Requirments for a new laptop.

I need a new laptop. This time I want a machine that I can trace items on screen with touch. On my old tablet ( Is a laptop) the brush, pen, could not keep up to speed with the touch feature of the screen. This time I want one that does. Any suggestion? What should I be looking for in a laptop that this will work or suggestion as to a laptop.
Thanks

Hi Dow04468,
My only suggestion around this would be the Wacom Cintiq series, they are not laptops, but for interactivity on a screen, for tracing and such, they are really nice. You might try finding a Wacom dealer in your area and see if you could test one out.
-Dave

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Looking for a new laptop

Hi.
Because of an unexpected hardware problem I'am looking for a new laptop.
The last weeks I've informed me a bit of some laptops but I'am not really sure:
My favorite is Samsung R560-Aura P8400 Madril but my last notebook had an ATI graphic card and the last months I was really enthusiastic about the getting better official drivers.
And whats with the the FN-keys, webcam, bluethooth, wlan card and support? Some experiences?
Thanks, Andreas
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Or get a Bamboo?

Looking for a new laptop, need help!?!

I am searching for a new laptop to use in college and i am planning to spend $900 to $1000 on it and would like a laptop that is not too big (like equal to or under 16".) I would like at least 500GB hard drive and processor that is good but not to strong that I have no battery life. I was thinking i5 processor. I would like it to have enough battery to be able to use through good chunk of day (like 6hr rated or so.) It needs to be somewhat durable as I know college will take its toll on the computer. It would be great addition to have a good video card. I don't know if there is anything out there like this but hope there is. Please post suggestions or new ideas about what i would need for college. Thank you for any help!
Luke

Hi Lukedmann,
Thank you for considering Best Buy for the purchase of your next laptop. As we start off the Back to School season you should start seeing the introduction of quite a few new models, and some that should be able to meet your need. With the way technology advances day to day, this shouldn't be impossible to maintain.
Personally, taking into account any and all biases I have and stuff, theres 4 models i'd point out to you inside my store. Understanding that these are not your only options, and that I think that the aethetic design of the computer (how nice you think it looks) should definitely play a role, i'm sure any of these should be able to meet the demands you specified.
3 Models to Compare
Overall these are pretty close to your price limit, and I chose these assuming you wish to spend 900-1000 on the laptop and already counted in taxes, accessories, softwares etc. Just to let you know I discounted some models to give you the higher quality, however some models which come out to cost less would still meet your specified criteria. Let us know if you have any questions.
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In the market for a new laptop..

Hi everyone,
i am currently in the market for a new laptop and seeking some advice.
I am debating between getting a basic rMBR 15' 2.4 GhZ 8/256 model and MBR 2.3 GhZ 4/500. The price for the basic rMBR 15' 2.4 GhZ 8/256 model is 1,867 euros with Apple's friends and family discount i am getting (stock price is 2250 euros here in Ireland). MBR 15' 2.3 GhZ 4/500 starts at 1850 euros and i am not getting friends and family discount off that (don't want to go into details). In any case this isn’t the sort of cash I have lying around.
Apple’s rMBP is a wonder of modern engineering, there is no doubt about that. What i am concerned about is all the software that has to update to add higher res images which takes time and a lot more space because they are effectively doubling the size of the image and my general browsing experience where buttons, logos and anything affected by Photoshop’s “Save for the Web” setting will look blurry or pixelated. This is certainly not the kind of experience I am looking forward to after spending 2k on a laptop.
I'm not a heavy user also I like to take my stuff around with me and I do a little Pro Tools and Logic once in a while.
Any thoughts are appreciated.

What you were told is not correct. Apple doesn't care where your music originated and nothing will be "blocked", but you can only sync your iPhone to one device at a time.
When you first connect your iPhone to a different Mac or PC, you will see a dialog similar to the following (substitute iPhone for iPad - the result is the same):
It will do exactly what it says. If you "Erase and Sync" the iPhone will be erased first. So, make sure whatever music you have on the iPhone is stored someplace else first. Transfer that music to your new Mac's iTunes Library, and then sync your iPhone to it. You will lose nothing that way.

Can I exchange for a new laptop? Since December it has been having hardware issues and it has already needed to get parts changed twice already. My laptop is not working properly again. I feel like I have unfortunately gotten a lemon laptop.

Can I exchange for a new laptop? Since December it has been having hardware issues and it has already needed to get parts changed twice already. My laptop is not working properly again. I feel like I have unfortunately gotten a lemon laptop.

Apple will repair or replace at its discretions, parts found to be defective in materials or workmanship.
You will have to discuss whether your history warrants a complete replacement with the folks at the Genius Bar.
I do not speak for Apple, but it sounds to me like you have been unlucky, but not unlucky enough (or have spent so much time with your MacBook in the shop) to warrant a complete replacement.
You have not provided any details of what the faults were or what was replaced. If they replaced the motherboard, you already got a new computer -- because everything except the drive and the display is on that board.

Do I need to create a recovery file for my new laptop if there is a HP recovery

I have just bought a HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC 15 - n219 sa
Serial : [Edited for Personal Information]
Product # : F9U67EA#ABU
There is a recovery partition.
I am a bit confused on the issue of recovery file creation. I have found instructions on youtube on the the creation of an image of the laptop but I wonder why I need to do that given there is a HP recovery manager.
Although I do not really know what the manager does.
Can anyone tell me what the best strategy is regarding recovery files for this laptop taking in to account the partition.
After I have done this I wish to remove macfee and install the Norton I bought. Do I need to disable the macafee? If so how do I do this?
Can I remove the macefee to save space on the hard drive?
If you can help with these questions that would be much appreciate.
I gues I just want to do the right thing with this new laptop and avoid deleting too much whilst savinbg space and having a protected machine I can restore.
Thank you
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Hi,
You should definetely create a set of Recovery Media - this is your copy of the operating system. An example of when you may need this would be if you had to replace the Hard Drive - details on creating this can be found on the following HP document.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03481733&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
Regarding McAfee, you should uninstall this first before trying to install Norton - you can do this in the usual way by opening Windows Control Panel, open Programs and Features, right click the entry for McAfee and select Uninstall. When the process has completed, restart the notebook before installing Norton.
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Looking for a new laptop, please help

I am looking into purchasing a new laptop in the next couple weeks in the $700 price range and am wondering what the best options are. I have basically narrowed it down to the Toshiba P745-S4217 and Asus U46E-BAL5. But I also like the sony VPCEG16FM/W and Toshiba R835-P70. Which one is the best bange for the buck? I want something that is fast and not to loud or overheat. I like having good speakers and something that is fast. I know the Toshiba R835-P70 is only 4GB RAM but is it that much slower then the ASUS U46E-BAL5 8GB? I dont do any gaming so that doesnt matter, will just use for school and surfing the web so want something that is fast and built to last a few years. If they are all pretty similar I am thinking the Toshiba P745-S4217 is probably best option due to speakers and blu ray. Finally, besides what is already listed on your site, are there any major differences or things I should know about the four computers I have listed. Thank you for your time and help. Feel free to offer any other suggestions for laptops as well.

No one can answer this for you. You will get lots of opinions, but you have to decide which of those laptops is right for you. You'll have to compare keyboards, screens, what software is loaded on it, etc.
Now, for my opinion (remember, you'll get lots of those): Stay as far away as you can from Sony computers. They are overpriced, and they have terrible build wuality. Toshiba has been going downhill the last two or three years, but not as badly as Sony. Asus products are pretty good, I would not hesitate to recommend them. THey have been making motherboards for a long time.
Any computer in your price range will easily handle the tasks you stated. "Fast" is a relative term, and when comparing, the figures are pretty much meaningless . Another reason to do a hands on comparison in the store.
If a single model in your price range has a lot fo features that the others do not have, then be very wary...that usually means sub-par components used just to get better specs.
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Need ideas and stuff for a new laptop or netbook.

Need ideas. I'm lookin to buy a new laptop soon. Next couple months. I want something that runs good, runs fast, doesn't have a lot of junk installed on it and something below $700 dollars (may pay more...just depends). Any brands that are good? I thought maybe getting a netbook because I really just need some small storage and an awesome internet. Would a netbook be good for that? I use verizon wireless on my laptop right now but I'm going to switch to AT&T soon.

In todays world of Net Books, 250 GB and 2 gb configurations are becoming standard. However, a majority of the Net Books out there still have the standard 1gb and 160gb hard drive configurations. You can upgrade the hard drives and memory in the newer Acer Netbooks now because of the redesign the did to the casing. The 8.9 inch net books Acer came out with could not allow the hardware upgrades because of their initial proprietary casing design. But with hacking and warranty voiding someone did it.
The bare minimum price you can expect to pay for a Net Book is $299 on average for the majority specs I posted. For better specs you will pay more for them.
Please always buy an optical drive with a Netbook or purchase a $399 laptop in the end for better flexibility.
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I bought a laptop Macbook a year ago (January). It had Snow Leopard on it, but somehow the 8.x iPhoto. I just upgraded it and my my 2008 iMac to Lion. The old computer has iPhoto 9.x on it. Do I have to buy iPhoto for the newer laptop?

I bought a laptop Macbook a year ago (January). It had Snow Leopard on it, but somehow the 8.x iPhoto. I just upgraded it and my my 2008 iMac to Lion. The old computer has iPhoto 9.x on it. So I am wondering why it says I have to buy the upgrade for a newer computer? Any ideas? I want to sync my photos with all my devices (Macbook, iPad, iPhone) through the cloud.

Not if you purchased it from the App Store. But if it's part of the iLife boxed set, then you have to repurchase. But you can purchase on the App Store which then lets you install it on as many computers as you own.

Looking for a new laptop, I work in finance. Air book or the macro with retina?

Looking for a new notebook. I work in finance and travel. Is the Mac Pro with Retina worth the extra weight or should I go with a Air book?

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The MacBook Pro with Retina display is worth, but it's limited. Note that you can't upgrade anything after buying it without voiding the warranty. The same happens with the MacBook Air.
Simply, if you have to run heavy applications, buy the MacBook Pro with Retina display. If not, buy the MacBook Air

I downloaded the latest FF version for my new laptop with Windows 7 o/s and installed without problems, so why does it crash every time I try to use FF?

My new laptop came with IE installed. I downloaded FF and installed it without any problems. FF has crashed every time I have tried to use it. I have never had this problem before on either laptop or desktop and found that I could use FF most of the time, only switching to IE occasionally when a site worked better with it ... which wasn't often.

See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_crashes
* [[Firefox crashes]]

I used the home sharing for my new laptop but only a few songs transfered

I tried to use the home sharing to add my itunes library to my new laptop. Only a few of my songs transfered. Any suggestions?

Is the new laptop authorised
Store > Authorise this computer
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I'm shopping for a new laptop

But I'm concerned with the proprietary aspect of the software
Most of if not all of the business software are windows based.and the supplemental software that is there for iOS just doesn't ease my concerns
I really have to have excel, word, outlook, work effectively not just apps that make it similar to appease me, with a ambiguous imply that it might happen later
Lets face it Mac is a sizable investment, another thing I find disappointing is that allele got rid of the 17 in screen , as I'm getting older an need a larger viewing range
The question is are they going to address these items if not I'm going to move on and go for HP very shortly
I don't need retina display not hat important and not worth the cost
Shmors

Since your older like me and didn't get one of the last 17" MacBook Pro's with Snow Leopard, and also you likely won't like the new generations of the Mac operating system that Apple keeps releasing on a annual basis now.
My suggestion is to get yourself a nice 17" anti-glare laptop from a PC vendor preferably with Windows 7 as that will be supported until 2020.
Windows 8 will be a sudden shock, as also is the OS X Lions that come on all new Mac's now.
Even though there is OfficeMac, the fonts and features are not the same as on Windows so sharing files with PC users is going to be a pain and there is ALWAYS that one piece of software you need that isn't on OS X and only on Windows, so it's like all we Mac users have to wind up running Windows eventually anyway.
So we are screwed basically and it's best just to stick with what you know.
As a Mac user for over 20 years, I've found Apple's products lately to be undesirable, childish and gimmicky, so I'm running Windows 7 on mine until it's dead or Johnny Iv'es rescues us from goofball iOSfication.

Look for a new laptop arch-full*supported

im looking for a laptop for myself, and wanna know if the hard have troubles with (achlinux)linux.
VGA:Intel x3100, works compiz/beryl ??, im not user of compiz/beryl but future use os kwin4 with composite effects.
Wireless: IntelJ PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Wi-Fi , woks fine in arch ??? or need some of vodoo
sorry but the laptop promo(dell vostro 1400) is in spanish, but here is the link:http://www1.la.dell.com/content/product … l=es&s=bsd
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Can't speak for the VGA card but the wireless card works nicely with the IWL3945 driver which is included in the latest archlinux installer and is avaible as a package in the repos.
A quick tip though. The IWL3945 driver is new and therefor migth be buggy, some reports has been made but they seem to fix it rather quickly.
If you encounter a problem that cannot be resolved easily you migth atleast consider using the old IPW3945 module+userspace daemon.
Though the IWL3945 driver is to be recommended as it eliminates the need for a userspace daemon.

No Warranty for LCD Pixel dead for a new Laptop Toshiba Satellite Pro L300-EZ1523

Hey,
I bought a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300-EZ1523 Laptop in Oct 2009. In January 2010 My motherboard went dead so I have sent the laptop to the Toshiba Depot Center initially they said they will repair it and send it within 3 - 5 Business day but they took nearly 15 days to ship it back.
Once I have received there is the big surprise. One of the pixel on my screen is dead and I tired calling the Toshiba customer care at 1-800-457-7777 and the transfer the call to Depot center which takes nearly 40 to 50 mins to get an engineer on the call for which we need so much of patients.
Today I requested to transfer the call to the Case Manager and when I told her about the problem she again tells me to call the depot and file a case with them and the UPS for the damage and she also mentioned that there is no warranty covered for the LCD Screen.
But when I shipped the laptop to the Toshiba Depot I don't had any dead pixels. Im tired calling Toshiba can anyone help me out.
Regards,
Prem.

I got problem with my Toshiba tecra A9 laptop. There is thick black line at the corner of LCD, I contacted 2 toshiba service centers but they paased me to the Toshiba support. They said that Toshiba will not pay us for LCD repair and asked me to call toshiba support and ask for their autorisation. I also called toshiba support several times, but they just make me confused. They said randomly some bizzare phrases: the service centers should aks us for autorisation no., LCD did not coverd by warranty, You made a physical damage, contact another service center, we will contact you within this business day...
The reason I have bought Tecra model was that toshiba called it as bussiness class, and offered a 3 years limited warranty!!! But the warranty is a whole fake to cheat with the clients. They even do not care about business and dont understand how our professional life is depends to our laptop. such a shame for them.
They pay some employees to talk with you several hours, just to deny their warranty and don't give you a good service!
I wonder how they calculate the repaire cost of LCD. I already find wensite which offer the LCD just for 95$. There are lots of replacement guide all over internet. I will suggest toshiba that I can service them for LCD replacement for as low as 150$. That would be a good business for me and a big deal for toshiba! At least Toshiba will not loose their clients.
From my side, I will start to aware all student around me at university to never trust Toshiba quality and warranty services and do not risk their professional life with the toshiba product and services! It seems that Dell is going to be the leader in customer services and hence in future market!

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