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59302	2002-07-02 13:14:00	Gidday, I am a Student attending UCOL (Universal College of Learning Palmerston North), on computer courses. I'm at the moment looking around for a laptop that I could buy, and I honestly don't know what one/which one to get, but I know what I want it to have, and I'd love any recommendations and why u recommend that specific laptop... I'd love the laptop to have the following: WIN XP (doesn't matter if its Home version or Professional) DVD drive/floppy drive at least 128-256 MB ram tv out etc so it can run dvds onto tv hard drive at least 10gb or more display 14-15" and has the potentional to have upgrades over the years to come I also would love the price to be low as possible. I'd love to hear from anyone over the next day or 2. I know u all can message back to me on this, but I'd love it if emails are possible...to csinclair83@xtra.co.nz Many Thanks Chris By the way this website is absoulte brilliant, i surf here alot, and i buy the magazine..its absoultley brilliant	csinclair83 (200)
59303	2002-07-02 20:37:00	> at least 128-256 MB ram Win XP needs more that 128 MB, so must be 256 > tv out etc so it can run dvds onto tv Resolution of TV out is shocking, don't be disappointed, and dont pay a premium for this feature, it just isn't worth it in my opinion > hard drive at least 10gb or more > display 14-15" You are into big $ at 15", 14" is pretty standard > and has the potentional to have upgrades over the > years to come Laptops are generally NOT upgradeable, technology lags desktops due to miniturisation which also carries a price premium. Its not as bad as it was though. RAM and HDD are easily upgradeable > > I also would love the price to be low as possible. Wouldnt we all....you will have to decide on your budget and work from there. IMHO Toshiba consistently make good laptops	godfather (25)
59304	2002-07-03 05:43:00	Hey man! :) Your prolly a PC kinda guy, but I'm a student too and I have an iBook. They come in 12" screen and 14" screen flavours, and you can get all the software **** for Mac OS X that you can for XP (Office, Explorer, Outlook, MSN etc.) No floppy (hey, they went out years ago) but a Combo drive- CD-RW (like a floppy with 450 times the space) and DVD. Of course, it has composite out , just make sure you pick up the AV cable while your at it. It would be really hard to buy a notebook computer today with anything less than a ten gig hard disk. The iBook has anywhere from 15gig to 40gig, as well as 128mb RAM up to 576mb. :)	spielburg (747)
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