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Originally posted by BigGov
Do you want best price, or the best laptop?
The IBM T-Series is (in my opinion) the best line of laptops available. They are made far better than any other laptop, feel hard as a rock, and the keyboard is perfect. I'm not talking perfect for a laptop, I'm talking perfect desktops included.
It does not have a Pentium 4, or a Centrino, instead it has a Pentium M and a superior proprietary Wi-Fi connection.
So, for $30 you can buy a wireless router and be able to surf the web from your couch (very nice).
That, and I have NEVER heard anyone disliking an IBM laptop. Again, they are by far the best in my opinion.
Pricewise, Dells are good, Gateway is fine, and the Apple iBooks are very nice for the price.
My recommendations:
$1,000 - Apple iBook (where you can likely get the education discount...that they don't check...I've umm...heard...)
$1,500 - Either IBM T40 or IBM X40 (got to dig around on the site for a while but you can find a nice little deal. Or an upgraded Apple iBook
$2,000 - IBM T41
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I agree with your assessment of IBMs. Ive used their laptops for upwards of seven years, and they are by far the best laptops I have ever used.
One thing though--Centrino is not a chip, its a certification that comes from, among other things, having a Pentium M processor. Basically, they are the same thing. My T40 isnt Centrino because the wireless card isnt one of the official Centrino cards, but everything else is the same as would be in a Centrino certified machine.
And those Pentium Ms kick some ass, too.