I need help finding the right computer for me laptop or desktop for home?

Question

all I want to do with it is
1. surf internet (wireless)
2. use windows 7
3. download movies and songs
4. must have USB drive
5. must have full size key board and screen
6. must be fast
7. i would like to put pics on there
8. would like to be able to burn movies and songs or be able to add the drive to burn movies or songs

Please help thanks.

Answer 1

With desktops you always get more speed for less money. If you dont really need the portability, get a desktop. Also a lot of laptops are faster for cheaper than they used to be. 2 to 4 gigs ram is plenty. I have a 500 gig hard drive but only use 100GB. I have 4GB ram but only use 32% of it. I have all the high powered stuff but seldom need it. Use Newegg.com, Fry's.com, and TigerDirect.com for comparisons. I personally dont think BestBuy is the best buy. And brand name to me doesn't matter as all the parts inside 95% of pc's are all brand name parts.

Answer 2

k those arent very difficult requirements to meet so maybe look into a Toshiba laptop, i dont recommend Dells and Gateways, but finding one to meet those req's should be easy, depending on the quality of video u want. for speed i recommend a core 2 duo or a i series processor or the AMD equivelent, a optical drive with DVD-DL burning capabilites if not Blu Ray. decent video card (for movies its not gonna be too important unless u want blu-rays) and u want a large HDD 1-2 TB since u will be storing images/video, and audio.

Answer 3

for all your uses, I do reccommend a laptop for the convenience of mobility and the fact that it takes up less space.



no sense getting a desktop if your not gaming.



http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-HP-Pavilion-DV7T-Laptop-Notebook-2-13Ghz-320GB-I3-/110519463741?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item19bb792f3d



did a bit of searching on ebay. this is an excellent choice for everything you need to do, multi tasking should be smooth and fast

Answer 4

i suggest a apple laptop...heres a link if you want to check it out: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/category/apple-laptops/23016.aspx?path=f2d58d4cdd03afa6173feaebbd7d7688en01