# Good Pc's/ Laptop's ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 7, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052 "2008-05-07T10:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/21 "2008-05-07T17:39:22Z")
Get a dell with a 3 year warranty and at home service. When it breaks, chat up the indians and theyll have replacements and a tech at your house the next morning. ---
**Author:** ![Poprocks704](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Poprocks704](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poprocks704)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/22 "2008-05-07T17:55:47Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > For what you need the computer for a mac sounds perfect. Easy to use, rock solid, reliable computers. Take a look at some macbook’s. > > Damn there are a lot of ignorant pc leghumpers here. so true…I work at a place that every single person hates Macs…Im a mac user…it sucks… GO APPLE! ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/23 "2008-05-07T18:26:04Z")
I suggest Dell,maybe I’ve got a horseshoe in my ass but I’ve probably owned 20+ used dell laptops/desktops and I’ve never had serious problems with any of them and its all be older P3/P4 stuff. I also know a few people still running early P4 Dell Desktops that use RDRAM,those are 6-7 year old sysytems. ---
**Author:** ![nelstoys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@nelstoys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nelstoys)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/24 "2008-05-07T21:22:49Z")
Im looking at dells, and a couple others. Right now im using my sisters dell and its nice. Also dont have much time to screw with the pc’s as im getting my r/c planes ready for flying. Going tomaro for a practice flight with my yak 54. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/25 "2008-05-07T21:25:45Z")
DUDE!!! YOUR GETTIN A DELL!!! this thread is full of failure ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/26 "2008-05-07T21:28:19Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > A Properly set up PC would allow for the same claimed “rock solidness” And for his NEEDS. A mac is over priced with a budget of $3,000 I think it will be hard to find an overpriced machine to fit his needs. From the sounds of it, ANY decent computer should be fine. If they break so often, GET A BETTER WARRANTY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/27 "2008-05-07T21:42:23Z")
:lol: If your budget is $3k just buy 6 $500 dollar laptops. Seriously though, these days there’s no reason for a casual emailer/web surfer to spend much more than $500 dollars on a PC. My opinion anyways. Oh, and ShiftDead don’t worry we’re on the same anti-mac side. :highfive: Oh and if you happen to see Cuban browsing and can make note of what his latest SN is, free custom title for you or anyone you would like to bestow one on. :lol: Yeah I’m lame. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/28 "2008-05-07T22:27:59Z")
Give me $2999. I will personally deliver to your house both a desktop and a laptop, and maintain problems with both for 3 years. ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/29 "2008-05-08T00:45:49Z")
Just buy a Dell. They have a pretty cool setup where the entire drive is mirrored on a separate partition on the drive from the factory. To get your entire operating system back to how it was new only takes a few keystrokes at startup. They have a very thorough support system and software that works. HP support sucks dick fyi. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/30 "2008-05-08T04:28:39Z")
for your needs, why not go with an asus eeepc? You can’t beat the price. like was mentioned earlier, any PC that’s going to cost you over 5-700 is totally overkill for what you’re looking to do with it. Also, if you have computer problems (not to insult you or anything like that, but it doesn’t sound like you’re much of a computer person) post it on here, there are tons of geeks that are willing to help if you need it. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/31 "2008-05-08T10:40:05Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > Give me $2999. I will personally deliver to your house both a desktop and a laptop, and maintain problems with both for 3 years. I’ll do it for $2799 and just get him a good warranty on both systems 🙂 So I don’t have to deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/32 "2008-05-08T10:55:19Z")
In your 30 hard drive experience, I’m glad to see that you have never experienced a failure. As a kid going to college, I used to test hard drives and computer equipment 8 hours a day for over a year, I’m telling you that hard drives are a consumable item. I’ve tested more hard drives than most of the population. I used to work for a place that sold store returns on ebay. I would get a six foot high pallet of mixed hard drives from best buy store returns, and would test them 8 hours a day. In that 8 hour shift, I would run a linux livecd to test the hard drive sectors. I would do this so much, that I would wear out connectors on the ide cables, and would break the ends off the molex power connectors. These were not old shit hard drives, they were recently bought store returns. In addition to this, I would service PC’s. Not a business, just by word of mouth. To this day, I replace about 1 hard drive a month for customers, and a few powersupplies per year for customers. > [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > Cool not one single helpful answer. 👏 > > What the fuck are you talking about. By no means should a PSU or Harddrive be considered a Consumable item. Seriously the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I’ve had more than 30 harddrives at random points at my life, and the only time I’ve ever seen them go down was from a screw driver through them because of boredom. > > You make it sound like harddrives just die constantly. PSU’s too they are NOT consumable. If you buy a shitty brand and try to max it out sure its gonna overheat and burn out. Thats why you don’t cheap out on a PSU… > > Don’t mind throwing 40 bucks at a computer every year, again a dumb statement. > > Great Idea, cause Apple doesn’t have any problems at all. /sarcasm > > Only finger painters and emo musicians use macs ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/33 "2008-05-08T10:58:46Z")
what power supplies are u getting for these people if ur having to replace them so much? sounds like cheap junk to me. Im going on 6 years now with my thermaltake, not 1 issue. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/34 "2008-05-08T12:53:52Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > what power supplies are u getting for these people if ur having to replace them so much? > > sounds like cheap junk to me. > > Im going on 6 years now with my thermaltake, not 1 issue. The ones I replace are usually ones from homemade computers that the customer had their “buddy” build them a computer. Usually those cheapass power supplies that come for free with the cheap ass case. I usually replace them with antec, because they are the only ones I can get in town without having to order on the internet, and they are only about 29 bucks. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/35 "2008-05-08T12:59:37Z")
lol yeah ive seen the antec ones at CC, not too shabby. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/36 "2008-05-08T14:40:05Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > with a budget of $3,000 I think it will be hard to find an overpriced machine to fit his needs. > > From the sounds of it, ANY decent computer should be fine. If they break so often, GET A BETTER WARRANTY!!! Just because someone has a 3K budget doesn’t mean you have to spend it. Spending 7-900 bucks on a dell with full warranty would be more than adequate for his needs. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/37 "2008-05-08T14:51:11Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > As a kid going to college, I used to test hard drives and computer equipment 8 hours a day for over a year, I’m telling you that hard drives are a consumable item. Congrats on being in college and testing computer equipment, whats your sample of the equipment you tested. Oh you answered that already. > [@JustinH](#): > > I’ve tested more hard drives than most of the population. I used to work for a place that sold store returns on ebay. I would get a six foot high pallet of mixed hard drives from best buy store returns, Store Returns. Store Returns. Store Returns. Why would someone return a Harddrive, because they don’t like it orrrr cause they don’t work/ in bad condition. Your sample of test Harddrives is flawed from the get go. Its a poor representation of all the Hard drives made. > [@JustinH](#): > > In addition to this, I would service PC’s. Not a business, just by word of mouth. To this day, I replace about 1 hard drive a month for customers, and a few powersupplies per year for customers. I have done personal PC remediation too and again its a flawed patch. People come to you when they have a Problem. Hard drives have warranties 5 years is a typical amount, if you are replacing harddrives you are pretty much scamming them unless you are following their warranties for them. Yes labor and a fee for follow the warranty isn’t a scam its a needed fee but purchasing new HD’s for already warrantied HD’s is stupid. Sorry you just seem like you are a person that can follow instructions and replace simple parts and has never cared to know the WHY’s of failure. I’m also Incharge of statistics where I work so I get a little nit picky about the sample size and proper representation of such ---
**Author:** ![amspimpwagon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amspimpwagon/32/7339_2.png) [@amspimpwagon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/amspimpwagon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/38 "2008-05-08T14:54:13Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > Damn there are a lot of ignorant pc leghumpers here. Way to many. This thread is full of stupid now. ILCisDEAD has successfully occupied ever other post in this thread with ignorance. Nice job. EDIT: ILCisDEAD’s last post was slightly better than the other ones, but your still trying to tell someone they are dumb. So you still fail. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/39 "2008-05-08T14:57:10Z")
> [@amspimpwagon](#): > > Way to many. This thread is full of stupid now. > > ILCisDEAD has successfully occupied ever other post in this thread with ignorance. Nice job. :tup: I haven’t seen you submit a suggestion based on any kind of logic or fact in here. Please tell me your thoughts on a computer that you feel mr nelstoy should have. Then we’ll talk… Thanks… I like to defend friends too in threads but I like to use reason and clearly define my thoughts. If thats ignorance than maybe I should be brush up on my definitions ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052/40 "2008-05-08T15:02:43Z")
> [@amspimpwagon](#): > > Way to many. This thread is full of stupid now. > > ILCisDEAD has successfully occupied ever other post in this thread with ignorance. Nice job. > > EDIT: ILCisDEAD’s last post was slightly better than the other ones, but your still trying to tell someone they are dumb. So you still fail. :picard: opinions are like assholes man, we all have them and they all stink. Most of the posts on this thread are peoples opinions, with little or no factual information to back them up. ILC is clearly biased but is making decent points none the less. Please go away if you have nothing better to do than bash people, because you are now the one _failing_. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-pcs-laptops/48052.md?page=3)