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| 227248 | 2004-04-05 01:52:00 | I'm looking at buying a laptop, upto $2500 Is there any sellers in new zealand that sell decent laptops without XP ? I want a decent graphics card to play BF1942, 512ram, 40bgb HD min, CDRW/DVD or DVDRW drive can some1 give me some links ? |
Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 227249 | 2004-04-05 03:09:00 | Try Expert Infotech if you're in Auckland. I bought a nice Clevo laptop from them with no OS :-) Sadly though, Laptops are not meant to be gaming machines... You'd need a good graphics card in the laptop to play bf1942, these Clevo laptops only have the SiS 630 chipset boards in them. Otherwise, Qmb Computers do the A2500H Asus Laptops at a good price, but they come with XP... Hope this helps Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 227250 | 2004-04-05 21:54:00 | I'm looking at this from QMB :www.qmb.co.nz | Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 227251 | 2004-04-05 22:27:00 | Nice. Excellent price as well. |
metla (154) | ||
| 227252 | 2004-04-06 01:16:00 | Mmmm . . . . . that is a nice laptop . Even has a DVD writer . . . . . but no floppy drive . :O *ducks flamethrowers* Those "interface" ports, what is an EPP/ECP Parallel port/D-sub 25-pin for? A printer? Am I correct that it cannot take a PS/2 mouse or an external modem? |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 227253 | 2004-04-06 02:05:00 | > Those "interface" ports, what is an EPP/ECP Parallel > port/D-sub 25-pin for? A printer? Correct . LPT1 - Parallel port . > Am I correct that it cannot take a PS/2 mouse or an > external modem? Probably . No mention of legacy ports such as Serial RS232 or PS2 . They are a rarity on laptops now, and I note it has 4 x USB instead . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 227254 | 2004-04-06 02:15:00 | That's a printer port, Susan. It'll also take a scanner, and various other bits and bobs. I've got an Ethernet adaptor which plugs into a parallel port. You want a floppy? No problem. For only about 3 times the price of an ordinary floppy, you can get one which plugs into one of the USB ports. You can plug a USB mouse into one of the others ... 5 there. :D I suppose if the internal modem stopped working you would just get it fixed. :D 2 year guarantee. I'd like one too. I wouldn't mind even the previous model on their specials page for a couple of hundred less. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 227255 | 2004-04-06 03:13:00 | Thanks for that info Godfather and Graham. :-) I think I could live without a floppy drive if necessary, and a USB mouse should be no big deal. I hope. Your disrespect for USB devices has rubbed off on me quite a bit, Graham. :p Now, all I have to do is turn on some charm...... :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 227256 | 2004-04-08 00:12:00 | At the moment I have an asus just like that but with less ram, hd, and no vid card or DVD writer. I'v had network problems with it, so I may tkae it back. At the moment, this seems the best deal, but i ahve to buy windows xp :( |
Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 227257 | 2004-04-20 10:29:00 | I too am looking at buying a laptop, going into the whole plan knowing next to nothing about the latest technical jargon!!! Started out ready to buy the Toshiba Satellite at the Warehouse Stationery, only to learn that a Celeron is a slower operating processor. Then found a good deal on a HP Compaq 2543 P4 (DWD RW included), and have now found out that Pentium M Centrino is better again, less heating up of the laptop and a better battery life. I was told that a P4 2.8GHz was equivalent or faster by 10% (I think...) compared with a Centrino 1.6GHz (Appreciate a response to this from anyone if it is incorrect :o) ). Tell me, what is wrong with XP? Appreciate your info and certainly any other recommended deals :-) |
Charlize (5486) | ||
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