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Whats your Favorite brand?
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Name: Bryan (by extreme486)
Date: October 5, 2005 at 15:08:16 Pacific
Subject: Whats your Favorite brand?OS: Windows XP Pro.CPU/Ram: P4 / 512MB |
Comment: I am looking into buying a laptop for basic use. i like my speed and the little extra features but i don't need something for a gamer becasue i never play games but i just wanted to know what is everyones favorite brand or laptop.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Impavidus
Date: October 5, 2005 at 15:42:13 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Asus or IBM. Get a decent one though... you get what you pay for. DON'T BUY ACER OR COMPAQ!!!
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Response Number 3
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Name: GX1 Man
Date: October 5, 2005 at 21:44:29 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I don't know who Thorpe is (???) but it depends how much money you want to spend. The lower priced ones don't usually have enough RAM to run XP properly, and the warranties are 1 year or less. If I were going toget one that I intended to keep it would be a ThinkPad or one of the Dell Latitudes (not an Inspiron) You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users
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Response Number 4
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Name: johnr
Date: October 6, 2005 at 01:30:45 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I've had a Compaq Presario for 3 years now and it's used daily for the business. Don't know how things have hanged since joining up with HP but their support line is very good. Thinkpads (IBM) have had some hardware problems recently on one of their ranges but I suppose all manufacturers go through sticky stages. Dell certainly produce well-featured laptops but I've had bad experiences with their support. Surprisingly the nicest laptop I've come across recently, which I needed to contact their support about & was quite pleased with the response, was Medion - but they seem to use slightly unusual sources or hardware so unless you're looking for lots of features for little money I'd give them a miss. Finally, don't ignore Asus - they are getting very good reviews for decent, well-specced laptops. "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."
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Response Number 5
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Name: RCB2000
Date: October 6, 2005 at 04:10:03 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)This is just my experience but I would disagree with Impavidus on the comment on Acer and Compaq. 1) Acer are not a tough as an IBM on build quality but I have used both the Travelmate and Aspire series and if you don't chuck them against a brick wall everyday they are great value for money
2) My nextdoor neighbour has a 15 year old who has had a compaq laptop for 2+ years and that thing gets some real hammer!!! Still going strong! I agree though you get what you pay for. Turn it off, wait a while, turn it back on again.
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Response Number 7
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Name: bluejay
Date: October 7, 2005 at 14:31:20 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Hi, You may want to check out the August issue of PC World. There were some rated in there. That may give you some more info. Bluejay
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