Why is a Toshiba laptop better than a Macbook and Dell?
Please provide details and your degree of computer expertise. Need this soon because my Dad is taking me to Best Buy to get a Toshiba laptop. The man told us that the Toshiba was the best but he didn't say why. Please provide details and your computer science degree. Thanks in the future for your answers. Also is around $2,000.00 enough for the best? Please provide details please.
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yes. better specs
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do a review search for that price range ----- but for 2000.grand give me a mac
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i would say macbook pro is better if you plan to run leopard os. if you plan to run windows, than there is no point of buying mac. being an ex mac user, i could not understand why mac wants to get the share of the windows user.....silly.
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toshiba is not the best he is just being a salesman i suggest doing a little more research
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Macs are really "overpriced". Many people claim that the style and design of a Mac is worth it, but they are expensive no doubt. Dells are also "brand name" so you pay more. Toshiba's are not "the best" but you get more for your money. If you spend $2000 on a Mac it would have a slower specs than a $2000 Dell, and a $2000 Toshiba would beat them both. If cost is no option though, and your willing to spend a lot more (around $4000!) then Macs, Alienware, and Dell XPSs will be the best computers. But at the $2000 range, a Toshiba will have the best stuff under the hood.
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No brand is better than the other. I work in the IT Industry and use my laptop daily and have for the last 5 years. I love Toshiba's because they have been great for me. However, some other friends of mine have had bad experiences with them. My opinion, you cannot go wrong buying a Toshiba, just make sure you get the extended warranty no matter what brand you buy. I had a Mac, got rid of it because all of the tools I use as a developer cannot be installed on the Mac. Buy a Mac if you are not going to need windows programs and games.
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No, Toshiba is not the best. Why would you listen to those underpaid high school/college kids at Bestbuy? Even the Geek Squad is questionable at times. In terms of number of repairs, Dell and Sony have the fewest. Top specs are arguable, you can find different specs by different brands. HP and Gateway normally cater towards the cheaper end of the spectrum though, but that's not to say you won't find a high spec'd HP or Gateway. 2 of my friends had Toshibas, both of them broke. That's just personal anecdote, but definitely get an extended warranty for your laptop. You might have to argue with Geek Squad a lot (like my friend had to in order to get their computer fixed. They wouldn't junk it out even after 6 repairs even though it was the same issue). I'd say Sony for top specs in a big box retailer, but you'll also pay the premium for it. My friend got a laptop for $1300 with a 200gb harddrive, 2gb of RAM, Vista Home Premium, and a 2.2-ish Ghz Core 2 Duo. So that's probably going to be near what you find in the "top of the line" category. Just looking online, this is probably the best spec's you'll find on a laptop. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8617721&type=product&id=1192835691910 It's got 250gb, a dual core processor, 2gb of RAM, Vista Home Premium, integrated web cam, memory card reader, gigabit LAN, a/b/g/n wifi, and a 8600M graphics card. You might be able to find some other frills on different notebooks, but the 250gb/2gb/Core2Duo is where laptops cap out. The only difference would be webcam, fingerprint reader, Bluray drive, higher resolution screens, etc. That laptop is a 17" though, but Asus is a very good brand. Their manufacturer warranty lasts for 2 years with next day shipping to and from the repair center. Most manufacturers only have a 1 year warranty and you have to pay for shipping. If your dad uses a credit card that doubles the manufacturer's warranty (it's a perk on some cards), Asus is hands down the best deal you will find.
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It isn't. The MacBooK Pro with Leopard is way better than both the Dell and the Toshiba - unless you are a gamer. http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ MacBook Pro runs Windows too http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.24/24.02/VirtualizationBenchmark/ And Leopard is way better than Vista as voted by PC Mag.com http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2273579,00.asp Guided tour of Leopard http://www.apple.com/findouthow/macosx/
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Just don't get a Dell--the quality sucks. I've had good experiences with Toshiba laptops, but this was many years ago. Macs are great because they can run Windows programs/games and Mac stuff. If you don't anticipate a need to run Mac stuff or if you don't really like Mac OS X, a Toshiba is probably good enough. ThinkPads are nice too. As a rule of thumb, the absolute best that you want is always going to be $4000, no matter what time period you're in. In the mid-90s, the top of the line laptop (a Toshiba that I had) had a 90 MHz Pentium and a CD drive; it cost $4,000. Nowadays, the absolute best computers are still $4,000.
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This is the most expensive Toshiba, currently in the best buy stores. I wouldn't buy it. Satellite it's not the best by Toshiba, but Quosmio.http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8674598&productCategoryId=abcat0502003&type=product&tab=2&id=1197075130745#productdetail With $2000 I'd built my computer from HP and would put the fastest processor, TV tuner,Blue tooth,12 cell battery, The best Nvidia video card, direct labeling disc, webcam, 2 year warranty, double hard drive at 120GB each Windows Vista Ultimate. Or buy me a Mac pro, for $2000.
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do your own homework, and if you are serious about getting bang for your buck, then buy DELL, go to www.dell.com.au web site and customise a inspiron 1720 to your own specs and see just what you can get for $2000 then compare this with the others......you will find it hard to find any better specs for the same value. I have owned 4 DELL laps overt the past 7 years and am about to upgrade to a 1720.
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