Currently on my floor is a dying ThinkPad 570 with accompanying Ultrabase. It's been a pretty good laptop for me, it runs Windows 2K flawlessly (for now), but the screeen doesn't stay up, the monitor shorts out, and the AC adaptor is frayed.
So of course, it's slowly becoming time for me to look for a new laptop. I basically wrote off HP/Compaq because of my previous experience with one of their buisness laptops (Armada M700). I've narrowed down the catagories for a laptop to a ThinkPad, Dell, or Toshiba. Obviously, since I'm here, I'm really contemplating going for a ThinkPad.
As for my usage habits, this is going to be a laptop that sits at home primarily, but may go out for infrequent travel to class, or roadtrips. I'd like something that can play DVD (burning isn't necessary, but it would be nice since my desktop doesn't have a DVD burner). I rarely play games with the exception of some Flash stuff, some emulators, and the Sim City series and that's usually when my neices and nephews come over. I don't use CAD, I don't use Photoshop except for scanning photos, and I use Dreamweaver and Fireworks for webdesign. Besides that, I'm not a heavy power user.
So of course, is there anything in Lenovo's offerings for somebody like me? I'm looking to spend between $800 to $1200 for this laptop. Should I go elsewhere?
Thanks in advance!
So of course, it's slowly becoming time for me to look for a new laptop. I basically wrote off HP/Compaq because of my previous experience with one of their buisness laptops (Armada M700). I've narrowed down the catagories for a laptop to a ThinkPad, Dell, or Toshiba. Obviously, since I'm here, I'm really contemplating going for a ThinkPad.
As for my usage habits, this is going to be a laptop that sits at home primarily, but may go out for infrequent travel to class, or roadtrips. I'd like something that can play DVD (burning isn't necessary, but it would be nice since my desktop doesn't have a DVD burner). I rarely play games with the exception of some Flash stuff, some emulators, and the Sim City series and that's usually when my neices and nephews come over. I don't use CAD, I don't use Photoshop except for scanning photos, and I use Dreamweaver and Fireworks for webdesign. Besides that, I'm not a heavy power user.
So of course, is there anything in Lenovo's offerings for somebody like me? I'm looking to spend between $800 to $1200 for this laptop. Should I go elsewhere?
Thanks in advance!
