Newbie with some questions

[disbthai]

hi everyone...as you see i'm new to the forum...just have a couple of questions or need advice from the expert...

1. I'm looking to get a laptop pretty soon (tax refund), and my budget is around $800-1G max...what should I be looking for and what should I stay away from (pentiuem, celeron etc...)

2. I also want to network my new laptop going wireless...which wireless router is the best for the bucks (802.11b or 802.11g). thanks

[HeadBand]

well my brand prefs would be dell or toshiba....pentuim 4's are tons better than celerons but if all you will be using it for is office/internet then a celeron will be fine and is less $ it all depends on what you will be using it for

as for wifi a b connection can carry broadband internet just fine but you will want g if you intend to be moving large files across a network frequently

[disbthai]

thank you for the quick reply...my primary usage is internet 90%, and 5% is for gaming, 5% music listening (downloading).

i'm currently in a one bedroom apartment 800 sq feet...so B should do the job? thanks agian

[haxxorpoop]

If your gaming, you might want G for the transfer speeds.

I reccomend Toshiba. Their labtops are great, and their build quite sold.

Welcome to TechIMO

[DanGrease]

1. I would go for an IBM, but they are expensive. Go for a Dell or a Toshiba instead. Great notebooks for a nice price. Stay away from Celeron and Duron in a notebook. Go for something like Pentium 4M or Centrino. Even a Athlon XPM is a nice choice.
2. 802.11b

dan

[Starfury_2260]

Saw a thing on laptop processors on techtv and they said the best intel is the pentium m (not 4m). 4m and m are 2 different processors.