Tech noob needs help: What laptop should i get?

[ariawuu]

I never gotten a laptop before so i have been using this PC for ageees. so I don't know the best laptop to get for year 12

CHEERIOS!   :angel:

[thushan]

I have a DELL Vostro 1510 which I find very good.
The best for year 12 would be the MacBook Pro though.

[ariawuu]

MacBooks? Why are they good? :S i hope its easy to use...

[thushan]

That's a personal preference -->

I found it really fast and also light, easy to carry around and reading off the screen (which one would have to do a lot in year 12) is a lot easier and less tiring.

[QuantumJG]

I have a DELL Vostro 1510 which I find very good.
The best for year 12 would be the MacBook Pro though.

MacBook Pro is the best notebook for ANYONE! I'm so getting an apple laptop once I get a decent job.

For now I'm pretty stoked with my iPad.

[Russ]

MBPs are very good for students. What are you going to be using it for? It could be kinda expensive if you don't really need a particularly powerful one. Especially with the Christmas sales there are some decent study laptops for $600 or so

[ariawuu]

i dont wanna break the bank macbook pro seems really good to taste but.. probably too expensive.. >.> yes like russ said cheap ones could do haha

[Greatness]

Asus have some nice, sleek design laptops, from experience they are very reliable. Toshiba are very good as well, we've got a laptop that's like 7-8 years old with like 2.6ghz pentnium 4 and 512mb ram which still works perfectly fine.
Im not too sure with Macs tho but from what i gather they seem to be very good laptops for students - specifically students who study arts/media

[Russ]

Well if you're looking for something cheap and solid, Officeworks or JB are probably a decent bet. No need to go to a specialized store.

Get something like this (that seems to be a pretty damn good deal actually, someone tell me if I missed something there...the graphics card is way above what I'd expect in a budget notebook)
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/compaq/presario-15-inch-notebook-sku-64800/

[ariawuu]

yeah macbook pros looks good for media/artsy students but i still want it x.x

[Greatness]

Crickey! That's a pretty good deal. Altho from the picture it looks like the laptop would be quite thick and possibly heavy...

[ariawuu]

yeah..... +1 with swarley

[sam.utute]

Well if you're looking for something cheap and solid, Officeworks or JB are probably a decent bet. No need to go to a specialized store.

Get something like this (that seems to be a pretty damn good deal actually, someone tell me if I missed something there...the graphics card is way above what I'd expect in a budget notebook)
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers/compaq/presario-15-inch-notebook-sku-64800/

+1 That is a nice laptop. Very surprised at the low price. Would definitely run most games.

[Russ]

Oh the graphics card isn't that strong, it won't run many modern games but it's solid enough to play recent ones

[ariawuu]

how about the ipads guys :S quite like laptops ....??