Looking to buy a laptop and need help.

Bamablows

Gray4lines

I had good luck with bestbuy... They price match and have a pretty good variety and price range. I needed something a little more powerful for stat software and stuff so I went with a little pricier asus. But they had some nice Samsung, and dells which have been pretty good for me at good prices. You can find some good ones in the $200 range.

phobicsquirrel

Samsungs and Sony's are one of the better laptop makers. Not sure your budget but around 1000 will get a you a good laptop from either of the two, however make sure you can expand the ram in the computer. I'd say stick with an i5 or higher end i3 quad core. You could do six but your looking at more money. Thing I have the biggest issue with laptops is the hardware they use, some components are good but they skimp on others to lower the price. Same can be said with desktops but they are much easier to build one's self.

Bamablows

1k is way out of my price range. Just gonna be using it for online classes on the go.

perkinke

I have had a great experience with my MSI that i bought 3 years ago before starting grad school. I got it from Office Depot for about 400. 15-inch, i5, 4MB, 350 hard drive. Only knock on it is the integrated graphics; they're not bad but have started causing heat issues, but if you're just using it for school it's a non-issue. Office Depot and Max have some good stuff for good prices on occasion. Mostly they have expensive crap, but sometimes you can get a great deal provided you know what you want. Newegg.com is my go-to for computer stuff. I agree with Phobic, no reason to go below the most current i3 or last gen i5. If you're in a college town craigslist can be a good resource...provided it's not stolen.

phobicsquirrel

macs-smokes

Use your desktop to eBay a new screen for your laptop... it takes about 30 minutes to replace a broken screen. That is if the rest of the computer is viable.