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Question: What would be the best laptop?

(Posted by: ajrcltmar2 on 2010-03-06 18:21:38)

I am applying for an associates degree in web design & interactive media.(Online college) If I am accepted I would like to get a better laptop. I currently have a compaq presario c700 and I need something better more memory, faster. What would be a better laptop? The requirements are: * PC: As a general guideline, students should not have computer specifications less than a Pentium 4 CPU, Windows XP with Service Pack 2, and 1 GB of RAM. Also, a DVD- ROM drive may be required. * Mac: As a general guideline, students should not have computer specifications less than a G4 processor, MAC OSX, and 1 GB of RAM. Also, a DVD- ROM drive may be required.

Posted by: Matt on 2010-03-06, 18:32:11

Your laptop is already above and beyond the requirements; it uses a 1.73GHz dual core CPU and has 2GB RAM. If you upgraded to another laptop you would only see a small boost in performance. Actually, during normal use, it probably wouldn't even be noticeable at all. ASUS laptops fail the least when compared against any other manufacturer, and HP/ Compaq fail the most. Dell is somewhere in the middle, along with Lenovo. Acer has high failure rates as well. That being said, if you did look for a new laptop, you should check Newegg's ASUS laptops that have dual core processors running @ 2.20GHz or more. I put a link below that might help to get you started. Otherwise, I'd recommend trying to find the cause of your laptop running slowly; maybe too many startup processes -- which can be disabled with msconfig -- or some malware running in the background which can be removed with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.