ok im lookin for a new laptop thats lightweight good battery replacement desktop, chatting internet, some adobe/marcomedia stuff..so i narrowed it to dell and toshiba

but whats the diff with lattitude and inspiron..and im kinda going for dell cause i can use stackable coupons..unless toshiba or even apple is better

Dell Latitude aims the business user with solid performance and warranty, the inspiron is the entry level with different CPU type ( Pay attention to the weight, a notebook with 8 pound or higher is unbearable .)




If I were you, I would go to IBM T40, T41 or R41 with centrino tech.

I bought a "returned Toshiba laptop" from CC about 10 months ago. For the most part I am happy with it. I bought it for a great price.

From rumors on the net I have heard, Toshiba has two "lines" of laptops made by two seperate companies. One for the "highend laptops", and one that is for the lowend consumer pricepoint. CC, BB CompUsa etc.
I have also heard that same manufactor makes these Dell laptops.

Consider many things when getting a laptop, the screen, CPU, weight, battery life, memory max, video shared, USB 1.1 or 2.0, video in or out?

Many factors to consider

i recommend trying to get a laptop with a mobile version of the cpu

I too recommend IBM, but only because they're solid as a rock, they've got great customer service, and have a good warranty (3 years).

They are rather pricey, though, but imagine what happens when a component of your laptop breaks down. You can't really just go out and get the parts and replace them by yourself... Of course, then, you do have to worry about them getting obsolete, but I'm still quite happy with my Thinkpad (> 3 years now, I think ).

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