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Old 09-24-2007, 04:23 PM
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^^^ oh yeah i forgot i'm talking to the 40 year old virgin here. ^^^
*click 750GB HDD upgrade option*
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Old 09-24-2007, 04:38 PM
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That sucks.

We had a Toshiba a few weeks back for $700. 160gigs of hard drive space. 2gigs of ram. AMD Dual Core. DVD&CD burner. Firewire, usb, svideo, etc plug in's.
It was a nice 15.4" notebook.

I wish I bought it. But now that thing is back up for $900.
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Old 09-24-2007, 04:41 PM
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$900 is still not bad...
but lenovo is suppose to be pretty good since it's IBM.
I'm pretty much only looking at lenovo , toshiba, fujitsu and dell.
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Old 09-24-2007, 04:42 PM
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even if just watching movies getting a dedicated video card will help out a lot, i would avoid the ones using integrated/shared mem ones.
also if you get a vista laptop upgrade to 2gb mem...
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yeah i'm thinking getting at least 2 gb of ram which i can just buy from newegg and upgrade myself.
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Old 09-26-2007, 08:37 PM
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did you get the laptop yet?
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Old 09-26-2007, 11:59 PM
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not yet..
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Old 09-27-2007, 12:35 AM
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Just did a quick search and found this. Don't have time to research the specs right now, heading to bed. I'm sure some of the night owls will comment on it soon .

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...qpck3b&x=2&y=7
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Old 09-27-2007, 08:12 AM
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i was able to customize a few dell for under $1000 with just a upgraded 1.8 ghz cpu and most of the standard option.
Spend another $150 on ram and I think it would be a pretty good laptop.
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Old 10-01-2007, 12:08 AM
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I got a Macbook so I can run in both worlds. Mac for design/play, and WinXP for work via vpn. The OS X is just intuitive. I love the interface. I also make my ringtones through Garage Band. You can drag and drop more stuff in the OS X.
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Old 10-01-2007, 12:27 PM
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did you get the laptop yet?
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Old 10-01-2007, 12:42 PM
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nope not yet... i just went on dell.com this weekend
i guess they change stuff every week.
The customized laptop i want went up to around $1300
i need to find some online coupons i guess
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i personaly have a asus but i would not recomend if your just doing school work or browsing the net asus builds machines to do work i paid alil to much for mine, i bought a compaq for my girl from fry's for 500 and some change its a refurb. so i got the warranty its good for what she uses it for school esintials and such.
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http://bensbargains.net/redirect/43160

Acer Aspire 5630-6288 15.4" Notebook PC $650 at CircuitCity.com
CircuitCity.com has the Acer Aspire 5630-6288 15.4" Notebook PC for $730 - $80 rebate [Exp 10/6] = $650 with free shipping.

# Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz), 2GB DDR2, 160GB SATA, 15.4" at 1280x800
# 4x USB 2.0, 802.11 a/b/g, built-in Webcam, Vista Home Premium, 1 yr warranty
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Originally Posted by theheckwithyou
http://bensbargains.net/redirect/43160

Acer Aspire 5630-6288 15.4" Notebook PC $650 at CircuitCity.com
CircuitCity.com has the Acer Aspire 5630-6288 15.4" Notebook PC for $730 - $80 rebate [Exp 10/6] = $650 with free shipping.

# Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz), 2GB DDR2, 160GB SATA, 15.4" at 1280x800
# 4x USB 2.0, 802.11 a/b/g, built-in Webcam, Vista Home Premium, 1 yr warranty
i didn't know that acer is still around.
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