Buying first laptop

[CJH]

Macs are overpriced compared to the specs of a comparable Windows machine. That being said, they are well designed and are definitely more user friendly for the average joe.

I still have XP on my machine and saw no reason to "upgrade" to the garbage called Vista.

[Iambjm]

Let's not turn this into a Mac vs Windows thread. Both have their advantages and a person is best advised to pick one that suits their usage best.

I agree, I have used both Mac's and PC's on my former job and I personally did not like the Mac. I am positive it will be a PC, just not sure how beefy I want to go. I may even end up replacing my desktop next year, so I am thinking a little less on a laptop and save the rest of my budget to replace the desktop next year.

[JollyT]

Well, Win 7 is officially out now. Only advice I would give you is get an optical drive and stay away from the low power processors like the Atom unless all you are using it for is surfing and email. 2 GB RAM is plenty for most, but if you are running applications like Photoshop you may want more. Don't expect any laptop to be a killer game machine. The graphics chipset just isn't up to it. Save the games for your desktop with the high end graphics cards.