Best Laptop for under $1,000?

I might be getting laptop to replace my legendary Duron. What model is the best for under $1,000 CND?

[QUOTE=Gtek-i]I might be getting laptop to replace my legendary Duron. What model is the best for under $1,000 CND?[/QUOTE]
For that money your best bet would be a Dell.

It might help if you let us know what you wanna do with your laptop ...

Yeah what he said ^

Everyone has a different definition of GOOD.

Under 1000? Wait till you have more cash... the less you pay, the less time you'll get out of it. (From my own experience.)

deff get a dell or if ur a Mac fan then get a Mac

If he's spending under $1,000cad he won't be doing much more than streaming media and using the internet. Like Rock said, Dell is probably your best bet for that price if you insist on spending that. However I agree with CJ, save up a bit more and go for the HP DV series in the 1300-1400 range. I've got one, it's a good laptop.

Edit: [url]http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10080737&catid=20354#[/url] this is a good deal.

Toshiba makes some good laptops for the money. The only problem that you run into on Dell is if you want to upgrade the RAM you have to use DELL RAM rather then Toshiba where you don't have to use Toshiba RAM. As with Apple products I would only go with them if you had more money to spend.

Well, my dad wants a Sony or Toshiba...but I say Sony. There's a $1,099 one I want but dad says wait till boxing day. He just wants something that he can carry around...but I say DUAL CORE CENTRINO WITH 1 GIG DDR2 MEM. WITH 120+ HARD DRIVE AND GOOD SPEAKERS (HELL YEA)!!!

...and at least 128mb ATi Xpress or Nvidia Go something.,

Do you [I]need[/I] a laptop?

Build yourself a budget gaming desktop if you don't need a lappy

Mac Books start at $1250 canadian. Although for people who are used to PCs, the stats numerically may not look as impressive, but I assure you benchmark very highly. I use an iMac at work and people often say "only 2.0GHz lol!!!111!" they fail to realize that it's dual core, and each 2.0GHz core benchmarks with the latest Pentium 4s easily.

Anyway what I'm trying to say amidst all my rambling is, if you think you're ready to handle the switch, I highly recommend Apple's products, as their prices have never been better.

[QUOTE=zeppelin]Mac Books start at $1250 canadian. Although for people who are used to PCs, the stats numerically may not look as impressive, but I assure you benchmark very highly. I use an iMac at work and people often say "only 2.0GHz lol!!!111!" they fail to realize that it's dual core, and each 2.0GHz core benchmarks with the latest Pentium 4s easily.

Anyway what I'm trying to say amidst all my rambling is, if you think you're ready to handle the switch, I highly recommend Apple's products, as their prices have never been better.[/QUOTE]

I fully agree. I've never had a better computer than my now over one year old iBook G4. Once you get the hang of it, its much more efficient to use than a PC imo.

my dad says he wants a lappy...and no Macs. Right now he wants a Sony with Pentium D or another newer one...

[QUOTE=Gtek-i][B]my dad says he wants a lappy[/B]...and no Macs. Right now he wants a Sony with Pentium D or another newer one...[/QUOTE]

He'd have to go to a strip club for one of those.

Get a cheap dell and stuff it full of RAM.

[quote=Gtek-i]my dad says he wants a lappy...and no Macs. Right now he wants a Sony with Pentium D or another newer one...[/quote]No offence - but why a Pentium D? You know NOTHING about PC's (from your "My duron has 9 GB of RAM comment) so why set a condition like that?

Just get a dell - you obviously aren't getting a power house for $1k, and Sony are usually over priced (although nice looking)

For a 'I've had one of those' comment, They were only my work laptops (i.e. I seldom use it at home) But I've had a Dell Latitude D610 and D620. Both were fine. Wasn't that keen on the 620's 'short screen'. (Dell presumably called it widescreen, but since it's exactly the same width as the 610, but shorter, I fail to see how one could justify any assertion that the width has been increased...)

Never tried to upgrade the RAM, mind you.

No Dells...please...Toshibas or Sonys or Compaqs only...no Dells.

What the hell do you have against dells? You keep saying "no dells" but you never say why.

I've had one for like 6 months with no problems what so ever. Even got through the battery recall with no problems.

The people at Sony told us that the batteries they make for Dells have problems (it was on the news too). They said on the rare occasion they would catch fire.

Yes. And Sony make the batteries for lots of other laptops too - in fact Sony laptops catch fire (just not as often - as Sony's arent sold as much)

If your limited to 3 brands, why ask our opinion?!

And you've still not actually told us what you're using it for ...

[QUOTE=Gtek-i]No Dells...please...Toshibas or Sonys or Compaqs only...no Dells.[/QUOTE]
If you want under $1,000 then it has to be Compaq.

This is the one you need:

[IMG]http://www.livedigitally.com/theldb/Very%20Old.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Gtek-i]I might be getting laptop to replace my legendary Duron. What model is the best for under $1,000 CND?[/QUOTE]

I can sell you a Dell Intel Celeron 1.6Ghz 512mb ram for US $500.

you down in Florida? Nah:p and please...some useful advice, no bulls**t...with all due respect:D

Were TRYING to help. Your the one coming up with tons of crap

[QUOTE=Gtek-i]you down in Florida? Nah:p and please...some useful advice, no bulls**t...with all due respect:D[/QUOTE]

What do you want us to say? If you're only spending $1000, then a Dell is going to offer you the best value. Multiple people have stated that. Also, to my knowledge, the battery problem was fixed. ([I]Sony[/I] made the batteries, not Dell)

Sony Vaio's are overpriced. If you're getting a laptop then I suggest you spend some decent money on one, or wait until you can spend more cash. If not, then Dell is your best answer (Or maybe Compaq, but I personally would go with Dell).

Well, I don't care about weight or dimensions...just something that can run fast, save a few things, and play LFS or NFS MW!

dont go for sony they rip you off just for the branding even though thte x black monitirs are really seet.

Why not consider Rock or Acer both very good laptops.

So definatly toshiba or HP they both mae really good lappies and the new range from HP are amazing if youwait until ater Xmas you might get some better dealls as theyll be clering out i love ater Xmas sales :)

[quote=Gtek-i]Well, I don't care about weight or dimensions...just something that can run fast, save a few things, and play LFS or NFS MW![/quote]then why the hell are you getting a laptop?!

$1000 will buy you something cheap, not something powerful. If you want something powerful then upgrade your "amazing duron"

A few things.

1. $1000 isn't going to get you a laptop that can play games, at the very best perhaps on the lowest settings with a resolution reminiscent of the DOS days.

2. Setting clauses such as, "no Dells", "no Macs" without reasoning or justification is ridiculous and close-minded.

3. Your first problem in terms of the Dell battery issue, is listening to a representative from a competing company. I highly doubt Sony would begin praising a rival during their sales pitch. And in agreeance with matek, Sonys are overpriced.

I know I may come off as being an ass, but you asked for our advice, yet numerous recommendations have been shot down for some supposed anti-brand-in-question reasoning.

Just my two cents.

Edit: Misread, didn't realize Sony made Dell's batteries. Regardless I still view it as biased Dell slander.

Anything as long as it's not HP or its new lackey Compaq. I have never seen more unreliable POS's from anybody.

Dell's are good pieces in every way but one: Dell had a very high HDD failure rate in their laptops because they were placed right where you rest your wrists and if you applied a lot of pressure it would go straight to the hard drive. This according to my Dad, who was the quality control chief at IBM's and subsequently Hitachi's hard drive divisions, who made the drives Dell used in their laptops, and actually figured out this problem. I will say, however, that Dell may have rectified the design by now.

I got a Dell for $500 that I can play need for speed: most wanted on just fine. It plays most high graphic games with little problem.

p.s. I got this from a friend who is a reseller for a great price. The computer probably usually costs around 800 - 1000, so its still in your range.

Funnily enough, the exploding batteries that have already been recalled aren't on the shelves anymore. And they're in more than just Dells. That said, my Dell has a Toshiba battery I think. So it's not like they all use them, anyway.

Guys c'mon, be nice. :D

Alright, here's a HP laptop with an AMD Turion X2 dual core, comes with 1Gb of DDR2 memory, GeForce 6150, and 120Gb of HDD space, as you wish. There's a wireless remote for Windows Media Center, and it's also got a built-in 1.3MP webcam + microphone, and the whole thing's pretty reasonably sized.

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834147290[/url]

Tell your dad that he won't find goods Sony and Toshiba ones for the same price, as least not as good as this one. It's a little over $1000 CND but anything less and you'll see a significant performance difference.

There's an existing PC thread and you know it, I wouldn't blame if you were new enough when you made this thread.