OT again - Laptop CPU?

[DaveKDEN]

Buying our oldest daughter a Laptop for her B-day this year (funny how kids "need" these types of things now-a-days when we got along just fine without cell phones, computers, etc...). Just wondering which CPU I should look for in a Laptop? Thinking of either the Intel Dual Core T4300 or an Intel Core 2 Duo. I want the laptop to be useful for the next 5 years or so for her, so I'm willing to spend just a bit more for future viability.

 

[harleyman]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101196



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...115654&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-34-115-654-_-Product


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...220640&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-34-220-640-_-Product

Anyone over 2.0 with 3-4 gigs ram and over a 250G HDD is good these days..


They are i7s out now for around 1,400.00......

 

[Bjoern]

(funny how kids "need" these types of things now-a-days when we got along just fine without cell phones, computers, etc...)

Ah, the benefit of growing up in the late 20th/early 21st century...(an not in the 17th century like most of you here did...*Runs and hides* ) :d

 

[Matt Wynn]

i'm one of the few thats a bit backwards.... i see a mobile phone as just that... a phone, not a camera/phone/e-mail assistant/minor internet access thing...

 

[Alexraptor]

Right with ya Smoothie!

 

[txnetcop]

Buying our oldest daughter a Laptop for her B-day this year (funny how kids "need" these types of things now-a-days when we got along just fine without cell phones, computers, etc...). Just wondering which CPU I should look for in a Laptop? Thinking of either the Intel Dual Core T4300 or an Intel Core 2 Duo. I want the laptop to be useful for the next 5 years or so for her, so I'm willing to spend just a bit more for future viability.

Dave just curious. If she is not going to game on the PC why not get her a netbook. They have gotten very sophisticated. My youngest is in high school and loves hers. She is allowed to use it in class and the batter lasts 8 hours
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[harleyman]

If you get a netbook be careful...


many DO NOT have a DVD drive..And you have to buy one to do a OS backup as you do not get any disks with them... Or else get a shop to make you a back up disk..or your own removeable.

 

[txnetcop]

Yep true, Cheyenne uses a USB DVD drive when she gets home.