Laptop purchase. Spend my money please!
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Ah... funny you should ask. :) Regardless of which machine you end up buying, try to get one with a fast hard drive (7200 rpm) and a fast front end bus. Today, CPU speed is not the best indicator of performance. You may want to consider getting a "slower" Pentium M processor as opposed to a high speed Pentium 4. I strongly recommend the Dell 8600, which I bought last weekend. I paid $1700 for mine: WUXGA 1920x1200, 256M (I added 512M from Circuit City - much cheaper than Dell), 60G 7200rpm. I saved some bucks by getting WinXP Home and upgraded to XP Pro using my MSDN DVDs. Dell's service is pretty impressive - I mistakenly ordered a floppy drive, and when I changed my mind, they sent someone from UPS to pick it up at no cost to me. Also, I haven't seen any other manufacturer (IBM included) who makes it so darn easy to reinstall your OS with all the right drivers. The usual free shipping and no sales tax (in MA) made the 8600 an easy choice. Good luck, and let us know what you end up getting! /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com
Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Dell's service is pretty impressive - I mistakenly ordered a floppy drive, and when I changed my mind, they sent someone from UPS to pick it up at no cost to me. Maybe I had bad luck, but when my Axim wasn't up to scratch (severe performance problems) and I decided I wanted my money back I was kindly requested to pay the 40~50 euro UPS shipping fee back to Ireland... :( Needless to say I wasn't impressed. Paul ;) Homepage: ZAblog.nl
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OK, I know many of you here use laptops and a good variety of them. Given that I cannot make up my mind, I'm going to ask you good people to do it for me! I have been looking at the Compaq AMD64-based R3000Z and the Dell Inspiron 9100 (the XPS only ships with a 1900x1200 screen and that is too tiny for me and I don't want to up the DPI setting). So, given these requirements, please spend my money and tell me why! Intel: 3.0 Ghz w/ HT and above AMD: (don't know too much about these CPUs ... would want speed similar to the Intel above) RAM: 1 GB Screen: WSXGA+ (1600x1200) Graphics 64MB+, dedicated if possible Sound: Don't really care HD: 60+ GB. The Compaq only has 4200 rpm, the Dell I can get a 7200 rpm. This will be used mainly for development. But, it absolutely HAS to play Doom 3. Assuming iD ever finish it. I know this is an oft-repeated and boring thread, but I just cannot make up my mind. Budget is up to $2500 USD. Alienware is not an option! Thanks. P.S. So far the Compaq is about $2,050 and the Dell $2,450 with configured options.
whatever you get will be fine, I trust your judgement. Just shoot me an email when your ready to purchase so I can give you the correct shipping address. :-D BW The Biggest Loser
"People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
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OK, I know many of you here use laptops and a good variety of them. Given that I cannot make up my mind, I'm going to ask you good people to do it for me! I have been looking at the Compaq AMD64-based R3000Z and the Dell Inspiron 9100 (the XPS only ships with a 1900x1200 screen and that is too tiny for me and I don't want to up the DPI setting). So, given these requirements, please spend my money and tell me why! Intel: 3.0 Ghz w/ HT and above AMD: (don't know too much about these CPUs ... would want speed similar to the Intel above) RAM: 1 GB Screen: WSXGA+ (1600x1200) Graphics 64MB+, dedicated if possible Sound: Don't really care HD: 60+ GB. The Compaq only has 4200 rpm, the Dell I can get a 7200 rpm. This will be used mainly for development. But, it absolutely HAS to play Doom 3. Assuming iD ever finish it. I know this is an oft-repeated and boring thread, but I just cannot make up my mind. Budget is up to $2500 USD. Alienware is not an option! Thanks. P.S. So far the Compaq is about $2,050 and the Dell $2,450 with configured options.
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Just to add a foot-note to your remarks re: Gateway. Up until recent, our company used Gateway as our primary source for laptop computers. The machines we have all seem to be fine, no real issues to complain about; however, we were recently informed that "On-site Service" actually means "We send you the parts, and you install them yourself, 'on-site'; not that we actually send someone out to your place of business to do the repair 'on-site' for you ..." I'm not going to debate what people believe the words "on-site service/repair" to mean; I just know what I perceive "on-site service" as being ... and it's NOT "Do it yourself". Just thought I'd share that info. D.
Douglas Troy wrote: we were recently informed that "On-site Service" actually means "We send you the parts, and you install them yourself, 'on-site'; not that we actually send someone out to your place of business to do the repair 'on-site' for you ..." :wtf: Later, JoeSox "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." -- Albert Einstein joeswammi.com ↔ humanaiproject.org ↔ joeswammi.com/sinfest
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A happy customer will tell to 1 other customer. A frustrated customer will post it on CP several times :) Yes, even I am blogging now!
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whatever you get will be fine, I trust your judgement. Just shoot me an email when your ready to purchase so I can give you the correct shipping address. :-D BW The Biggest Loser
"People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
-Hollywood FreaksI believe the Bill To and Ship To addresses have to be the same :)
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OK, I know many of you here use laptops and a good variety of them. Given that I cannot make up my mind, I'm going to ask you good people to do it for me! I have been looking at the Compaq AMD64-based R3000Z and the Dell Inspiron 9100 (the XPS only ships with a 1900x1200 screen and that is too tiny for me and I don't want to up the DPI setting). So, given these requirements, please spend my money and tell me why! Intel: 3.0 Ghz w/ HT and above AMD: (don't know too much about these CPUs ... would want speed similar to the Intel above) RAM: 1 GB Screen: WSXGA+ (1600x1200) Graphics 64MB+, dedicated if possible Sound: Don't really care HD: 60+ GB. The Compaq only has 4200 rpm, the Dell I can get a 7200 rpm. This will be used mainly for development. But, it absolutely HAS to play Doom 3. Assuming iD ever finish it. I know this is an oft-repeated and boring thread, but I just cannot make up my mind. Budget is up to $2500 USD. Alienware is not an option! Thanks. P.S. So far the Compaq is about $2,050 and the Dell $2,450 with configured options.
How about Sager? I own a 4780 and it is an excellent laptop. And the nice thing is, Sager's are actually manufactured by Clevo, the same company that manufactures Alienware computers. Here are the interesting highlights: 17" WXGA Active Matrix Display (can't meet you resolution requirements, but the screen is larger) Intel® Pentium® 4 3.2(800MHz FSB) Processor 256 MB 400MHz PC3200 DDR [Expandable to 2048 MB] 40.0/60.0/80.0 GB Ultra DMA Hard Drive Integrated TV-Tuner with Remote CMOS Video Camera 6-in-1 Card Reader ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600 PRO 128MB DDR 6 Channel Analog Audio output 1 Type II PCMCIA Slot Infra Red, Wireless Fast IR interface USB 2.0 Ports Firewire Port (4 PIN) Optional Internal 802.11b Wi-Fi Wirless LAN Module Their support is also excellent. Send them an e-mail and they will call you before the end of the business day. http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/notebooks/product.cfm?ProductType=4780[^]
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Ok, I just _had_ to do it... Code Product Quantity Price/Ea. Total HGC Hollywood Gold Custom $3,999.99 $3,999.99 Logo: Rock Hollywood_Display: 17inch_high_res $639.00 $639.00 CacheFlow: Built-in $299.00 $299.00 SuperBIOS: Built-in CPU: P4_3_4GHz_Extreme_800MHz $1,405.00 $1,405.00 L2_Cache: 512K Memory: 2GB_ddr_400MHz $1,399.00 $1,399.00 Hard_Drive: puram_extended $9,479.99 $9,479.99 Graphics: ATI9700_Pro 2nd_Hard_Drive: puram_extended $9,479.99 $9,479.99 Optical_Bay_1: DVD_PLUS_MINUS_R-RW $529.00 $529.00 Hollywood_Speakers: 4x media_bay: battery $179.00 $179.00 Digital_Audio: Built-in Video_Out: S-Video_Out Card_reader: built_in Multi-Monitor_Connectivity_Pack: None tv_remote: none External_PCI_Card_Connectivity: None CCD_Video_Camera: Built-in Firewire: 1_1394aPort USB2: 3_Ports Modem_GigaLAN: Built-in modem: 56k_modem InfraRed: Built-in Wireless: Built-in $149.00 $149.00 Bluetooth: Built-in $99.00 $99.00 Battery: 8-cell_4400mAh 90w_ac_adapter: Extra $139.00 $139.00 car_inverter: extra_car $139.00 $139.00 Keyboard: US_English Carrying_Case: Deluxe Warranty: Deluxe_Limited RAID: raid_0_1 $195.00 $195.00 dvi_connect: dviconnect HDTV: none ext_floppy: none Booster: Booster_Pack $89.00 $89.00 DVI_VGA: none Total: $28,219.97 :cool: ~Nitron.
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Ok, I just _had_ to do it... Code Product Quantity Price/Ea. Total HGC Hollywood Gold Custom $3,999.99 $3,999.99 Logo: Rock Hollywood_Display: 17inch_high_res $639.00 $639.00 CacheFlow: Built-in $299.00 $299.00 SuperBIOS: Built-in CPU: P4_3_4GHz_Extreme_800MHz $1,405.00 $1,405.00 L2_Cache: 512K Memory: 2GB_ddr_400MHz $1,399.00 $1,399.00 Hard_Drive: puram_extended $9,479.99 $9,479.99 Graphics: ATI9700_Pro 2nd_Hard_Drive: puram_extended $9,479.99 $9,479.99 Optical_Bay_1: DVD_PLUS_MINUS_R-RW $529.00 $529.00 Hollywood_Speakers: 4x media_bay: battery $179.00 $179.00 Digital_Audio: Built-in Video_Out: S-Video_Out Card_reader: built_in Multi-Monitor_Connectivity_Pack: None tv_remote: none External_PCI_Card_Connectivity: None CCD_Video_Camera: Built-in Firewire: 1_1394aPort USB2: 3_Ports Modem_GigaLAN: Built-in modem: 56k_modem InfraRed: Built-in Wireless: Built-in $149.00 $149.00 Bluetooth: Built-in $99.00 $99.00 Battery: 8-cell_4400mAh 90w_ac_adapter: Extra $139.00 $139.00 car_inverter: extra_car $139.00 $139.00 Keyboard: US_English Carrying_Case: Deluxe Warranty: Deluxe_Limited RAID: raid_0_1 $195.00 $195.00 dvi_connect: dviconnect HDTV: none ext_floppy: none Booster: Booster_Pack $89.00 $89.00 DVI_VGA: none Total: $28,219.97 :cool: ~Nitron.
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startIf it drives me to work too that'll be great because that costs way more than my car :-D Why no HDTV? That's a deal breaker right there!
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OK, I know many of you here use laptops and a good variety of them. Given that I cannot make up my mind, I'm going to ask you good people to do it for me! I have been looking at the Compaq AMD64-based R3000Z and the Dell Inspiron 9100 (the XPS only ships with a 1900x1200 screen and that is too tiny for me and I don't want to up the DPI setting). So, given these requirements, please spend my money and tell me why! Intel: 3.0 Ghz w/ HT and above AMD: (don't know too much about these CPUs ... would want speed similar to the Intel above) RAM: 1 GB Screen: WSXGA+ (1600x1200) Graphics 64MB+, dedicated if possible Sound: Don't really care HD: 60+ GB. The Compaq only has 4200 rpm, the Dell I can get a 7200 rpm. This will be used mainly for development. But, it absolutely HAS to play Doom 3. Assuming iD ever finish it. I know this is an oft-repeated and boring thread, but I just cannot make up my mind. Budget is up to $2500 USD. Alienware is not an option! Thanks. P.S. So far the Compaq is about $2,050 and the Dell $2,450 with configured options.
Always do a google search for Dell Coupons if you go with them. Right now you can get an additional 150 off with a coupon until 6-9-04. 200 if you get an expensive one. That's over and above the dell deals they offer which already includes 150 off the 9100's. I had a 15wsxga 3.2ht 7200rpm 60 gig 1gig mem comfigured for 17something tonight. Now to just figure how to pay for it... ;)
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I believe the Bill To and Ship To addresses have to be the same :)
:sigh: Never hurts to ask, right? ;) BW The Biggest Loser
"People look so snooty, take pills make them moody
Automatic bazootie, zero to tutti frutti"
-Hollywood Freaks -
l a u r e n wrote: DON'T BUY A SON..... Buy a daughter~~~ :-D
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: Message clear... I wonder if your experience with Sony would have been different if they had known that you have access to over 1 million geeks who happen to respect your opinion?:-D I'm seling my Sony stock right now... Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.