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Thread ID: 74043 2006-11-09 07:03:00 Best budget laptop - advise please! JMoore (9352) Press F1
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497742 2006-11-12 04:07:00 Between Compaq and Asus, I personally would go for Asus. Strommer (42)
497743 2006-11-12 04:09:00 BTW, if you intend to do any heavy duty graphics, such as video editing or very large TIFFs, you may be disappointed with a budget laptop. Strommer (42)
497744 2006-11-12 04:17:00 From your DSE page:

Compaq Presario v3142AU Notebook
Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 graphics

Those here on PF1 who are knowledgeable about graphic cards should be able to tell you if this is worthwhile - it does seem good compared to the others on that page.
Strommer (42)
497745 2006-11-12 04:45:00 Thanks Steve, I just finished do a comparison and the Compaq v3142AU came out on top...but looking at the website I saw that it is out of stock! So back to the drawing board...looks like the next best option is the ASUS A8M - what do you think? JMoore (9352)
497746 2006-11-12 04:45:00 All I can say is DELL, and Lenovo Core 2 processors notebooks price dropped like hell. Luckily I havn't bought it yet.
DELL is the cheapest now.
PedalSlammer (8511)
497747 2006-11-12 04:55:00 I thought DELL's prices had gone up...I was looking at the Inspiron 6400 a couple of weeks and the price seems to have gone up a couple of hundred dollars since then with no hardware upgrade. JMoore (9352)
497748 2006-11-12 05:06:00 I thought DELL's prices had gone up...I was looking at the Inspiron 6400 a couple of weeks and the price seems to have gone up a couple of hundred dollars since then with no hardware upgrade.? Sorry. I thought I saw in the paper today showing Inspiron around $1500 with Core 2 processor 512MB etc. PedalSlammer (8511)
497749 2006-11-12 05:59:00 JMoore, have a look:

www1.ap.dell.com

1 Gb RAM, duo core, on your budget or a bit more if you do upgrades.
Strommer (42)
497750 2006-11-12 06:21:00 Thanks for all your input but I have just ordered the Compaq v3142AU off another website for $1200 which I think is a great deal. Seems like a decent laptop and is one of the smallest/lightest in the price bracket.
Would just like to thank you all for your suggestions and recommendations :)
JMoore (9352)
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