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June 7th, 2003, 09:23 PM
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I'm supposed to help my friend pick a new laptop ... nothing fancy ... probably a P4 with a 30-40 gig hd and a burner ... she's willing to spend up to 2000 ... but the cheaper the better ... any suggestions? | 
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June 7th, 2003, 09:26 PM
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I guess it would help if we knew what exactly she wanted it for.
More or less does she want a smaller ones thats more mobile, or does she want one of the "desktop replacement" juggernauts.
For the bigger ones, Toshiba Satelites, Sagar notebooks ( www.powernotebooks.com). Then I guess theres always Dell inspirons, however their models of laptops don't seem all that great to me.
Sony Vaio is a decent compact laptop, but a powerful one tends to be quite expensive. | |
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June 7th, 2003, 09:39 PM
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| | A hero in training
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is mobility important?
remember sager are designed for desktop replacements
I personally would look into Dell, i have one and love it | 
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June 7th, 2003, 10:24 PM
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yeah ... it's for school ... mobility is important ... i guess more along the lines of the dell inspiron | |
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June 7th, 2003, 10:36 PM
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| | Ordained Mommy
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I have a Toshiba Satelite 1405S series and I use it as my primary computer, I love it!!! I had gotten it for less than 1500. Toshibas has also given me great product support as well.
My personal preferences are Toshibas, My second would be Dell.
I use mine for school, work, and home. | |
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June 7th, 2003, 10:44 PM
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"Nothing fancy", but she's willing to blow $2large? For that kind of dough you can get a singing, dancing, do-everything wonder. What is she going to be using this for? If it's just school work, an $800 Dell Inspiron will work fine. Unless she's doing vid editing, high-end gaming, or image rendering, she'll be wasting a P4. For surfing, email, and word processing an Inspiron is the deal. Right now you can get a 2.2GHz Celeron with 256MB RAM for $799. With a 15% off coupon code, you'll be looking at $680.
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June 7th, 2003, 10:58 PM
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June 7th, 2003, 11:00 PM
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Where what?  | |
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June 7th, 2003, 11:05 PM
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hes asking where the 2.2ghz celeron comp you mentioned is | |
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June 7th, 2003, 11:06 PM
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| | Ordained Mommy
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| Quote: Originally posted by edwin2002
where? | I would guess Dell www.dell.com
Dell makes the Inspiron series. | |
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