Power Pros Forum

I need some help:
I'm getting a laptop for Christmas, but I don't know what to get.
My limit is around $400-$500, though the less I spend the more I can get in terms of photography equipment and other stuff.
I like this one:
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/compaq- ... 95854.html
I'm worried that it might be too slow, but otherwise...
I'm going to be on Youtube a lot, I'm going to listen to a LOT of music (listening to silversun pickups right now), and it's not unusual for me to have 4 or more tabs up, as well as another application (like baseball mogul 2010 demo right now)

any suggestions?

Always look at things like the processor, RAM, hard drive space (if you plan on putting a lot of stuff on your computer), etc.

I know, what I like about that one laptop is the 3 GB RAM.
160GB hard drive is good enough for me.
I'd preferably want at least Intel's Dual-Core Processor.

I actually have this here. It was a graduation present from a teacher. I'm always running iTunes, World of Warcraft/Warcraft, Out of the Park Baseball and MSN/AIM at the same time without any trouble.

That sounds nice! My computer has a about an 160 GB hard drive and that is PLENTY for me. I'm probably only using a very small fraction of it, and yes, two processors are always better than one.

Yeah, I like that one. I have one of those netbooks, the really small laptops. Laptops are always good to have at a fantasy draft, even if it's offline, and it holds all the rankings lists and other stuff I need. I like that computer better, especially the price.

I used to have that laptop, but someone (little brother) did something, that I still don't know broke it. For the time I had it, it was a great laptop. I'd highly recommend it.