Right now is the worst time to buy a new laptop

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by TBloom • 14 years ago

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simon• 14 years ago

It's always the worst time to buy technology hardware. Just go ahead and buy if you need something and don't look at the adverts for a few months so you don't kick yourself silly for not waiting for the all the shinier toys that come out immediately after your purchase.

Destroyer661• 14 years ago

If you're looking for power with 7-8 hours of battery life, checkout the Y570 from Lenovo. Seems like this "aspiring IT professional" needs to do a LOT more research than just checking out whatever new macbook is out. I spent $700 on my laptop, and put a 120GB SSD in for another $100 and I do have the 8 hours of battery life and instant wake up (arguably almost instant boot as well, it only takes ~10 seconds). I don't disagree that laptops aren't about to get better (ivey bridge is going to be huge), but they're always getting better.

SamReidHughes• 14 years ago

You can already get 8-hour-plus laptop battery life, with plenty more options than just the mentioned Y570. This is at all ranges of size from 12" to 15". Wake-up from sleep is easily under 4-5 seconds, the cooling fans are not obnoxious.

Better reasons this is the worst time to get a laptop: hard drive shortages, the coming Ivy Bridge laptops, and of course, almost everything has already moved over to 16:9 screens :)

Right now is the worst time to buy a new laptop

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