New Laptop

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:38 pm

So, basically my brother wants a laptop that he can use with wireless internet. Mostly for sitting in his recliner during football games, and looking up stuff on his fantasy teams. He isn't a gamer unless you count Poker online.

Anyway...he is looking between these two..

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=2511

They are both Gateway, which I cringed when I heard.

I also need to buy a router with wireless capabilities and a wireless card for the laptop? Is this correct? ANy help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Post by **Lyion** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:54 pm

Hugely overpriced. You can get a good non gaming laptop for 400 bucks.

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/18/759832/

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:10 pm

the current toshiba laptops are fantastic fwiw

at work we're tossing out all the ibm/lenovo's and making a full change to toshiba (that's probably 500+ laptops)

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:03 pm

thanks guys

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:44 am

Lyion is this router okay?

http://www.compusa.com/products/product ... LLPRODAUTO

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:45 am

Also, will I be able to network the computer with a wireless laptop?

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:11 am

trendnet's aren't great

pick up a linksys wrt54GL

and yes, you can network pretty much any computer with any laptop as long as they have network cards(wired or wireless or any combination of the 2)

Post by **Lyion** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:19 am

I swear by the linksys's, but that Router is fine for a home.

Given the one you listed costs 3 bucks, I'd go ahead and get it. It should do everything you want it to.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:42 am

AGain, thanks guys

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:59 am

FYI: Acer is in the process of buying Gateway. So the services and supports may be affected during the takeover.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:28 pm

I didn't even look at the price

but yeah, for under $15 the trendnet would be fine

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:21 am

So, the brothers roommate is lettin ghim use one to see if he really needs it. He goes to turn on the new laptop, and it powers up but the screen is black. Any suggestions?

Post by **Lyion** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:45 am

It could be a number of things. First, I'd ask the roommate, though...

Post by **Martrae** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:24 am

Thought you were your brother's roommate......

kaharthemad · Post by **kaharthemad** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:03 am

Kiz most new laptops have internal wireless nics. If it does not most likely you got a refurb.

leah · Post by **leah** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:21 am

i lovvvvvvve my toshiba laptop, and my mom loves hers, too.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:59 pm

My brother and I are roommates, he has a friend in town for a while staying. His mother gave him the laptop and said. Here I cant get it to work, if you can get it to work, you can have it. Thats all the info I have.

Post by **Tossica** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:41 pm

Hook an external monitor up to it and see if it's actually booting.

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:14 pm

Tried that Toss, nothing

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:44 pm

is it actually booting up?

you might have to cycle thru it's monitor modes (usually function key + f4)

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:53 pm

thanks Tikker
Ill try that

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:15 pm

ok tried that, no luck, and also tried fn f7, since that was the monitor button. Any other suggestions?

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:51 pm

i'm not sure

i've never had a laptop not display something initially during boot up

seems weird that it wouldn't display to an external monitor either

The Kizzy · Post by **The Kizzy** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:59 am

I dl'ed the handbook, nothing there helped. I'm gonna have to call tech support.