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Owyyn
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 Posted: 01/20/05 - 20:57 Post subject: laptops
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I want to buy a laptop for school. Basically it would just be for surfing the internet and programming on. But being able to game is a plus too. 
I'd want something like 1.5Ghz+ and 512mb+. Any suggestions?
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kireol
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Posted: 01/20/05 - 23:02 Post subject:
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best buy. and get the 3 year warranty with it so in 2.5 years "something" will go wrong with it and you get a free upgrade.
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Xarpolis
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Posted: 01/20/05 - 23:07 Post subject:
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And you can't touch a warranty like that!
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Owyyn
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 12:21 Post subject:
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What's the best brand to get?
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kireol
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 12:26 Post subject:
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i love my toshiba. emachine actually makes good laptops now
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Tiluvas
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 12:38 Post subject:
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I really like my IBM Thinkpad. It's a 1.4ghz with gig of ram. It's nice, small and incredibly reliable. I have no idea how much it cost though, I use it for work. 
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Owyyn
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kireol
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 12:56 Post subject:
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I have a Toshiba from BB with a nvidia 5600 Go mobile card. Just make sure you upgrade or get 1GB of ram and any 3K+ CPU and you'll be fine.
Emachines 64 bit AMD laptops are like rated better than some $3000 machine stwice their price and have ATI ummm9700?s in em
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Tiluvas
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 12:58 Post subject:
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| kireol wrote: | | best buy. and get the 3 year warranty with it so in 2.5 years "something" will go wrong with it and you get a free upgrade. |
Do you have any idea how much that affects our economy, you f*****g traitor?
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Owyyn
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kireol
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 13:05 Post subject:
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| Tiluvas wrote: | | kireol wrote: | | best buy. and get the 3 year warranty with it so in 2.5 years "something" will go wrong with it and you get a free upgrade. |
Do you have any idea how much that affects our economy, you f*****g traitor? |
$1000 laptop vs $30,000 car.
I'd say you are the bigger traitor.
Thx for playing. I'm glad I struck a nerve.
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kireol
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 13:06 Post subject:
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i hear of gateway having prblems. but check out cnet.com on those model #'s and see what real people that have already owned them say
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Owyyn
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 13:52 Post subject:
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| kireol wrote: | | i hear of gateway having prblems. but check out cnet.com on those model #'s and see what real people that have already owned them say |
I couldn't find anything about it on Cnet. I did find lots of useful information on notebookforums.com though.
Some things I found out about it:
4200 RPM HDD
XP Home
Only operates @ 800Mhz on battery power
The HDD and OS issues could be easily taken care of, but the 800Mhz is really turning me away. =\
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Deiahova
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 17:52 Post subject:
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Unless you are going to use your laptop like a desktop (plugged in the whole time) I really recommend getting one with either a Pentium M of mobile Athlon chip...they do wonders for battery life.
Another thing to look at is screen contrast, washing out, etc. Roommate has a fujitsu which looks really washed out, but other roomate's Sony looks amazing.
Widescreen is awsome, but thats just m2c.
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wellspoken
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 17:54 Post subject:
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I play wow with a 64 mb card. Works great.
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Overon
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 18:04 Post subject:
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| Tiluvas wrote: | | I really like my IBM Thinkpad. It's a 1.4ghz with gig of ram. It's nice, small and incredibly reliable. I have no idea how much it cost though, I use it for work. |
DO NOT GET THE IBM THINKPAD T30
apparently the T40+ is ok
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Rennol
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Posted: 01/21/05 - 18:35 Post subject:
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The Sony laptops with those xbright LCD's look really nice, if you care about that kind of thing
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Owyyn
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Posted: 02/17/05 - 16:52 Post subject:
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After some research I think I want to build my own.
Barebone Asus A2K w/ 128mb Radeon 9700: $831
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=DM-Z80-CMB
+ Mobile Athlon 64 3400+: $249
+ 1GB Corsair DDR400: $161
+ Western Digital 80Gb 5400RPM: $138
Total: $1379
This doesn't have the widescreen. I looked at some notebooks at BestBuy and decided I didn't like the weird ratios. I need my 1280x1024.
Finding a 7200RPM laptop HDD is difficult, apparently, so I'll just deal with the 5400.
I could also swap in a 3700+ for $100 more. Still debating this one.
What do you guys think?
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r00typooh
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Posted: 02/17/05 - 16:55 Post subject:
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don't buy gateway!
i've had numerous problems with mine, and gateway was not helpful at all in actually FIXING my problems.
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Owyyn
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Posted: 02/17/05 - 17:11 Post subject:
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| r00tus wrote: | don't buy gateway!
i've had numerous problems with mine, and gateway was not helpful at all in actually FIXING my problems. |
Yes, thats why I'm leaning towards building my own now... didn't hear anything good about them. Plus the price of the one I was looking at went up to $1500.
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Frashii
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Posted: 02/17/05 - 17:46 Post subject:
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| Tiluvas wrote: | | kireol wrote: | | best buy. and get the 3 year warranty with it so in 2.5 years "something" will go wrong with it and you get a free upgrade. |
Do you have any idea how much that affects our economy, you f*****g traitor? |
Are you mad becuase you didn't think of it first?
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wellspoken
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Posted: 02/17/05 - 18:08 Post subject:
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| r00tus wrote: | don't buy gateway!
i've had numerous problems with mine, and gateway was not helpful at all in actually FIXING my problems. |
I used to work for Gateway and i agree with this statement 100%. I worked on Desktops tho.
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Xieroth
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Posted: 02/17/05 - 19:25 Post subject:
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I have an IBM T42p ... I love this thing.
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Deiahova
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Posted: 02/17/05 - 22:41 Post subject:
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| Tiluvas wrote: | | I really like my IBM Thinkpad. It's a 1.4ghz with gig of ram. It's nice, small and incredibly reliable. I have no idea how much it cost though, I use it for work. |
I really like the IMB thinkpads, also my roommate has a sony S series VGN is really nice. Little bit pricey though.
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