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| Thread ID: 39089 | 2003-10-27 02:24:00 | Purchasing laptop | michael y (1623) | Press F1 |
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| 186956 | 2003-10-27 02:24:00 | My friend is going back to China, and I'm not sure if i should get him to get me a laptop or to just get it from NZ. Is there much of a price, reliability, and performance difference between laptops in China and Laptops in New Zealand? Also could someone recommend me some laptops both from China and New Zealand, since I have no idea what is good and what is bad. Dell, IBM, Toshiba, hp, Compaq, Asus, etc? Which processor should i get? Pentium 4 (M) or Athlon XP (M)? I'm a student, don't plan to play much games. Not willing to pay over $2600 (NZ). Thx alot guys Michael Y |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 186957 | 2003-10-27 03:29:00 | Realistically... the most important factor in buying a laptop is probably going to be support. Laptops are notoriously fickle, they are usually proprietary, and very delicate. Buying one off shore makes warranty repairs and replacements etc extremey difficult. Chances are the price difference isn't going to be huge anyway. $2000 should get you a decent well featured machine, porbably even with a CD-Writer. Going brand name is also an excellent idea. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 186958 | 2003-10-27 04:22:00 | > Realistically . . . the most important factor in buying > a laptop is probably going to be support . > Chances are the price difference isn't going to be > huge anyway . $2000 should get you a decent well > featured machine, porbably even with a CD-Writer . I agree with you that support is very important, but not when there is going to be a huge price difference for the same thing . The problem is that most of the "up-to-date" machines in NZ seem to cost so much . It is true that $2000 could get me a decent well featured machine, but I would want to be able to use it for at least a couple of years before I really have to change, knowing technology, most of these $2000 machines would probably not last long before I have to change . The majority of the $2000 machines seem to be getting old already . So I'm trying to look for something that will actually make the most of my money . I dont want a machine that would be "old" in just a couple of months time . Also since laptops are not upgradable (besides ram) I'm trying to find one that suits me the best, also one that will last me the longest (considering money as a factor) . Ps . I'm not going to be playing much games on it, majority of the time it will be on top of something, so a "thin and light" is not required . |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 186959 | 2003-10-27 04:50:00 | prices can differ quite a bit. look for brand names thou they are more $$. the one thing u should really do is get a international warranty. but hey, u can always take a gamble ... the ones which do differ quite a bit more are the ones without big brands. use it for sometime in China, if no issues should more/less sweet. its only one yr warranty ... |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 186960 | 2003-10-27 04:56:00 | >Ps . I'm not going to be playing much games on it, majority of the time it will be on top of something, so a "thin and light" is not required You mean a avg size is sufficient?? Thin and light comes at a premium with its small design than the avg laptop design . they also tend to be slower, smaller keyb and screens than the normal lappies . Faster lappies are larger . . . they tend to use desktop PC cpu's inside the lappies . Possibly can change the drive bays around if its flexible enof . U can change the HDD, RAM, today's cpu are mobile versions . . is may be possible to upgrade that . . but unadvised . Mobile cpu are not easily obtainable and will come at a premium price . Between, a lot of my friends by electronics abroad . Be it just film normal cameras, laptops or walkmans . Seems to be noticebly cheaper there . . . The more $$ models tend to be 'more' cheaper abroad . But they do have more versatility of choices both brands big and small and model lines . |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 186961 | 2003-10-27 07:22:00 | So, how much would the international warranty actually cost?? If the prices actually add up to be the same, I think I would prefer getting one from NZ then, it'll save me alot of fuss. Could you guys recommend me some laptops?? Is Asus any good?? Or should I go for the infamous Toshiba?? What bout hp, compaq, IBM and all the others. Thx alot guys Michael Y |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 186962 | 2003-10-27 07:34:00 | The international, i guess is around $200 more. This is buying from NZ. Normally companies would have international warranty included as standard. If u really want a price break, u need to get non brand ones... And get the manual in english and the windows version for that mater. For non brand ones I doubt international warranty is available or even upgradable. IBM is good, Toshiba is terrific. Compaq is not bad pricey in NZ anyway. A friend at 1997 had heat issues around the palm rest, a friend in late 2001 had issues like buggy unknown. The best is to go to China, enjioy the time, and look for laptops and if its nice get it while knowing full well about the nz market before u jump in the plane. If not ideal, then come back and get it here. Hey ... its just a short drive to town pickup and bring back home ... People from Asia seemed to get Toshiba, IBM, Dell, the ones which seemed a bit cheaper are those unknown local brands and Fujitsu. They seemed to use them ok for office applications and internet, email and icq. Hope this helps. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 186963 | 2003-10-27 07:41:00 | If u want a laptop that can last a bit more .. u need to pay a premium for it. Faster cpu right? If not as $$ as here, it certainly will be more $$ than the slower ones. So go there, have a look, if good then get, if not then come back and get. It may be uneconomical to get later models. Diminishing returns, the more u pay the less u get in speeds. May be better to get the basic and upgrade more freq. Than to spend more an dhold on to it for like 4yrs. U said, u don't need it for games? So why get something faster to last longer?? Nomad. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 186964 | 2003-10-27 08:58:00 | You have a point there . What do you think of this?? . ap . dell . com/content/products/productdetails . aspx/inspn_5100_nz?c=nz&l=en&s=dhs" target="_blank">www1 . ap . dell . com (its a dell inspiron 5100) But there is one little problem to it, it seems like there is no floppy drive in it . Could you help me check if there is? Thx alot Michael Y |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 186965 | 2003-10-27 09:04:00 | just a thought, is sony any good?? | michael y (1623) | ||
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