laptop experience
I would also strongly suggest you look into a couple of things:
* Toshibas - I love mine, never had a problem, and customer support, in
case you have a question or issue, is *great*
* Built-in wireless. Absolutely essential for a laptop of any kind.
You have no idea how much you will use it!!
* Enough USB and Firewire ports to last you a few years.
I bought a Toshiba Satellite M35 (1.4 Ghz Centrino, 60GB HD, 512 MB
RAM, wide screen)
I also appreciate these features that I didn't care much about before I
bought the laptop:
* The harmon-kardon built in speakers
* The almost full-sized keyboard
* The wide screen
Based on the experience of several people I know, I would not buy Dell -
two of my friends had power supplies die on their (different model)
computers, and one had a hard drive die not long ago. Also, from
personal experience, I dislike Dell support (I always seem to get hung
up on by their lengthy automated prompt system)...
Oh, and lastly,
GO SOX!
-Robyn
Jeffry Houser wrote:
> For the most part a laptop is just like any other computer.
>
> I would recommend pricing out comparable HP machines before buying. My
> HP was ~$1,000 cheaper than a comparable Dell or Gateway.
>
> At 11:04 AM 10/7/2004, you wrote:
> >Subject: Laptop
> >From: Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:54:19 -0400
> >Thread:
> >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=14371&forumid=5#130397
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm considering purchasing a new laptop. I've wanted one for awhile now
> >and Dell is doing a special deal where they will deduct $500 of some of
> >their laptops that cost over $1500 plus they will give you a
> rebate. Most
> >of the systems I have speced out seem to result in a $200 rebate. A $700
> >break essentially comes out to about a 40% (out of total cost of $1700)
> >savings over list price. Plus you get $50 in free shipping and no tax.
> >
> >This would be my first laptop. Is there anything I really need to
> >know? Basically I just need it to read web pages, manage my finance via
> >MS Money, player online poker, write some papers, read forums etc. I
> don't
> >plan on doing much development work on it - mostly because I don't
> have any
> >extra licenses for the stuff I would want to load on the notebook - and I
> >don't plan on using it to watch movies etc.
> >
> >My choices are essentially the Inspirion 8600, 700m or 600m. Anyone use
> >any of these before? Any recommendations on what I need?
>
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