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| Thread ID: 42213 | 2004-02-04 04:52:00 | Advice for Buying Laptop $1500 - $1700 | Will Hunt (3655) | Press F1 |
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| 212743 | 2004-02-04 04:52:00 | Would someone be able to recommend me a laptop and/or more quality brands and where abouts i should look for purchasing one. As said before, i'm looking between $1500 - $1700 I need it mainly for word processing and uplodaing photos, video capability for movie playback and games would be a bonus. Specs min as: 30gb HD + CDRW/DVD or CDRW 16mb Graphics Card+ Network card & modem I haven't bought a laptop for a while, so am unfamilier with the market and what i need to pay, hence why i'm asking advice and not using pricespy. I would pay extra for a longer warrenty Help much appreciated |
Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 212744 | 2004-02-04 08:03:00 | DSE have a really good deal for $1000 where u get the laptop and a bubble jet printer. The laptop is by no means "top of the line" but i believe it meets your requirements. www.dse.co.nz and theres some advertising around the top of the page. |
smashedlittlebugger (4397) | ||
| 212745 | 2004-02-04 08:30:00 | I just looked at the dse site and only found a laptop for $1999. Is this the one you mean? | Andrew B (867) | ||
| 212746 | 2004-02-04 08:39:00 | If possible try to get one with a mobile CPU chip and not a desktop one. They run cooler. Leemings have HP-Compaq for $1999 with a mobile celeron chip, and fully spec's with the essentials. The DSE one is $1899 without the printer, not sure that its a mobile chip, it does not say it is. Your $1500 - $1700 may be a bit lean for what you want, but not by much. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 212747 | 2004-02-10 23:09:00 | is there anything worth bying besides ASUS ? What about acer or IBM ? I'm seriously looking at this as well, would anybody beable to give me some feed back about it? It seems like a great deal... www.qmb.co.nz |
Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 212748 | 2004-02-10 23:15:00 | All currently available laptops are fine. there are no real lemons around as far as I know. The one in the link looks fine. Its likely a desktop chip, so will run warm and the fan will run more than a mobile chip. Performance will be desktop equivalent. Don't plan on jetsetting all over the world with one of these, your arm will drop off with the weight. If you need something light, you are paying $4k |
godfather (25) | ||
| 212749 | 2004-02-11 00:46:00 | There will be a comparison of cheap notebooks in the March issue of PCW, but the price range is $2000 to $2500. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 212750 | 2004-02-11 01:13:00 | I have one of those, the screen doesn't work, the A: doesn't work, the mosue and keyboard don't work . I'm really keen on the Asus A2400H . I've found the same model at DSE for $1800 ! I really think this is what i need, i just wanted to ask you anyone has any comments ? i have put it on hold for two days . . dse . co . nz/cgi-bin/dse . storefront/40297d690046a0262740c0a87f9906da/Product/View/XC3346" target="_blank">www . dse . co . nz Thanks alot everyone who has replied! |
Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 212751 | 2004-02-11 01:18:00 | (ignor the top sentance of that post) | Will Hunt (3655) | ||
| 212752 | 2004-02-11 02:03:00 | Here is the DSE link (www.dse.co.nz) Long links need formatting, the forum software adds spaces. Thats a better price Will, plus warranty is easy with DSE as well. While I have not used that exact model, I have used an earlier ASUS and it was fine. |
godfather (25) | ||
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