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New Laptops are Sweet

Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
in Zocalo v2.0
So i finally did it, after about 10 years of buying used laptops and refubishing them myself, i broke down and bought a brand new shiny laptop, WOO HOO (hmmm why does my wallet feel so light?)

Core 2 Duo 2.0 ghz, 2 gigs ram, GeForce 8400Go, 17 inch HD Widescreen, sweeeet


i'm so happy.
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  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    Sounds great! What kind did you get?

    I need a new laptop... but no money. :(
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    I ended up with a 17 inch dell, I see lots of people at the internet cafe with laptops, and have asked a lot of them, more people are happy with the dell's than just about any other (except for Mac's and Vaio's) and for the money, it was pretty good,

    actually i saved $350, and gained 1 gig of ram and 80 gigs of HD space by waiting 3 days before ordering it, lol
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    I'm tempted to get a laptop next school year. I be more than happy to take one of your used ones off your hand ;)
  • MundaneMundane Elite Ranger
    Bought one myself a month ago. Core2 Duo 2,2ghz, Nvidia 8600 gt with 512mb ram (Direct X10), 100gb 7200 hd...2gb memory...
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I bought a Compaq laptop about 3 months into my PhD on the basis that "it might be handy." I ended up using it more than my desktop for the next 3 years, even though it was the lowest end laptop when I bought it (Athlon Mobile 2000+, 512MB RAM, Worlds Worst Radeon). I still use it now, although not so much. It's going to be retired later this year or early next year and replaced with a macbook.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Macbook would be nice, but it is out of my price range. I think I am going to settle on a cheep dell unless I find a nice used one on craigslist.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    That was pretty much what i thought, i wanted a MacBook Pro, but they are just so expencive.


    if you do get a dell, go to ableshoppers.com, click on the coupon section, go to dell, find whatever their current coupon is, use it. saved me $350.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    Well, I played around with both Macbook/Pro laptops and I have mixed feelings about getting either. The Macbook Pro laptop is a heavy piece of equipment and I wouldn't want to have to carry it around every day (just like any other desktop replacement unit). I'm not too fond of its keyboard either, while it's very quiet, the keys feel a bit too soft and they offer hardly any resistance to pressure. The white Macbook looks like a toy (think Nintendo DS) and the black one looks too bland. The Macbook keyboard feels and looks very cheap, like those used touch-tone phones a decade or more ago. I've also seen examples of used white Macbooks and those white keyboards really do look disgusting after a while, so wash your hands before you touch one with your dirty paws. :D

    Other than that I can't find anything wrong with Macbooks. I've installed Windows XP Pro on both Macbook/Pro laptops using Bootcamp (for some co-workers) and while it runs quite well I still have a hard time understanding why anyone would want to work in Windows on a Macbook. :laugh:

    Oh, and Macbooks didn't have docking stations until very recently, I've seen one on the web just a week ago and it looks very odd and cumbersome as if it were some kind of retrofit and not something built by Apple.

    Haven't used an iMac yet, those do look sweet though... very small footprint and slick design.

    Personally I've got a Dell at home (M70) and at work (M65), pretty reliable too, no problems yet. (crosses fingers...)
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    I can get mad discounts off of Dell computers through school (somewhere around $500 off for a 17" Inspiron). So, as much as I don't want to get another Dell, it may have to be... the price is just too good to pass up. Moreover, I love video games far too much to get an Apple, unfortunately. :(
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    *pssst! bootcamp*
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    being able to run Windows on a Mac is just so bizzaire
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    But how well does bootcamp work? I mean, how well will the Apple hardware work with Windows software? Is it going to give me nothing but trouble when I try to run a game?
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    from what i've seen it runs just peachy. it's not "apple" hardware, it's all pretty much stock hardware these days, just at an apple price.
  • Space GhostSpace Ghost Elite Ranger
    Yeah, that's the other big problem: the artificially high price. I can get a comparable PC for $800 less. I really want one, but I can't justify the price. :(
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    $800 less? that'd be swell, a comperable Mac Book Pro to what i just got from Dell for $1600, would have been around $3200

    I could have gotten a straight MacBook for less. but I wanted the Pro.
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    I wish I had the money to get a really small laptop, like 14" and less in screensize and under 2kg in weight.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    I wanted just the opposite, big and bulky. however my new 17 inch dell, actually weigs about a pound less than my old 15.4 inch HP
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    [QUOTE=C_Mon;162502]I wish I had the money to get a really small laptop, like 14" and less in screensize and under 2kg in weight.[/QUOTE]
    I'm still on my trusty old IBM T42. 14" screen and right around about 2kg weight (4.5lbs). I can't imagine ever going to anything larger again. Weight and portability are more important to me.
  • DaxDax Redshirt
    I'd take anything that boots up at this point :P
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Go get yourself an Abacus or something. :p It's just not worth the continued hassle ;)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Weight and size are important for me and I don't need a desktop replacement, so I'll be getting a plain macbook.
  • Vertigo_1Vertigo_1 Ranger
    Ordered an X61 tablet off Lenovo last Friday. I'll be lucky if I get it in August though...
  • In BetweenIn Between The Ultimate Lurker
    How about this one

    :D The Sony VAIO VGN-TZ12VN a solid state Sony laptop a mere 1.15.Kg (2.4 lb) and a piddling $4,000 :rolleyes:

    [url]http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2007/07/23/Sony-VAIO-VGN-TZ12VN/p1[/url]
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    Stingray the iMacs are good. I have a 24" 2.16 Core 2 Duo and its the best mac I've ever had. Its fast, quiet and the screen is drop dead gorgeous. Its so tempting to just plonk on the sofa for the whole evening and watch tv stuff with Coverflow :D

    And I boot into XP to play Supreme Commander and Total War. Ideal scenario really.

    I've started to see more mac laptops about these days, mainly because of the bootcamp option. We get quite a few lecturers enquiring about them at work but they get shot down fast as they're "not supported". Still get the "you want a mac? go wash you mouth out after saying that!"

    All we get in these days are Dells (desktops, laptops and those crap monitors they do, impossible to callibrate a dual screen setup to match), nothing else. No Sony laptops, too much trouble, same for Toshiba and the boss hates HP for some reason. So there's nobody else to buy from but Dell.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    God, am seriously running myself into a corner here with my Circa-2000 Sony Vaio C1VPK. The 667mhz Crusoe was nice back in the day, but it chugs. and the three-cell battery pack just isn't holding the charge it used to. And the 128(more like 112mb of ram is no good, either. (Upgrading isn't worth the cost due to use of increasingly rare flush-mount Micro-SODIMMs). Nor is the 1024x480 screen resolution enough to enjoy anything. I will find a way to come out victorious!

    I am looking into a replacement, but I would much rather get a similarly-proportioned system.
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    Don't know about the X61 availability but all the T series ones I've ever ordered they claimed wait times of about a month but they always arrive within the week. I think Lenovo just goes for worse case scenario to keep customers of their back.
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    [QUOTE=Sanfam;162787]God, am seriously running myself into a corner here with my Circa-2000 Sony Vaio C1VPK. The 667mhz Crusoe was nice back in the day, but it chugs. and the three-cell battery pack just isn't holding the charge it used to. And the 128(more like 112mb of ram is no good, either. (Upgrading isn't worth the cost due to use of increasingly rare flush-mount Micro-SODIMMs). Nor is the 1024x480 screen resolution enough to enjoy anything. I will find a way to come out victorious!

    I am looking into a replacement, but I would much rather get a similarly-proportioned system.[/QUOTE]
    Somebody should have some of those dimms in their old parts collection. I think I actually have a few of those lying around somewhere. One PC100 and one PC133. Believe they are 128MB
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    You sure? I was fairly certain that these were not a common type of ram. They interface with the motherboard through a plastic socket on the *rear* of the card and are usually under 3mm thick. And as far as I'm aware, they were only ever used on Sony systems.

    Details:
    [url]http://www.memoryx.net/pcgamm164.html[/url]

    However if you have any...Oh my god I would worship you greatly. This system needs ram. Anything would be better than what it has right now.
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    I'm pretty sure at some point I had a machine with that type of ram somewhere in the junkpile a long long time ago. I could have sworn it was a compaq but maybe it was in fact a sony. I was actually not even aware that was a memory standard. I figured that was just the way the primary onboard memory was installed and the expansion slots were standard SO-DIMMs. Compaq used to make their laptops like that. The standard factory basic ram was soldered in or on a proprietary mini board that looked a lot like that. Unfortunately all I have now are a couple of standard SO-DIMM's.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Bummerage. Oh well. It looks like my plan is to eventually upgrade to a slightly more powerful Fujitsu of the same relative era, going with a standard Intel PIII Mobile instead of the crusoe. Sadly, the 2120 only offers a 933mhz crusoe, but it is better than this chip by a arge margin. And the integrated modular drive would be another plus. And the option of dual batteries and standard memory types. It just goes on and on.

    Anyhoo, I would *love* to find a modern subnotebook that is a step above my present gear without becoming needlessly bulky.
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