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People will find this absolutely nuts, but I've found recent Compaq laptops to be of exceptional quality.

Friend of mine nearly died in a 90mph motercycle accident coming home from a study group ( was dicking around on his bike... f'ing dumbass.... but thats another story all together)..... anyways.. had his compaq on his back in his backpack... survived the wreck without any damage... still works...


I've had my compaq for nearly 2 years... works great and I use it nearly daily at school.

I know they used to make shitty desktops, but they must be doing something right.

dell laptops are good, wait until august for launch of core 2 duo, its a lot better than core duo (20% faster for same clock)

Yup - buy a Compaq - good value, good performance and tough as nails.

Do NOT buy anything from Fujitsu-Siemens though......I have an Amilo D 1845 and the heat generated by this thing could melt the polar icecaps!!
Fuji laptops crack within 4 months and their customer service sucks ass.....avoid them like the plague!!!!

If Dell price there laptops anything like their desktops, you'll probably get the best bang for you buck from them. Dell are decent untill you wanted to fiddle around with the insides.

you can get a macbook for $1200 and just upgrade the RAM later.  You can get 2gb for $160 on newegg.com.  The good thing about macbooks is that you can install BootCamp and run Windows on them now.  They really seem to be a great option.

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

claydawg wrote:

you can get a macbook for $1200 and just upgrade the RAM later.  You can get 2gb for $160 on newegg.com.  The good thing about macbooks is that you can install BootCamp and run Windows on them now.  They really seem to be a great option.

macbooks are good... but dells are a tad cheaper and better

True, but I bet that chick in your sig would rather have a macbook

i have a dell laptop, 1.7ghz 512mb ram etc etc, got from eBay for £430 from dell themselves - works v well and is easy to use relatively

I got a HP dv5170us recently, and it runs pretty damn well

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopp … 72UA%23ABA

I got mine for around 1000$ when they were on sale though.

Truth be known there are actually very few companies that manufacture their own Notebooks, I mean hell Dell doesn't even do their own Notebook Manufacturing. Fujitsu, Lenovo, Asus are some names that do their own manufacturing for what they sell. Alienware, Voodoo PC, Falcon NW, Hypersonic mostly all models made by Clevo (mostly sold as Sager through PC Torque). Dell, Sony, Toshiba, HP, Compaq almost all models either manufactured by Quanta, ASUS, Chembook, FIC, Twinhead, Compal or about a hundred others.

I have been involved in the white box / VAR computer industry for over 10 years and I tell you that these days in a given price range most notebook computers are going to be "relatively" equal you just have to decide if company A gives a better warranty or accessories and options at a similar cost to Company B. Personal Favorites are Clevo/Sager (usually DTR notebooks) and ASUS, but I have to be honest that some of the Newer HP Pavilion DV Line are pretty sweet (ODM by Quanta) but they are on the large side.

The Asus A6V is pretty bitchin, lightish (6Lbs), sexy yet understated styling, WXGA 15.4 screen, Radeon X700 and pretty good battery life (+-3 hrs on max batt). comes home at around $1100 after rebates...
Newegg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6834220072
Review - http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2628

If you are looking for SUPER mobile.. you are going to have to give up a lot of features and power while keeping the price somewhere reasonable. FIRSTLY stay as far away from the super tiny Sony Vaio's while great notebooks they are SUPER overpriced. A good alternative would be the Toshiba R205 at 2.9 Lbs its not going to be a powerhouse and you would need to pick up an external USB dvd drive but damn it is light and very transportable. around $1250
Newegg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6834114211
Review - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AM … p;n=541966

a little heavier than the Toshiba, but much better specs and it even comes with a dvd drive heh, the Fujitsu lifebook S2110. it weighs in at around 3.9 Lbs, packs an AMD Turion Mobile 64 Bit Processor hooked up to the ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M chipset, 13.3" XGA Fujitsu Crystal View screen (which kick ass BTW wife has this exact model). I would definitely add some more memory though as it is only configured with 512 out the door. I have personally sold HUNDREDS of Fujitsu Notebooks to lots of people especially Realtors who seem to love them. I have to say that they guy posting before me must have gotten a bad machine or something, possibly he bought a BestBuy Special that was not treated too well before being sold (happens a lot there) but I have a Fujitsu Lifebook that I bought in 1999 and it still runs good to this day. Of all the Hundreds of Lifebooks I have sold I can count on one hand how many I have heard of going bad at all.  - $1075 or so
Newegg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6834110201
Review - http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2569

if you are looking for something a little more powerful with more features, and you can stretch your budget a slight I would look hard at the Sager NP5750, remember this is made by Clevo who makes Alienware, Voodoo PC and Falcon NW Notebooks. Given the price it is a pretty kick ass package with a 17" WXGA screen, Radeon Mobility X1600. I have its BIG brother the 5720 that comes with the Geforce go 7800GTX and HS it is fast.. runs SUPER hot.. and the battery life sucks.. weighs about a ton...but DAMN its fast.. lol- starts around $1375 or so give it a week and PCtorque will have it about $100 cheaper and you can order from them without Windows if you want
Sager - http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/note … ;SubType=C


Honestly there are SO many options, given your price range and requirements I would first of all go to a reputable reseller ("B"ig"B"lue does not come to mind) and get the most you can with realistic expectations for you hard earned dollar.


Oh Yeah.. if Mac OS is your thing thats cool too.. I would never get one.. but to each their own ya... I like being able to use any piece of software I want on a wintel machine thats it. I have yet to see many good games on MAC OS.. I didnt say any.. I said many.. so dont start flaming,  I game and MAC is not the best platform for me.

AG

EDIT because I forgot to mention that my laptop weighs a TON.. but I love it and that I am not fond of MACS

Last edited by agwood (2006-06-12 19:32:35)

Maj.Do wrote:

So far im liking the macbook pro, black.  The dell seems good too, i cant decide : (

I'll take some pics and post them of my macbook when it gets here Wednesday.  I'll post and try to answer any questions you may have about it once I've got mine in hand.

yep, nice and portable.