# If you had $4,000 to spend on a new laptop, what would you buy?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 29, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-4-000-to-spend-on-a-new-laptop-what-would-you-buy/310367 "2005-06-29T15:31:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-4-000-to-spend-on-a-new-laptop-what-would-you-buy/310367/21 "2005-06-30T19:15:55Z")

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Hey, that’s an excellent idea. Yeah, the loan does cover peripherals. An extra monitor, a good printer, a good wireless keyboard, good speakers, and I’m halfway to a desktop. All I have to do when I get my job is to purchase a box and fill it with good stuff. And I could buy a middle-of-the-road laptop now.

RandomLetters, I didn’t know that was the different in battery life. The laptop I’m on now is a Pentium M, and has good battery life. I wondered why the ones I found had a battery life of only a couple hours. Thanks for pointing that out.

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