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Date Posted: 18:09:49 10/19/03 Sun
Author: Fyrestryke
Subject: Re: Laptops
In reply to: BAD 's message, "Laptops" on 15:02:22 10/17/03 Fri

Having worked on nearly every brand of laptops, here are my recommendations:

I heartily agree with Xanthor's comments. You need to decide if a laptop is what you really need. If you're wanting to be able to work on stuff anywhere you go, then a laptop is for you. If you're just wanting a way to "transfer" files between work and home, go out and splurge on a 1GB Flash Drive instead of spending bookoo bling on a laptop.

You definitely need to be prepared to purchase an extended warranty. I recommend 3 years minimum. It's worth every penny. Laptops are hard to work on.

Here are my recommendations based on quality and durability.

1) IBM Thinkpads - These suckers are a little more expensive, but they're very dependable and don't break down very often.
2) Dell - Dells are nice and cheap nowadays. They're good laptops, but they're much more prone to breakdowns nowadays than they were a few years ago. Dell's quality has gone downhill a lot recently.
3) HP - HPs are pretty nice laptops. What I worry about nowadays is that they most likely have Compaq parts in them. That's a bad thing.

However, you can get a really nice HP laptop and an HP All-in-one printer at that evil department store for $999.99. That's a great deal, but I doubt you can get an extended warranty with it. Might wanna check some of the electronics stores for the same deal.

Never ever never ever never buy a Compaq or a Gateway.

Above all other laptops, I highly recommend Apple laptops. However, that's a huge computing shock and you have to be prepared for the change. :)

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Replies:

Bad Laptops -- Bob, 11:57:50 10/20/03 Mon
- It depends... -- Fyrestryke, 12:53:16 10/20/03 Mon
  - Laptop screens are way to small for my taste.......... -- theefool, 16:14:32 10/20/03 Mon
- 17" Apple laptop running a windows emulator. -- theefool, 16:20:59 10/20/03 Mon
What do you know about price? (NT) (NT) -- BAD, 21:22:22 10/20/03 Mon
- Re: What do you know about price? (NT) -- theefool, 06:29:11 10/21/03 Tue
  - The previous post was not ---> (NT) <--- (NT) -- theefool, 07:25:49 10/21/03 Tue
  - Here's a PC World link on notebook prices -- Mt. Healthy Mountaineer, 20:01:37 10/21/03 Tue
- Re: What do you know about price? -- Fyrestryke, 11:07:01 10/22/03 Wed