Reccomend a Laptop

[shant]

I'm gonna add on to the people who reccomended the 17" WUXGA 9300. You can find lots of good coupons to bring them down to very affordable prices.

[astroglide]

anybody that dislikes thinkpads on any reason other than price is certifiably insane

[citanul]

that's sort of what my opinion was. so i don't understand what was up with the hate from a couple of posters. they're fantastic machines, right? and you can get them with totally sick resolutions, right? and they cost a bit. oh well.

i'm trying to populate a list for research for laptops, starting with a couple of the thinkpads, and the dell 6000, maybe an asus, or an avertec.

citanul

[astroglide]

'sick resolution' being 1600x1200, and you pay out the nose for it because you end up buying their cad-class systems. it takes 3k to get a good machine with that resolution. 1k less gets you a lot more in about every dept with dell, but it doesn't have the quality. i had a t42p, i have a 9200 now, and i'll have a 9300 in about a month. i definitely miss the thinkpad's keyboard.

[BusterStacks]

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you love laptops....

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yes I do love them. Think about it: It's a computer you can take anywhere! BRILLIANT!!!

[IndieMatty]

Remember it's no big deal, let me have it?









Order Details
Inspiron 9300,Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz/533MHz FSB)
17 inch True Life Wide Screen UXGA for Inspiron 9300
512MB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm, for Inspiron 9300
128MB ATI and Mobility Radeon X300,for Inspiron 9300
Dell 922 Printer Driver
80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 9300
Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
Image Restore
Windows Media Player 10
Dell Media Experience,v2.1, for Inspiron
DELL SUPPORT 3.0,INSP
Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
24X CD-RW/DVD Combo for Inspiron 9200
CyberLink PowerDVD v5.3.1012, Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives, for Inspiron Systems
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11 b/g,54Mbps) for Inspiron 9200
NO SECURITY SUBSCRIPTION, MCAFEE
Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand
53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery,for Inspiron 9200
AOL DHS
Dell/My Way Home Page
Broadband Icon for Inspiron
NETZERO ISP
Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard
WordPerfect Productivity Pack 12, English, for Inspiron
No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 Year Limited Warranty
Type 12- Mail-In Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
Soft Contracts - DHS Home Sales
Technical Support, Initial Year
Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition
DHS Order Manage


Sub-Total $1,290.90
Shipping $0.00
Tax $0.00
Total Price $1,290.90

All discounts applied to this order are reflected in the subtotal, shipping, and total amounts.

[IndieMatty]

That was the best screen th ey offered by the way. Only two choices.

[SackUp]

If you just bought this laptop, I would consider upgrading your warranty. I would get the 3 year at home with the complete care package. I think they let you do this w/in a week or so of receiving the comp and you can definitely add before getting. It will cost you another 300 but worth it long term. I've had the hard drive die and a month ago i had to have basically everything on the comp replaced. I basically got a new comp for free after having it for 2 years. Dell makes solid laptops but they are rather volitile (like any laptop) and are prone to have [censored] blowing up. Just a thought. And laptops aren't as easy to fix yourself like a desktop.

[astroglide]

get the 7200rpm 60g drive instead of upgrading 100mhz for $100. 2yr inhome warranty is worth considering as well.

[IndieMatty]

I hate buying extended warrantys. I will look into it, thanks for the headsup.