Tech noob needs help: What laptop should i get?

[Greatness]

cmon guys this is vce we arent suppose to play games

[shinny]

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

Doesn't have a physical keyboard so it's not ideal for notetaking and such. iPads are described more to be 'media consumption' machines rather than media production.

[burbs]

Hey I had the Compaq Presario, the price is cheap for a reason.

[ariawuu]

theres keyboard on screen which is relatively equivalent to a physical keyboard lol? is there microsoft word by any chance hehe

[Greatness]

Hey I had the Compaq Presario, the price is cheap for a reason.

LOL what happened to it?

[Russ]

theres keyboard on screen which is relatively equivalent to a physical keyboard lol? is there microsoft word by any chance hehe

Virtual keyboards << physical keyboards

iPad is not a great idea for notetaking, get a proper tablet if you want to do that

[Greatness]

I dont think tablets are that good... My bro got one for our school laptop programme, and one of the most reoccuring problems is the screen cracking. I dont know whether it's just the laptop model they have or if it's a common problem with al tablets, but id say that you're better off with a normal laptop. Plus tablets are quite expensive.

[ariawuu]

there isnt a usb port on ipads as well?

[lexitu]

Nope, iPads suck. And BTW, I wouldn't buy one now, a new one is expected to be released in Jan/Feb.

[Hutchoo]

Hey I had the Compaq Presario, the price is cheap for a reason.

LOL what happened to it?

Yeah, I want to know!

Also, everyone gets laptops for VCE/Uni etc. Most of us are getting our parents to buy them too... What reasons can you give to your parents to persuade them into buying a laptop ?

[Russ]

It's good for study and it'll get a cashback from the government?

[ariawuu]

LOL yesss andd we will work hard in return

[kevvy]

well im on the same boat as ariawuu, need a laptop for school.

can someone explain a pc's processor power. i dont really get it. like if u buy a dual core and u have a higher processing speed its like the same as a quad core with a slow speed? Like whats a 'good' processing speed?

btw sorry for hijacking ur thread

[ariawuu]

haha its cool i dont get anything that you said though o_O  yeah people educate me here! ;P

[Greatness]

too bad my mum doesnt fall for any of that

'You study from books!! and if you get a new laptop you wont work hard, you'll just play games and browse the net all day!'

Ive got an asus eee pc atm, not to bad at least it's one of the newer models