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Laptop buying advice : How much did you pay for your latest laptop?
- 8/1/07 4:53 PM
I don't own do stinkin' laptop.
by prince10bee - 8/2/07 8:41 AM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm a gamer laptops smell bad.
$2500.00 bought a Sager NP9890
by der_teufel - 8/2/07 9:12 AM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I needed a laptop with 2 HD's, 2 optical drives, a built in raid controller for work. The removable 265MB Nvidia DDR3 card was a bonus
I would prefer a physical dual processor (not a single dual core) Xeon laptop if anyone ever makes them. My home PC from 3 years ago is still faster than most PC's I see today (A dual 2 core Xeon 2.66 [quad processing])
$900 - $1,199
by pillar81 - 8/2/07 10:18 AM In reply to: $2500.00 bought a Sager NP9890 by der_teufelRefurbished HP DV9030US 17" CORE 2 DUO, 2GB, 200GB, WEBCAM DV9000T
Windows XP Media Center Edition
INTEL CORE 2 DUO @ 1.66GHZ(T5500) ,LIGHTSCRIBE DVD BURNER, 256MB OF VIDEO, BRIGHTVIEW 17" LCD W/ CAMERA, WIFI,
2GB OF RAM, AND 2 X 100GB FOR A TOTAL OF 200GB STORAGE. MEDIA CENTER, QUICKPLAY, REMOTE and FREE TV TUNER(DON'T KNOW HOW TO SET THIS UP).
My one gripe about this is the two separate 100GB drives. Since the main HDD has hidden partition on the drive for the recovery, that 100 is reduced to 80.65GB.
I bought it for $909.99 plus $44.99 Shipping. I got it off ebay.
I bought that about 6 months after I had my Dell Inspiron 1505. I had just started my interest in PC gaming but the Dell was inadequate because of the weak ATI Radeon x1400. I also wanted more HDD memory.
The HP was the only laptop I could find anywhere with Windows XP and below $1,000(that includes S+H)
Mistake
by pillar81 - 8/2/07 10:21 AM In reply to: $900 - $1,199 by pillar81Since this was my first time using these forums i seem to have replied to the last comment and not the main topic. I guess I can't delete my own posts.
1500$
by YellowCake - 8/2/07 10:41 AM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
For a Macbook
Laptop Prices
by Redwood_Rick - 8/2/07 11:35 AM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Paid $849.00 on eBay for an almost new Dell Inspiron 8200 with 2.5 years left on Dell Warranty.
Lenovo z61p
by NearChaos - 8/2/07 11:56 AM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Awesome laptop, purchased Jan $1770 using AmEx's wishlist ($1k off retail).
Core Duo T7200
1G RAM (1 chip, upgraded to 2G cheaply)
WUXGA+ 1900x1680 screen
80GGB HD
XP Pro
CD/DVD Burner
Fingerprint reader
Compaq Armada M700
by jmarkross - 8/2/07 11:57 AM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I bought a Compaq back in 2001. It has a PIII 700Mz Intel, 576MB ram, 80GB HDD. It was a "business" version...and the difference is great. The Armada is still a workhorse, and has only a few limitations...streaming video, etc. They can be bought now, used, for about $200-300. I paid about $2400.
I have a HP Pavilion dv9205us
by Jkwilborn - 8/2/07 12:55 PM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
seems to me about 12 to 13, maybe a little more. Don't buy one of these, it has a pad (as most do) to move around with your finger, unfortunately if any part of you hit that while you're typing, off goes the cursor to some place on the screen. I have messed with the quick-slow tap stuff and it's still a piece of junk with that metal pad. If we had not both been sick at the time of purchase, it would have gone back the next day! Other than that, it has HP's own junk that comes up right in the middle of the first thing that you want to work on, if you start stuff up asap as I usually do. Of course you don't get a CD or book, don't count the pamphlet that's "All you need to get started" and unfolds to about the size of a kitchen room table. The HD has been partitioned off to allow for a compressed Vista OS (What a piece of ****) every thing that we griped about having to answer more than once has one more confirmation step in it! I'm afraid to load an extra version of XP pro on it, since I bet half of it won't work! (All these are my (and some are my wifes) expierence with this device)
Good parts, yes, it has a beautiful screen, most buttons and stuff are well laid out and appears to have good hardware working on it, as we run it wireless, virtually since we got it out of the box. This is one thing I worry about not working without Vista..
I want a BOOK, my bathroom needs reading material! But really there are things that I have not been able to find in the on-line docs, that would have been if there would have been a book, I'm sure. There are little things in places that I've never seen before and no 'overview' that contains any of them. I have look for so many other things and finally went to bed on them that I still don't know how to turn the camera on!!! It also has a lite, how do you turn it on? All of these things are usually in the book, since someone takes a picture of it and they have arrows with numbers that some poor sole had to start at one place and go over the entire keyboard and associate it to a page or name (that it has a book (that's hopefully in the index (that the book has an index)))
The not sending you a CD or DVD (must cost a whole few pennies) for a reload if I have a HD failure, no book on the product (I would hate to see what happens when I need help with no internet connection). Would I buy one again if it had all the above? NO, that stupid metal finger control has me BI***EN a mouth full every time I use it.
You know they can do all the things above (to make it CHEAP!) but the simplest way, is when you open it up, there is a board the size of a pack of cigs connected to 90% of the weight of the laptop to cool the single chip! That would make it cheap and easy to fix. An upgrade, new chip simple... The chip would be very expensive until they made 5.087e+196!!!!
Sorry boys & girls, can't find the spelling checker here, thought it would fix the mispelling, but I'm tired and I'm not digging through the dictionary!
Jack
I Got a Deal, sort of...
by geofbrewer - 8/2/07 1:15 PM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I paid about $399(US) for a new Acer 3628 AWXCi. It has an older 1.7GHz, Pentuim M. 14.1" WXGA. Intel GMA 900. 40 GB HDD. DVD/CDRW. 512 MB DDR2, upgraded since to 2GB. Wireless. PCMCIA socket. RJ-45 and RJ-11 sockets. Three (3) USB sockets. VGA socket. And the big reasons for the price:
system originally built for Filipino market (export law compliance)
40 GB HDD
DVD/CDRW
NO software
and it sat on a warehouse shelf.
Why I bought it? It was what my budget could afford. As in any computer world, I can get a screaming machine for $400 (US) more now. Note: I paid $600 for my first VCR and $39.99 for my last.
Upgradable.
Acer is not a paperweight company
and most importantly, it came with XP Home, upgraded to Pro since.
I'm planning on upgrading the HDD, and have an external drive as well. This is my study laptop to go with my study tower. Once it is replaced it will join the ranks of my other "Frankenputers".
Worth the price
by Call_Me - 8/2/07 1:42 PM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
$2500 for a SONY VAIO VGN-T350P. It's 110% of what I need with my lifestyle: extraordinarily small; weight of a feather; incredible wireless capacity.
I'd fight to the death if anyone tried to grab it from me! Thinking of getting another from ebay; now sells for $1000 because it's an older model.
I don't have a laptop
by ladamson - 8/2/07 1:47 PM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't have a laptop because I can't afford one. If I could, I'd have one for sure.
I got mine for free
by gslrider - 8/2/07 1:57 PM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My brother-in-law gave me his old IBM Thinkpad. I'm a Mac user, and only use the PC laptop for the most basic of uses. I don't even use it for email. But if I was going to get a laptop, with the specs that I would want, it will easily cost me at least $1000. More for a Macbook Pro.
I actually scoff at the idea of a $150 laptop. Sounds like a definite scam to me. Or a misrepresentation to get publicity.
Paid for laptop
by mlbenjamin - 8/2/07 2:19 PM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
$1333 for Dell 1720.
$875 tax included
by ktreb - 8/2/07 3:02 PM In reply to: How much did you pay for your latest laptop? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
For an Acer Aspire 5100-4186 laptop from Costco.
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