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has never eaten a strawberry
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![]() so as badly as i wanted an apple laptop, i couldn't justify their inflated prices.
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#2 |
Scooby Newbie
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Location: Scotia, NY
Vehicle:2007 Mazdaspeed3 GT Black Mica |
![]() Looks great to me! Nice processor, good memory and video card.
If you've got a little more cash, bump the processor up, but you really don't have to. |
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#3 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 38672
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Location: VA
Vehicle:2017 WRX STI Lapis Blue Pearl |
![]() How fast is that hard drive? Looks good though.
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#4 | |
has never eaten a strawberry
Member#: 60106
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Location: Pennsyltucky
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Scooby Guru
Member#: 2278
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Location: Pepperell MA
Vehicle:8Sti | 07 allez White | Comp |
![]() dell = the automatic of the computer world. SHoot yourself in the head now.
Buy a real laptop, not some polished turd. IBM's are the 2nd best laptops. |
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Scooby Guru
Member#: 19546
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Location: Rochester, NY
Vehicle:2009 Honda Fit |
![]() Looks good, I just bought a 700m and its nice.
I don't understand m750 either, worst analogy ever. |
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#7 | |
has never eaten a strawberry
Member#: 60106
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Location: Pennsyltucky
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oh, and all manufacturers' pc's are "the automatics of the computer world". i would never buy one in a million years... i build my own. laptops are another story altogether. ![]() |
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![]() Having said that, nothing wrong with a Dell laptop oh and didn't IBM sell off their computer division? |
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 26315
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Location: On the grassy knoll.
Vehicle:07 Outback Silver/Silver |
![]() Go with the XP-pro. You'll be happier.
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has never eaten a strawberry
Member#: 60106
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Location: Pennsyltucky
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has never eaten a strawberry
Member#: 60106
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Location: Pennsyltucky
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 26315
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Location: On the grassy knoll.
Vehicle:07 Outback Silver/Silver |
![]() What will you be loading over your XP with?
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#13 | |
has never eaten a strawberry
Member#: 60106
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Location: Pennsyltucky
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Mostly likely, I'll be dual-booting XP Pro and Linux. |
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Scooby Newbie
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Location: AZ
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![]() How about a Sager notebook? They have the nice super glossy screens. We have 2 at my office.
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 30206
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Location: 2017 WRB BRZ
Vehicle:2005 centralohiosubarus.com |
![]() you can get all that in a Toshiba satellite for 900+
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#16 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 2278
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Location: Pepperell MA
Vehicle:8Sti | 07 allez White | Comp |
![]() Dell laptops are crap. It's great you have it expierence in IT, then I would assume you would know how awful they are. They are crap. They don't hold up to use / abuse. They are cheaper than ibm's, but they aren't nearly as nice. Did I mention they are crap? I've had 5 laptops over the course of 7 years. Of the laptops I've had the latest Inspiron was the worst. It died w/ in 2 weeks of use. I didn't even move it out of my house, and it died. It also had wierd hardware conflicts, ie it couldn't boot w/ a thumb drive attached. Just plain shoddy crap. It's your money, get what you want, but let me know how it's working out for you in 2 years.
AO This is where the stupid analogy came from: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=734626 Basically dell = crap. hugs |
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Scooby Specialist
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Location: 2017 WRB BRZ
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Oh, and I agree x a billion |
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Scooby Specialist
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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Vehicle:2005 9-2x Aero FastAr Red |
![]() Withoug reading the whole thread, we just ordered one for work this week also!
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#19 | |
has never eaten a strawberry
Member#: 60106
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Location: Pennsyltucky
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#20 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 2278
Join Date: Sep 2000
Chapter/Region:
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Location: Pepperell MA
Vehicle:8Sti | 07 allez White | Comp |
![]() Like I said, Tell me how much you like it in 2 years. Let me know how happy with it you are. I'd appreciate your honest opinon.
AO pps if you aren't planning on listening to peoples advice why'd you say: need advice! so, what do you think about the options/price? |
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#21 | |
has never eaten a strawberry
Member#: 60106
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Location: Pennsyltucky
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side note: one thing i'm sure to miss out on is apple's fit and finish. why, apple? why do you have to charge so much for your products? (and the answer is probably "because they can") |
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#22 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 2278
Join Date: Sep 2000
Chapter/Region:
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Location: Pepperell MA
Vehicle:8Sti | 07 allez White | Comp |
![]() side note: got a pb15 in november. I've been very happy with it, besides the price. 8) For what I use it for, web surfing, music, dvd's, etc, it's been steller.
We send back the 8600, and got a t41. No problems yet, but, yes it was 3-500 more. AO |
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#23 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 34683
Join Date: Mar 2003
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TXIC
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Vehicle:2015 WRX Premium Ice Silver |
![]() i just purchased a 700M and that book is sweet. small, light, and the screen is hawt. great price, too.
$899 w/ 512, 80gb hdd, and a centrino 1.6 |
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#24 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 26315
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Location: On the grassy knoll.
Vehicle:07 Outback Silver/Silver |
![]() To a certain extent I agree with m750 about the IBM being a more rugged laptop. This was truer with the older T41 vs. the T42 (current model). We are seeing more problems with the T42. Our sales group uses them and there are very few problems with them. The IT guy claims that they’re worth the extra dough. He’s had bad luck with Dell in the past (years ago). With Dell’s current offerings I’m not so sure it’s worth the extra cash.
As for the Dell being crap. Some of that might be true. I had an older dell (600 MHz) and the MB was notorious for loosing one of the DIMM socket. That eventually happened to mine. But that was after four years of light in-home use (basically desk-top). It also started life as a mobile unit for a sales person before I bought it used. The current Dell offerings are much better. I have a 600M (1.4 GHz) that I use for everything. It gets to ride in my STi (pink springs, links, arms, ball join camber plates) everyday over some pretty nasty back roads. I don’t travel with a case. It just sits on the seat or on the floorboard. It has also seen a ton of air miles in a backpack. I have almost couple of years on it now and it rock solid. The only problem I have with it is that it does no wake properly from hibernation. It is because I have a crappy driver from “Gold X” (USB to serial cable). If I uninstall the driver the problem goes away. I have to live with it because I’m too much of a cheapskate to buy another cable. If you plan on traveling much you might want to consider the 700m. I wish I would have bought the 300m (their 12.1 at the time). The wife has a 12.1 G4 power-book and when we’re sitting in coach I’m cramped with my 600M and she’s sitting there with her power-book with room to spare, I wish I would have gone with the smaller screen. |
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#25 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 3717
Join Date: Jan 2001
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Army of the Potomac
Vehicle:2011 Swagger Wagon bikes with pedals |
![]() Agreed on going small. I've had a 15" laptop and the 14" I'm posting on now, and for as much as they're both great, in retrospect I should have gone smaller. If I needed a desktop replacement, I should have just bought a desktop.
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