Which laptop/computer brand do you use?

it depends on what your needs are. Sony Vaios are hyped in my opinion and their stats are not justified by their high prices. I would only choose Ibm/Lenovo or Apple Macbook at this moment. I personally use Macbook at the moment.

I am using Dell latitude 610 and it has been with me for more than 4 years now, I think it's good for extensive use for students as I was shutting it down only when I sleep when i got many to work on sometimes. Of course there are much better computers than Dell. I am planning to get Mac book soon inshaAllah

Dell are good in general, just try to get the right one because they have many many types. Most of them are perfect for the extensive use for students. I will try to do some search for you when I will be on my computer inshaAllH

format_quote Originally Posted by Danah

I am using Dell latitude 610 and it has been with me for more than 4 years now, I think it's good for extensive use for students as I was shutting it down only when I sleep when i got many to work on sometimes. Of course there are much better computers than Dell. I am planning to get Mac book soon inshaAllah

Dell are good in general, just try to get the right one because they have many many types. Most of them are perfect for the extensive use for students. I will try to do some search for you when I will be on my computer inshaAllH

i can vouch for that. I have good experience with Dell. Add that to + list.

format_quote Originally Posted by Wa7abiScientist

i can vouch for that. I have good experience with Dell. Add that to + list.

Yes I think in Dell the latitude versions in general are better than the inspiron ones in terms of studying puroposes.
May I ask which Macbook you are using now and how did you find it? I am considering getting a Macbook now.

format_quote Originally Posted by Danah

Yes I think in Dell the latitude versions in general are better than the inspiron ones in terms of studying puroposes.
May I ask which Macbook you are using now and how did you find it? I am considering getting a Macbook now.

Hi,
I am using white macbook which was released in 2008 with intel processors etc. I got it in April 2008 and Allhamdulillah its been amazing. So far its about to be 2 years without any hardware problem. I previously had windows laptops (acer, ibm) and I had issues with them.

The only gripe with my macbook is that its made of plastic so not too durable in terms of outer material. Mine is cracked from 2 places, they are not that big but they are there. Also white color gets dirty and cannot be cleaned. i got the body and keyboard replaced once on warranty.

I heart the latest white ones can be cleaned as they have shiny plastic but please dont get the white plastic ones. If you want, get macbook pro 13 inches. Its only $100 more expensive I think but you get aluminum unibody. Very durable.

format_quote Originally Posted by Wa7abiScientist

Hi,
I am using white macbook which was released in 2008 with intel processors etc. I got it in April 2008 and Allhamdulillah its been amazing. So far its about to be 2 years without any hardware problem. I previously had windows laptops (acer, ibm) and I had issues with them.

The only gripe with my macbook is that its made of plastic so not too durable in terms of outer material. Mine is cracked from 2 places, they are not that big but they are there. Also white color gets dirty and cannot be cleaned. i got the body and keyboard replaced once on warranty.

I heart the latest white ones can be cleaned as they have shiny plastic but please dont get the white plastic ones. If you want, get macbook pro 13 inches. Its only $100 more expensive I think but you get aluminum unibody. Very durable.

looks a good one. I was considering Macbook air, what do you know about it since you are a Mac user?


sister hoda....check this one:
if you dont use CDs then I guess Macbook Air can be a choice.

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html

format_quote Originally Posted by Danah

looks a good one. I was considering Macbook air, what do you know about it since you are a Mac user?


sister hoda....check this one:
if you dont use CDs then I guess Macbook Air can be a choice.

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html

Macbook Air is very much of a hype sister. Why you need macbook air? Portability? Looks cool? Cuz its battery life is very small, there is no optical drive (cd/dvd rom) in it .. small hard drive and its display is not that great. Also it seems very fragile. Its also not amazingly fast to play HD movies etc. But if you want protability, you can get better laptops from IBM. But for normal usages, i'd suggest macbook pro 13inches screen.

Macbooks are amazing - But i've always loved Mac's, but they are kind of pricey.

Sony Vaio - As someone else said, over hyped.
I'd recommend a Dell or a HP

As to the spec you need. It really depends on your requirements, for example if you were just using it for browsering the internet and word processing, then you could go with a less spec model then if you wanted to play games on it.

Important things to check:

Battery life - The longer battery life the better.

RAM - at least 1MB

Hard drive storage - Make sure you have a good amount if you need to save lots of work. However you can buy external hard drives - they are around £50-£70 online.

Things I wouldn't worry about:

Graphics card - unless you are wanting to play games, I wouldn't worry about this.

Processor make - AMD or Intel, personally I find both as good as each other. Usually Intel will cost you slightly more, but they are both just as good.

Hope that helps sister

format_quote Originally Posted by Wa7abiScientist

Macbook Air is very much of a hype sister. Why you need macbook air? Portability? Looks cool? Cuz its battery life is very small, there is no optical drive (cd/dvd rom) in it .. small hard drive and its display is not that great. Also it seems very fragile. Its also not amazingly fast to play HD movies etc. But if you want protability, you can get better laptops from IBM. But for normal usages, i'd suggest macbook pro 13inches screen.

oh!! what a negative feedback is this?! Actually I didnt make a serious search about it, but it seems not that good. I knew about the storage and about the optical drive but didn't know about the other things....JazakAllah khair bro!

sis Hoda forget about the Macbook Air one now. My friend has Dell xps 1330 and its very good one.

two words:

MACBOOK PRO!

jazak'Allah kheir for all the replies,for some reason multi-quote does not work here..

it depends on what your needs are. Sony Vaios are hyped in my opinion and their stats are not justified by their high prices. I would only choose Ibm/Lenovo or Apple Macbook at this moment. I personally use Macbook at the moment

After looking into it I think you're right. I was told sony viaos are really good, but considering what I need(for my studies), they told me it wasn't appropriate,something about radeon Graphics...

Alot of you have been recommending macs, problem is, I use a program that is quite expensive,and if I buy a mac, I need to buy the version of this program which is adaptable to macs, and one of the people told me it would be a bit difficult to adapt the things i need to a mac...anyway, I also need one quite quickly before the semester starts, so no time to learn how to use a mac either:S...

Macbooks are amazing - But i've always loved Mac's, but they are kind of pricey.

Sony Vaio - As someone else said, over hyped.
I'd recommend a Dell or a HP

As to the spec you need. It really depends on your requirements, for example if you were just using it for browsering the internet and word processing, then you could go with a less spec model then if you wanted to play games on it.

Important things to check:

Battery life - The longer battery life the better.

RAM - at least 1MB

Hard drive storage - Make sure you have a good amount if you need to save lots of work. However you can buy external hard drives - they are around £50-£70 online.

Things I wouldn't worry about:

Graphics card - unless you are wanting to play games, I wouldn't worry about this.

Processor make - AMD or Intel, personally I find both as good as each other. Usually Intel will cost you slightly more, but they are both just as good.

Hope that helps sister

Jazak'Allah kheir very useful info sis!!

oh!! what a negative feedback is this?! Actually I didnt make a serious search about it, but it seems not that good. I knew about the storage and about the optical drive but didn't know about the other things....JazakAllah khair bro!

sis Hoda forget about the Macbook Air one now. My friend has Dell xps 1330 and its very good one.

thanks sis, your post helped me get a general idea on what I needed,when I got there I wasn't as lost as I appeared to be...haha!


I read the replies and took down the info you guys provided, and went to the store and talked to the *technical* people there...here's where I need someone that really understands computers in depth...
they told me I need a memory of 512 gb minimum for the video memory(graphic ATI?)..which I still have trouble comprehending its for....although I have a genral idea of it...

they told me that I need an intel core 2 duo processor, is that really necessary?

they told me an internal memory of 4 GB is what I should have,

and a radeon value of 4200 minimum....


help?

I am using Acer

format_quote Originally Posted by KittenLover

NO WAY YOU DON'T NEED ALL THAT FOR JUST UNI, sorry but they're trying to sell you the most expensive thing there, what do you wanna use it for? just studying and word processing and taking notes and going on internet??

if so you don't need all that,

Lol well in my future job inshAllah I will constantly need a computer to do my work on*edit*...

gosh this is more complicated then I thought,inshAllah I will find the right thing in the end, I just need an idea as to whether they are trying to oversell of not