RE: [H] Which laptop?

2005-08-08 Thread Bobby Heid
My friend went with a Dell Inspiron 6000: Pentium M 1.6Ghz 512MB Ram 40GB HD 8x DVD /- RW 15,4 widescreen It retailed for $1,559, but I found a 40% off coupon so the laptop+shipping was $912. Not too bad! Thanks for any advice given. Bobby

Re: [H] Which laptop?

2005-08-08 Thread Ben Ruset
Hopefully he got the 3 year warranty. The standard warranty on the Inspiron line is 90 days IIRC. Bobby Heid wrote: My friend went with a Dell Inspiron 6000: Pentium M 1.6Ghz 512MB Ram 40GB HD 8x DVD /- RW 15,4 widescreen It retailed for $1,559, but I found a 40% off coupon so the

[H] Which laptop?

2005-08-01 Thread Bobby Heid
Hey, I have a friend that has asked me to pick them out a laptop with a $1200 budget. This budget includes a wireless router and carrying case. So basically I have about $1100 to spend. I have always heard fairly good stuff about the mid to upper range Dells. I have heard some good stuff and

Re: [H] Which laptop?

2005-08-01 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: Bobby Heid [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:26 PM Subject: [H] Which laptop? Pentium M processor (non-Celeron as it will be plugged in most of the time). Possibly wide-screen format

RE: [H] Which laptop?

2005-08-01 Thread Vincent Winterling
, 2005 2:26 PM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: [H] Which laptop? Hey, I have a friend that has asked me to pick them out a laptop with a $1200 budget. This budget includes a wireless router and carrying case. So basically I have about $1100 to spend. I have always heard fairly good stuff about

Re: [H] Which laptop?

2005-08-01 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Vincent Winterling wrote: Seriously, I've owned a couple of Dell desktops and the laptop and my employer has a Dell contract. I have an older C610 Latitude in my office with Win98se on it. My wife's is an 8200 that won't die and my daughter has My Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop is going on three

Re: [H] Which laptop?

2005-08-01 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 11:23 PM 8/1/2005, Gary VanderMolen typed: My Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop is going on three years, and has been the most dependable PC I've ever owned. It's my daily workhorse. I can see that as a desktop replacement but I certainly wouldn't want to lug the thing around especially thru