Help me with specs for a new laptop computer. please!?

Question

I am interested in purchasing a new laptop computer. I am not more drawn to any particular brand. Here's a little more to go on.......

Will be used to:

store pictures and home videos of my kiddos

home bookkeeping

a couple of internet games (so it needs to have good speed/video/sound)

downloading songs for ipod/mp3 players

basic internet surfing/purchasing items/etc

I do NOT want windows vista on it. I would like to have some pre-installed software (such as Microsoft Office, etc).

SO......what are your recommendations??? What specs do I need to look for?? (Please note: I am NOT computer savy, so please try to explain in easy, layman's terms). Please show me the way.......

Thanks in advance!!!!!

Answer 1

yeah buy the computer 2 years ago but seriusly  try buying costum made like cyberpower or alienware where you can control everything that goes in the computer  

Answer 2

Depends on how much your willing to spend.

For low cost your looking at a

Pentium 4 2.3ghz Processor

512 meg - 1 gig of Ram

It also depends on what type of games your are playing,

If they are graphically intense you will be looking for top of the range laptops.

I would reccomend visiting www.dell.com as you can personally customise what goes into your laptop. Its a very user friendly site.

Answer 3

/Lenovo Y510 Laptop

http://ruggedlaptop.com/

Answer 4

At least 2 gigs of RAM

Have Vista: it is fully supported by M$ (you can go on line to make your comuter seem almost like Vista)

Consider an a FULL extended warranty if you plan to use the laptop as a laptop, e.g., spill liquid on the keyboard and your laptop will probably be toast or drop your laptop