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  • S Sarath C

    I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

    -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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    Sarath. wrote:

    Which is your favorite laptop and why?

    The one in front of me, it's installed and configured just the way I like it too. :)

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    • S Sarath C

      I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

      -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

      My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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      Duncan Edwards Jones
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      By far my favourite laptop of the ones I own is the Asus[^] - but given that I only own 3 laptops that is not a representative survey...

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      • S Sarath C

        I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

        -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

        My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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        Stuart Dootson
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        My G4 iBook, because it's small, light, has good battery life and wakes up *instantly* on opening the screen. Now, if only I could justify the money for a Macbook or Macbook Pro, I could have most of those attributes *and* good performance - the 1.4GHz G4 ain't exactly quick...

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        • C Chris Buckett

          I would suspect that most peoples favorite laptop is their own :). Personally, I like the HP nx6125 range. AMD 64 chip, good value for money compared with equivalent intel models, and hi res screen. Also, HP customer service / tech support has always been great for me (for business customers anyway). ChrisB

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          Sarath C
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          What about it's graphics performance?

          -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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            Which is your favorite laptop and why?

            The one in front of me, it's installed and configured just the way I like it too. :)

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            Sarath C
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            -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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            • S Sarath C

              What about it's graphics performance?

              -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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              Chris Buckett
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              Sarath. wrote:

              What about it's graphics performance?

              Graphics performance is fine for what I do, but then I don't play that many games (Tankball works fine, though). It's a 15" screen with 1400 x 1050 which is a decent enough res, plus you can plug an external monitor in to it. ChrisB

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              • S Sarath C

                I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                Of the three I've owned (an HP Omnibook, Sony Vaio and Acer Travelmate) I'd say it was a toss-up between the Omnibook and Travelmate. One thing to look for is whether the hard disk and memory can be upgraded without opening the machine. Sony machines far very, very poorly on that score! The Acer and HP both have their ideosyncrasies, but either of them are likely to be a reasonable bet.

                Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                • S Sarath C

                  I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                  -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                  My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                  Nader Elshehabi
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                  I own two laptops. One is Acer and the second is Toshiba. My Toshiba is superior to Acer in almost everything except graphics performance where my Acer has the upper hand. This doesn't represent all Acers and Toshibas. If you really want to choose, go to one of the computer magazines sites -eg. PC-Magazine-, and see bench marks of the models you want to buy. Also take care of the battery issue. Some batteries are making fireworks these days.:)

                  Regards:rose:

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                  • S Stuart Dootson

                    My G4 iBook, because it's small, light, has good battery life and wakes up *instantly* on opening the screen. Now, if only I could justify the money for a Macbook or Macbook Pro, I could have most of those attributes *and* good performance - the 1.4GHz G4 ain't exactly quick...

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                    Sarath C
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                    I don't why i'm not looking to the Mac Side :(

                    -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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                    • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

                      Of the three I've owned (an HP Omnibook, Sony Vaio and Acer Travelmate) I'd say it was a toss-up between the Omnibook and Travelmate. One thing to look for is whether the hard disk and memory can be upgraded without opening the machine. Sony machines far very, very poorly on that score! The Acer and HP both have their ideosyncrasies, but either of them are likely to be a reasonable bet.

                      Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                      Sarath C
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                      More than one person replied that they are currently owns 3 or more laptops. But when we need 3 laptops? :~

                      -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                      My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                      • S Sarath C

                        More than one person replied that they are currently owns 3 or more laptops. But when we need 3 laptops? :~

                        -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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                        Sathesh Sakthivel
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                        I have Dell and it is working fine. my choice of laptop is Dell.

                        With Regards Satips

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                        • N Nader Elshehabi

                          I own two laptops. One is Acer and the second is Toshiba. My Toshiba is superior to Acer in almost everything except graphics performance where my Acer has the upper hand. This doesn't represent all Acers and Toshibas. If you really want to choose, go to one of the computer magazines sites -eg. PC-Magazine-, and see bench marks of the models you want to buy. Also take care of the battery issue. Some batteries are making fireworks these days.:)

                          Regards:rose:

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                          Sathesh Sakthivel
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                          Also take care of the battery issue. Some batteries are making fireworks these days. Absolutly true.

                          With Regards Satips

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                          • S Sathesh Sakthivel

                            I have Dell and it is working fine. my choice of laptop is Dell.

                            With Regards Satips

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                            Sarath C
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                            Yea some of my friends have take Dell and they are the best deals and deliver better performance. But at the same time i heard that it has some problems with batteries and all :(

                            -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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                            • S Sarath C

                              I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                              -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                              My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                              toxcct
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                              Sarath. wrote:

                              Which is your favorite laptop and why?

                              mine ! :cool:


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                              • S Sarath C

                                I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                                -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                                My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                Marc Clifton
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                                I like my Toshiba because of it's wide screen and hyperthreading processor. I like my Dell Inspiron because it's more portable--weighs less, smaller form factor and has great screen res. With two batteries in the bays, I can run a good 6 hours or more on battery power. I don't like the Toshiba's sunken keyboard. Gives me carpal tunnel, whereas I've never had any problems using the Dell keyboard. On both laptops, I upgraded the memory to 1GB and the hard disks to 7200 RPM. On the Toshiba, I actually have a second hard disk. Both have adequate performance for what I do, though on the Dell, I can't use the new Consolas font because it just kills scrolling, even though ClearType doesn't cause that problem with any other font. But both these machines are several years old. I was looking around to upgrade, but I frankly can't justify it right now because they do the job just fine, technology is changing too rapidly (it always changes, but it's really clipping along) and my client sent me a Core Duo desktop unit with a blazing fast video card, so I really have no reason to upgrade the laptops. Marc

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                                  I like my Toshiba because of it's wide screen and hyperthreading processor. I like my Dell Inspiron because it's more portable--weighs less, smaller form factor and has great screen res. With two batteries in the bays, I can run a good 6 hours or more on battery power. I don't like the Toshiba's sunken keyboard. Gives me carpal tunnel, whereas I've never had any problems using the Dell keyboard. On both laptops, I upgraded the memory to 1GB and the hard disks to 7200 RPM. On the Toshiba, I actually have a second hard disk. Both have adequate performance for what I do, though on the Dell, I can't use the new Consolas font because it just kills scrolling, even though ClearType doesn't cause that problem with any other font. But both these machines are several years old. I was looking around to upgrade, but I frankly can't justify it right now because they do the job just fine, technology is changing too rapidly (it always changes, but it's really clipping along) and my client sent me a Core Duo desktop unit with a blazing fast video card, so I really have no reason to upgrade the laptops. Marc

                                  Thyme In The Country

                                  People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                  There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                                  People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                                  Sathesh Sakthivel
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                                  I too heard about toshiba.It is also good.

                                  With Regards Satips

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                                  • S Sarath C

                                    I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                                    -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                                    My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                    Chris Maunder
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                                    One of http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/[^] (as soon as they release the new version)

                                    cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                      One of http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/[^] (as soon as they release the new version)

                                      cheers, Chris Maunder

                                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                      Sarath C
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                                      Chris one more question. Why?

                                      -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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                                        Chris one more question. Why?

                                        -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                                        My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                        Chris Maunder
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                                        Currently it's a fast machine. When the Core 2 Duo's come out it will be even nicer, so that's a bonus. Also: good battery life, good features such as bluetooth, Wifi, fast HDD, nice screen, the slot-loading DVD drive (why doesn't everyone do this?), the magentically coupled power cable (good safety feature), lightweight, and very slim. But most of all: because it was designed with class. It wasn't designed by engineers or geek boys. The thing has style.

                                        cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                        • S Sarath C

                                          I'd like to buy a new laptop. At present which one has good performance, better reliability and expandability finally on price :)

                                          -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

                                          My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern

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                                          Eytukan
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                                          Thinkpad is the best one. Got heck a lot of features around it. But the last one I had got heated up like an oven. I hate it when it starts to heat up. But all other features are really good. Now I have an Acer Travelmate. It's a low end notebook but decent enough. only 256 MB Ram :( though. But the wonder is it never gets heated up. Superb cool!!! very light too. I run it all the day but it cares a damn about the heat. But anyway I'm ordering a Dell Inspiron 6400 this month. just 700 USD. Damn good configuration. Core 2 Duo, 1 GB ram, Dual Layer DvD writer, 80 GB Sata. 15" wide screen. what else you want more?:->. Go for Dell it's quite affordable. If you have a heavy wallet, go for Thinkpads.. they are the best. may be the newer ones come with a better heat sink mechanism.


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