Anyone have 17" laptop?

Skay · October 8th, 2003, 11:50 AM

I'm debating the HP zd7000. Love the screen and full size keyboard.

Anyone here have a 17" model? How do you like it?

Are there any 15-16" laptops with full keyboards?

SK

inzzane · October 9th, 2003, 05:00 AM

I've got a 16". I haven't heard of a full keyboard on one of these if your talking about the right side number pad as well.

The biggest thing to watch out for is the resolution, it can differ a lot between the manufacturers.
If you want extremely good resolution on a laptop, you might want to check out the wide screens, like on the dell 8500. They're wicked. A buddy of mine got one. If I had known the resolution difference at the time, I would easily have chosen a 15.4 wide screen over a 16".

Big Calhoun · October 9th, 2003, 10:03 PM

I use a Sony NVR-190 at home and it has a 15 inch screen. It doesn't have a full keyboard, however the keyboard is fullsize (minus about an inch) and comes with a key pad which slides into the expansion bay.

I don't know if mine would be considered wide-screen, but I can view wide-screen format DVDs and the picture is mafnificient; both in size and clarity. The maxium useable resoultion I can use on the laptop is 1400 x 1050. It does support a max res of 1600 x 1200 which I use if I output to a TV, external monitor, or projector. They keyboard is very comfortable; made even more so by the extra room on either side of the touch pad. I don't go through much of an 'adjustment' when switching computers because of the keyboard size.

I agree with inzzane, you have to check the available resolution by manufacturer. There is often variance between models due to size of screen, video ram, etc. I think you can find something that'll work for you w/o having to go with a 17 inch model.

Skay · October 10th, 2003, 04:44 PM

I should have said full size keyboard that includes the numeric pad. I know the HP zd7000 series has this feature.

I've heard the screens on the 17" are pretty nice.

I also debated the 15.9 widescreens, but they are just the same pricing or more then the 17" screens. and with no better specs.

SK

shahani · October 10th, 2003, 04:45 PM

Short battery life.

Skay · October 10th, 2003, 07:24 PM

short battery life doesn't bother me, as I will be using power cord most of the time. I think its worth it having the 17" screen.

SK

laptopsareus · October 28th, 2003, 04:30 AM

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RubikCube · November 4th, 2003, 12:13 PM

You should check out apple's powerbooks if you don't mind using a mac. They are really sweet.

http://www.apple.com/powerbook

Barracuda007 · December 11th, 2003, 10:38 AM

i have been searching for one (17" laptop) for a time and have found a poor-known d470w or d470wx, just "ask the google" if you want to learn more

they're upgradeable (have no CPU / RAM / HDD built in, have to buy separately) up to P4 3.2, 1024 MB RaM, 80 GB HDD
Have 64/128 Video Ram (w/wx) 1440*900 pixels, much of these specials (IR,Bluetooth, wireless lan, usb 2, ieee 1394 and like)

the thing i liked most is that it is $1000 cheeaper than all brand laptops of equal characteristics...

just look at it and think for one more time if youre going to buy something similar to that

Good luck...
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