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| Thread ID: 46139 | 2004-06-14 23:10:00 | [OT] Best sub $2k Laptop | Lohsing (219) | Press F1 |
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| 244471 | 2004-06-14 23:10:00 | Looking for a laptop for my friend and would be keen on your opinions for a decent laptop which could be had for under $2,000 incl GST. I saw the latest Dell flyer and must say the one on the front cover at $1899 less delivery is looking good! Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 244472 | 2004-06-14 23:25:00 | Whats the specs of the dell? The Toshiba A10 is at a good price at the moment,should be able to pick one up for around $1725 or less maybe. The Clevo 430 with a 2.8 p4 would also come in under 2 grand. |
metla (154) | ||
| 244473 | 2004-06-14 23:26:00 | Dick Smiths have a laptop without any operating system for $1400 which is pretty good if I remember correctly. Jonathan. |
JoGiles (1898) | ||
| 244474 | 2004-06-14 23:37:00 | The unit at DSE you refer to would be the transmata 5800? Imo it fills a niche in the market but is more likely something you would give a child to do their homework on,its lacking in a number of areas. |
metla (154) | ||
| 244475 | 2004-06-15 00:11:00 | > Whats the specs of the dell? Inspiron 1150 Notebook. P4 2.8Ghz, XP Home, 30 Gig HD, 24X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drv, 14.1 XGA TFT, 512mb DDR Ram with up to 64mb fpr graphics. $1899 incl GST + $99 delivery. > The Toshiba A10 is at a good price at the > moment,should be able to pick one up for around $1725 > or less maybe. > > The Clevo 430 with a 2.8 p4 would also come in under > 2 grand. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 244476 | 2004-06-15 06:11:00 | Seems about right to me, screen maybe a little smallish but the price is as good as one could get i imagine. Not that i advocate suporting Dell,but best my personal bias is left out...... |
metla (154) | ||
| 244477 | 2004-06-15 07:40:00 | Yes, I too agree. The Dell seems like a good buy. But if your friend wants nothing but word-processing + internet research, etc. (typical of Uni students) then I wouldn't go past the Toshiba A10. We have a 'fleet' of these for all the full-time teachers at our school -about 120 of them. They seem to be stable, easy to use and hassle-free. According to PriceSpy, you can get them from $1375+GST. These come in 14.1" monitors, but if you wanted bigger ones, the Clevo D430 wouldn't be a bad alternative. Those ones come in a great range of variations, in terms of RAM, optical drive, hence easier to be 'personalised'. It does not seem as if they come with an OS preloaded... :( |
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| 244478 | 2004-06-15 07:53:00 | Price. Quality. Performance Pick any two, and buy accordingly. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 244479 | 2004-06-15 08:18:00 | Anything with 256mb ram runs pretty slow. You want 512 minimum. The Ati chipsets for graphics are quite good. The CPUs you want to look at some of the Intel line. The ones with the 1mb and 2mb L2 caches are very, very fast. Get inbuilt WiFi G capable, you never know when you'll need it. Or those PCM cards work well too later. |
kiki (762) | ||
| 244480 | 2004-06-15 08:47:00 | Just bought a toshiba a10 on friday. Got 2.5gig celeron with 35 gig drive cd-r/dvd combo running winxp pro, got it for 1995 plus gst with a plug in floppy, case, nortons and full size keyboard and mouse. Spent the weekend playing with xp(only ever had win98se and 95). Am wrapped so far with the Toshiba but i guess it is still very early days. Mik |
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