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| Thread ID: 79539 | 2007-05-23 01:54:00 | There are so many laptops I don't know where to start... | Badcam (12313) | Press F1 |
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| 552434 | 2007-05-23 10:09:00 | I recently bought a new computer and bought a 3 yr extended warranty as a matter of common sense, never mind consumer rights. RAM itself is not a major cost. You would only need 512MB max for running MYOB and that would only cost you about $150 max. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 552435 | 2007-05-23 10:35:00 | Sounds good. I'll just spend the money saved on something else for the laptop, maybe more Ram :) . Why do you think an extended warranty is better than the consumer goods act? Even a laptop has a reasonable life expectancy. Parts anyway. Software isn't really an issue. Besides, this is off topic. Which of those laptops in the links did you think was the better laptop winmacguy? What would you recommend? extended warranty notwithstanding. | Badcam (12313) | ||
| 552436 | 2007-05-23 10:38:00 | Please advise. Thanks once again. Did you look at the links that I posted in this thread? pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 552437 | 2007-05-23 10:51:00 | Compaq has small screen 14" and discount ends today... apart from that it looks good. HP has larger screen 15", Vista business if that rocks your boat, out of stock until early next month. Acer has 15" screen but slow hard disk- 4200rpm, whereas others are 5400. I think this is major- ie, system start-up and loading of progs will be slow. If it was me I'd be waiting around for the HP, don't know about build quality of HP, but they make OK printers :) Ascent also do Asus for around $1,400 and they seem to be popular |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 552438 | 2007-05-23 10:53:00 | Badcam, I had a look at your 3 links and while any of them would meet your specifications, I think that this is a better buy: ASUS F5R CD 1.73G 1GB(512+512) 80G 15.4" DVDRW VISTA BASIC 1.3 MP Webcam w/BAG &MOUSE ATI X1100 HM 128MB $1462 includes GST pbtech.co.nz Before you make the final choice, be sure to 'read the fine print' on the warranty. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 552439 | 2007-05-23 10:58:00 | Of your 3 links I would choose this one: ascent.co.nz But check the ASUS in the PBTech link I gave above - it seems to have a video card (not shared graphics). |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 552440 | 2007-05-23 11:00:00 | Sounds good. I'll just spend the money saved on something else for the laptop, maybe more Ram :) . Why do you think an extended warranty is better than the consumer goods act? Even a laptop has a reasonable life expectancy. Parts anyway. Software isn't really an issue. Besides, this is off topic. Which of those laptops in the links did you think was the better laptop winmacguy? What would you recommend? extended warranty notwithstanding. Why do I think that an extended warranty is better than the consumer goods act? Peace of mind. The same reason why I have my car insured. Theoretically laptops should have a life expectancy of between 3-5 years give or take and yes you could expect to have some sort of hardware failure on the laptop within that time which is much easier to deal with if it is still under warranty, after that it is up to the good will of the company or the consumer guarantees act. However this is just my 2 cents based on the many experiences of other PF1 forum readers trials with computer hardware. Regarding which PC laptop is best, I think the other readers here would be able to give you better advice as they are PC users, I am a Mac user so I don't own a PC laptop. Good luck :) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 552441 | 2007-05-23 11:05:00 | Yes, thanks Steve_L. ON pbtech they have the Compaq Presario V3209AU Notebook I was looking at, and also the Asus F5R seems to be in my price range. In fact, both of those are at my local DSE. They storeperson said that the compaq would be the best out of those two, but it was the last in the store. I didn't fancy buying the store demo, especially as they wouldn't give me a discount. I still don't know. I was sort of hoping someone might say "Hey, out of all these you're looking at, I would recommend this...(and why)" Or, "Hey, these are all pretty poor choices, maybe you should consider this:..., It's on special right now for $X, or even at this price here, it's a good choice" By the way, on that thread, I really like what hkeyzer did with his Acer aspire 5101. Even that one looks good. |
Badcam (12313) | ||
| 552442 | 2007-05-23 11:06:00 | Or you can get the slightly lower specd Asus F5R from most DSE stores (only has 512mb ram instead of 1gig) for $1,298.00... you'd be up for about the same as PBtech's one if you added another 512mb ram, but then PBtech's are on backorder. | Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 552443 | 2007-05-23 11:14:00 | Thanks winmacguy. Good valid reasons. It's always a worry, but for me, I'll give the extended a miss on this item. I must admit however, I did buy an extended for an LCD TV, and that was for peace of mind too. It was also because it cost me a lot more as well. Less hassle, as you say. | Badcam (12313) | ||
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