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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5006198" data-attributes="member: 35909">I like my Acer Aspire 6930G.&nbsp; It really depends what you want.&nbsp; I like a &quot;desktop replacement.&quot;&nbsp; None of the cords, portable, etc... It's big (16 inch screen), heavy (probably 7 pounds, I forget), and has godawful battery life (maybe 2 hours for gaming or movies, worse than my previous laptop from 2003, I think).&nbsp; But...I mostly keep it plugged in, it lasts long enough unplugged for my needs, and I LOVE the full-sized keyboard, NVIDIA graphics card, quality sound, and hard drive and RAM.&nbsp; The two worst things about it are that the mouse pad is disgustingly far to the left (I prefer center, or to the right if not centered) and that it has Windows Vista.I got it for something like $750 last year during a holiday sale on newegg, so it wasn't terribly expensive, either.&nbsp; I definitely think I'd like it a lot less if I didn't have a mouse plugged in to it 95% of the time -- I can't express how much I hate the mouse pad alignment.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />EDIT: In general, try to go for &quot;second tier&quot; (for lack of a better term).&nbsp; IM(limited)E with computers, the highest possible specs at the moment are massively more expensive than specs that are nearly as good.&nbsp; So I try to go for a mix of fair price and high quality.&nbsp; Also, whatever is cutting edge today will just be second tier in a few months anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5006198, member: 35909"] I like my Acer Aspire 6930G. It really depends what you want. I like a "desktop replacement." None of the cords, portable, etc... It's big (16 inch screen), heavy (probably 7 pounds, I forget), and has godawful battery life (maybe 2 hours for gaming or movies, worse than my previous laptop from 2003, I think). But...I mostly keep it plugged in, it lasts long enough unplugged for my needs, and I LOVE the full-sized keyboard, NVIDIA graphics card, quality sound, and hard drive and RAM. The two worst things about it are that the mouse pad is disgustingly far to the left (I prefer center, or to the right if not centered) and that it has Windows Vista. I got it for something like $750 last year during a holiday sale on newegg, so it wasn't terribly expensive, either. I definitely think I'd like it a lot less if I didn't have a mouse plugged in to it 95% of the time -- I can't express how much I hate the mouse pad alignment. :) EDIT: In general, try to go for "second tier" (for lack of a better term). IM(limited)E with computers, the highest possible specs at the moment are massively more expensive than specs that are nearly as good. So I try to go for a mix of fair price and high quality. Also, whatever is cutting edge today will just be second tier in a few months anyway. [/QUOTE]

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