Good experience with non-branded notebooks?
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I noticed that when it comes to notebooks people usually tend to select branded names, like Dell, Toshiba, ASUS etc. In many countries there are local notebook vendors that usually get them from Far East factories, and often such notebooks are much cheaper. I started planning my next notebook purchase, and if I go for a machine with i7, WUXGA screen, minimum of 6GB RAM (and maybe SSD to make it real dream machine), then it becomes really expensive if I choose vendors like Dell. But if I choose similar configuration using our local vendor (I am in Norway), it saves me about 1000 USD. If it was desktop machine I would not think for a minute. In fact, I built my last desktop machine from parts and saved some bucks. But would the same be right for notebooks? Branded notebooks don't seem to be particularly robust - in fact all notebooks that me and my family used (IBM, Toshiba, Dell) were kind of problematic ones (perhaps Dell was most stable). Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Вагиф Абилов MCPD (Enterprise Application Development) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey.
I like Advent, they are fairly rugged.
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I noticed that when it comes to notebooks people usually tend to select branded names, like Dell, Toshiba, ASUS etc. In many countries there are local notebook vendors that usually get them from Far East factories, and often such notebooks are much cheaper. I started planning my next notebook purchase, and if I go for a machine with i7, WUXGA screen, minimum of 6GB RAM (and maybe SSD to make it real dream machine), then it becomes really expensive if I choose vendors like Dell. But if I choose similar configuration using our local vendor (I am in Norway), it saves me about 1000 USD. If it was desktop machine I would not think for a minute. In fact, I built my last desktop machine from parts and saved some bucks. But would the same be right for notebooks? Branded notebooks don't seem to be particularly robust - in fact all notebooks that me and my family used (IBM, Toshiba, Dell) were kind of problematic ones (perhaps Dell was most stable). Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Вагиф Абилов MCPD (Enterprise Application Development) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey.
Vagif Abilov wrote:
Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Are there noname notebooks (never seen one...)? :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Vagif Abilov wrote:
Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Are there noname notebooks (never seen one...)? :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]Japanese Brand, Noname (Pron No-Narm-Me), they make crap notebooks but they do so very cheaply!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I noticed that when it comes to notebooks people usually tend to select branded names, like Dell, Toshiba, ASUS etc. In many countries there are local notebook vendors that usually get them from Far East factories, and often such notebooks are much cheaper. I started planning my next notebook purchase, and if I go for a machine with i7, WUXGA screen, minimum of 6GB RAM (and maybe SSD to make it real dream machine), then it becomes really expensive if I choose vendors like Dell. But if I choose similar configuration using our local vendor (I am in Norway), it saves me about 1000 USD. If it was desktop machine I would not think for a minute. In fact, I built my last desktop machine from parts and saved some bucks. But would the same be right for notebooks? Branded notebooks don't seem to be particularly robust - in fact all notebooks that me and my family used (IBM, Toshiba, Dell) were kind of problematic ones (perhaps Dell was most stable). Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Вагиф Абилов MCPD (Enterprise Application Development) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey.
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I noticed that when it comes to notebooks people usually tend to select branded names, like Dell, Toshiba, ASUS etc. In many countries there are local notebook vendors that usually get them from Far East factories, and often such notebooks are much cheaper. I started planning my next notebook purchase, and if I go for a machine with i7, WUXGA screen, minimum of 6GB RAM (and maybe SSD to make it real dream machine), then it becomes really expensive if I choose vendors like Dell. But if I choose similar configuration using our local vendor (I am in Norway), it saves me about 1000 USD. If it was desktop machine I would not think for a minute. In fact, I built my last desktop machine from parts and saved some bucks. But would the same be right for notebooks? Branded notebooks don't seem to be particularly robust - in fact all notebooks that me and my family used (IBM, Toshiba, Dell) were kind of problematic ones (perhaps Dell was most stable). Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Вагиф Абилов MCPD (Enterprise Application Development) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey.
I had an unbranded laptop once it was a beast 17.2" screen, 4Gb Ram, 512Mb Graphics (forgot the name but it was a major brand) and a Duo 2 Extreme processor that cost me £1200 but through dell the equivilant was around £2000 That laptop lasted me 3 years
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I buy my laptops from ASUS (republic of gamers) because of there good price/performance ratio, quality, and service. I am waiting for them to release an I7 with nvidia 480.
I recently was frightened by behavior of one ASUS notebook that suddenly mistakenly believed that headset was connected, so it disabled speakers. After googling for this error I found that it was quite frequent and could only be fixed by sending the notebook for service. Of course every brand has its own horror story.
Вагиф Абилов MCPD (Enterprise Application Development) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey.
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I had an unbranded laptop once it was a beast 17.2" screen, 4Gb Ram, 512Mb Graphics (forgot the name but it was a major brand) and a Duo 2 Extreme processor that cost me £1200 but through dell the equivilant was around £2000 That laptop lasted me 3 years
Thanks. Looks like I am heading this way.
Вагиф Абилов MCPD (Enterprise Application Development) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey.
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Vagif Abilov wrote:
Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Are there noname notebooks (never seen one...)? :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
[My articles]Yeah. All the ODMs (companies that manufacture laptops for dell, hp, etc) have whitebox lines. You can find them online as "barebones" laptops that require you to install the CPU, etc yourself. Most (all?) of the vendors will sell you all the misc parts you need as well.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Yeah. All the ODMs (companies that manufacture laptops for dell, hp, etc) have whitebox lines. You can find them online as "barebones" laptops that require you to install the CPU, etc yourself. Most (all?) of the vendors will sell you all the misc parts you need as well.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Oh, sounds interesting. Thank you. :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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I noticed that when it comes to notebooks people usually tend to select branded names, like Dell, Toshiba, ASUS etc. In many countries there are local notebook vendors that usually get them from Far East factories, and often such notebooks are much cheaper. I started planning my next notebook purchase, and if I go for a machine with i7, WUXGA screen, minimum of 6GB RAM (and maybe SSD to make it real dream machine), then it becomes really expensive if I choose vendors like Dell. But if I choose similar configuration using our local vendor (I am in Norway), it saves me about 1000 USD. If it was desktop machine I would not think for a minute. In fact, I built my last desktop machine from parts and saved some bucks. But would the same be right for notebooks? Branded notebooks don't seem to be particularly robust - in fact all notebooks that me and my family used (IBM, Toshiba, Dell) were kind of problematic ones (perhaps Dell was most stable). Are there any reasons why people usually avoid noname notebooks?
Вагиф Абилов MCPD (Enterprise Application Development) Oslo, Norway If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them. Jack Handey.
Most people (even tech people) head towards name brand laptops because they are either afraid of them (not many people know how to repair a laptop whereas everyone can replace a part on a PC) OR they would rather deal with a major vendor in the event something goes wrong.
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Oh, sounds interesting. Thank you. :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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