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supra
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Laptop Advice
#8031817 - 02/16/08 05:10 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm looking for a good laptop in the 1000 dollar price range...what would you all recommend?
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kristofer
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: supra]
#8031880 - 02/16/08 05:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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what are you doing with it?
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bmiles
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: kristofer]
#8031897 - 02/16/08 05:27 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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tigerdirect.com has great dealz
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supra
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: kristofer]
#8031928 - 02/16/08 05:32 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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its not for me, but my wife.
she will be mainly just surfing the internet wireless. doing some work on it, spreadsheets and whatnot...a little bit of music/movie watching...and a few games...really just a little of this and a little of that...
She really likes the Sims 2 games and our old laptop plays them, but gets so hot that it could damn near burn you. Sims 3 is bound to come out soon, and I know she will want it to play that when it does...
She has been wanting a macbook pro, but they are 1799 with her student discount...and only have comparable hardware to 1200 pc laptops...
Really just a good, all around laptop, with a dedicated graphics card and 15.4 inch widescreen monitor, dual core processor, and cd/dvd burner should be all she needs...
Also, what brands are recommended, I've always hated dells, but their laptops seem to be really good deals, and have good reviews all over the internet. Or maybe I should just drop the 1800 and get a macbook pro...
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Shroomism
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: supra]
#8031965 - 02/16/08 05:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: Shroomism]
#8032449 - 02/16/08 07:48 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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If you want, search for a post w/ me bitching in it about dell laptops and the power input from the ac adapter coming loose constantly (and dell wanting 500$ to fix it).
Seuss provided some info about some makes that don't have the plug soldered to the fucking board. I recomend highly you look to these laptops, as it will save you a shitload of time and moeny if it works out anything like my dell did. I've had to send it in maybe 3-4 times a year since I got it, and now its out of warranty.
But they did settle a lawsuit about my laptop, so maybe they fixed the issue, but somehow I doubt it.
Not fun.
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supra
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: johnm214]
#8032718 - 02/16/08 09:08 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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well, i decided to blow the money on a macbook for her, since that is what she really wanted...but i must say im pretty impressed by it...now i must get used to this thing...anyone know a site for tweaking macs?
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bmiles
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: supra]
#8032792 - 02/16/08 09:29 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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supra
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: bmiles]
#8033575 - 02/17/08 02:28 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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eh...i've got pleny of pc's anyways, trying a mac couldn't hurt...lol
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bmiles
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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: supra]
#8033631 - 02/17/08 03:03 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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as long as she likes it, you are good to go.
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DieCommie


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Re: Laptop Advice [Re: supra]
#8035860 - 02/17/08 10:38 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I just won a used Lenovo T61 off of ebay. Cant wait to get it. 
Im posting right now off of an old PIII w/368mb RAM.
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