discrete & integrated)
-Carbon Fibre casing > Aluminum
-3.2lbs w/ 6 cell battery

Configure it online to your liking.

[justmehereajax]

BUY THIS: BNIB NEW 13-inch MacBook LED lol

Dave

[thepersianguy]

Graphic Design? On a Mac? Not with those highly reflective glass screens they got now.

With 2k, I'd grab a Sony Z. Reasons being:

-Beautiful Resolution and sort of matte'ish LED screen for accurate colour reproduction.
-Hybrid Graphics Chip(discrete & integrated)
-Carbon Fibre casing > Aluminum
-3.2lbs w/ 6 cell battery

Configure it online to your liking.

checked it out online...that's one amazing notebook! too bad it's not within my budget, im strictly set at $2000 after tax, warranty (undecided, but more likely than not), and everything else.

[thepersianguy]

thanks for all the replies, i guess it's apple vs. sony at this point. they seem to be the best all round for my needs at this point.

now the questions are which model? should i wait until boxing day? and should i go for warranty?

[bembol]

I like hp's new HDX series, I'm thinking about/watching this 18.4" on Boxing Day.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...21&catid=26975