Comments on: Buying a computer in 2009: Advice from both sides

By: Behraam

Behraam — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:00:10 +0000

Macs aren’t better overall. It’s really dependent on the overall hardware.

By: robin dugall

robin dugall — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:06:55 +0000

good overall advice…of course, I’m a Mac user…and I am VERY Biased!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:47:00 +0000

Shaun,

I would recommend a Dell or Lenovo right now. For home use I would say get the Dell XPS M1330 (13″ screen LED screen is the best) or the XPS M1530 if you want a bigger screen.

Both of these have very nice features and have been highly rated on quality and reliability.

If you just want something that will work ok but is not the fastest horse I’d steer you towards the Dell 1525 series notebook.

On the business side I’d recommend a Lenovo (formerly IBM) probably the R500 or T61. Both are very similar but the T61 is a bit lighter, more powerful and has a few higher components. Otherwise they are very closely related.

That is for the PC side. I’ll try to get my Mac colleagues to comment on what Mac they would get.

Hope that helps!

By: Shaun

Shaun — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:16:41 +0000

If you were buying a laptop, what would you recommend? We’ve thought about getting something for the portability and just wanted to do the basics.