Laptop help
 

About to order a laptop for college.

Anyone who finds a way to get me a good deal, I'll throw some money your way. Minimum of 25% of what I save will be shipped out.
Sony Vaio

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I know dells suck, but they're having a crazy deal for like one day only. Basically 5-hundos for a computer before tax and everything and after rebates:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/s...l=en&s=dhs

I was thinking about getting one myself, but it's my last year and i might as well use the one I have for the remainder.

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Pricewatch.com

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I got my laptop and TV through www.fatwallet.com. They seem to find the best deals online or at B&M. I don't see anything on there now for the Sony Vaio but if you keep checking back, they might have a good deal.

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Don't get why there is so much hate on Dell's?

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Me either. I just got a new Dell 17" laptop. Other than having to tweak the wireless settings in it to keep it from timing out, it has worked great so far.

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Me either. I just got a new Dell 17" laptop. Other than having to tweak the wireless settings in it to keep it from timing out, it has worked great so far.

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What did you do to fix this? I'm running into the same problem with my Dell laptop and it's really fking annoying. I thought it was a problem with my router all this time.

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Vaio: Good if you wanna show off.
Thinkpad: Good if you wanna work with it.

IBM had student deals going, no idea if Lenovo still does them. Try Google.

edit: Oh, and T-Series is what you are looking for.

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I know dells suck, but they're having a crazy deal for like one day only. Basically 5-hundos for a computer before tax and everything and after rebates:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/s...l=en&s=dhs

I was thinking about getting one myself, but it's my last year and i might as well use the one I have for the remainder.

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Uuuuhhhh since when. I got a great deal on mine from a friend who used to work for them, and have had zero problems and perfect customer service so far...

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Me either. I just got a new Dell 17" laptop. Other than having to tweak the wireless settings in it to keep it from timing out, it has worked great so far.

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What did you do to fix this? I'm running into the same problem with my Dell laptop and it's really fking annoying. I thought it was a problem with my router all this time.

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I want to know as well...
I pmed him Ill let you know if I get a response.

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arent dell good laptops.. i need to be getting myself one.. i was thinking around £500 for a dell laptop.. any ideas BBV?!?

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I know dells suck, but they're having a crazy deal for like one day only. Basically 5-hundos for a computer before tax and everything and after rebates:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/s...l=en&s=dhs

I was thinking about getting one myself, but it's my last year and i might as well use the one I have for the remainder.

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Uuuuhhhh since when. I got a great deal on mine from a friend who used to work for them, and have had zero problems and perfect customer service so far...

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It just seems to be the general opinion, I'm fine with mine, but a lot of people think they suck, should have clarified, sorry.

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I bought the dell inspiron 1705 last year and have had tons of problems with it.

FWIW I was planning on getting 2 laptops, one for travel/taking to class etc and gonna get a second beast one for poker/serious work

edit: if anyone picks out a good small (13-15 inch) laptop for travel/class for a decent price I'll also ship you some money.

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$150 off sonystyle store for getting their credit card

Personally, since I don't need a lappy, I'd use it on the PS3 to bring it down to $350 + ship. The card itself seems to have minimal rewards, so just get it, shop with it once, and drop it so you can get it again when another promo comes up. Instant approval and you should be able to get all of the information to make the purchase off the chase website.

Oh, the card supposedly gives 8 points per dollar spent, which should be another $150 in savings.

Combine with fatcash 3% (fatwallet's rakeback program) - $56

Total savings - $356 or 19%

PM me for stars/FTP name

Crovax

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what kind of problems you have w/ it Dan? i'm also looking for a new laptop, needs to be 1600x1200 or better and basically something that is fast and won't give me alot of problems. would like to get it as cheap as possible but that isn't my main concern. i'd rather get something that isn't a POS and that i like.

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tons of battery issues (probably partially my fault)
bunch of blue screens of death
spilled beer on it which didn't help but it was kinda [censored] already

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hey guys .. I used to do support for a major consumer Laptop Company . I really think you get what you pay for ..these lap tops use the cheapest wireless cards and hardware ... So I would go for a company that has the support ..or buy the extended warranty .. plus maybe spill protection ,, because HP and Dell don't cover that and it's a 700$ charge to you,the customer to get it fixed .. So it depends on your situation.. GL

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Me either. I just got a new Dell 17" laptop. Other than having to tweak the wireless settings in it to keep it from timing out, it has worked great so far.

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What did you do to fix this? I'm running into the same problem with my Dell laptop and it's really fking annoying. I thought it was a problem with my router all this time.

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My new one has a Intel 3945 wireless adapter in it. Straight out of the box it would consistently interrupt me about every 15 minutes. Interruption would last about 8-10 seconds, just long enough to almost time me out on my tables I had running. Wireless signal is strong and my previous laptop never did this.

I had mess around with some of the setting under the adapters properties but finally found the one that did it. If you have the same one I do, then do this.

Go under Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Network Adapters/Intel 3945. Right click on it, hit Properties. Under the Advanced tab you will see several settings there. You will see one called Roaming Aggressiveness. Mine was set to Medium as a default. Turn it to Low.

Apparently the card is set to randomly search out other signals and when it does it interrupts you current signal for a few seconds. After turning mine to Low, I have only gotten a couple of interruptions over the past week or so where I was getting them every 10-15 minutes.

I also changed the Signal option under there also to only pull a G signal, which is what my router uses. Hope this helps.

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How about a macbook?

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How about a macbook?

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No, everything you need to know about Apple products can be found here:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse....gi?u=macs_cant

and here:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone

yw

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I've got a macbook [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
but I only use it for school

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u want my laptop bro? u can have this HP piece of [censored] for your portable laptop, its pretty deec. I have the 3 year full warranty to so i could just sign it over to you and then u could drop it out a window and get a replacement for free so you wouldn't even have to wipe the harddrive. I'm about to cop a dell anyway lemme kno.

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The best laptop for a student.

http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/12255.jpg

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u want my laptop bro? u can have this HP piece of [censored] for your portable laptop, its pretty deec. I have the 3 year full warranty to so i could just sign it over to you and then u could drop it out a window and get a replacement for free so you wouldn't even have to wipe the harddrive. I'm about to cop a dell anyway lemme kno.

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holla

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what is the deal with acer's? anyone know anything about them?

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maulik convinced me , i ended up getting a 17" wide screen macbook pro
will be getting a 30" monitor shortly (thoughts on which one ?)

laptop seems cool except AIM 4.7 for mac sucks
ichat seems ok but buddy list is in ABC order (not by group either) which is reall annoying

$10-25 to anyone who fixes this

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oh yea i want to hook up a wii but dont have a tv in my dorm

if anyone can find a way to pull this off will ship them some $$

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NO VAIO.

OMG.

i have to turn mine upside down to turn it on. then it randomly shuts off with 4 people left in sitngos.

also all the people in the sony store admitted they had no idea how to fix computers and were only salespeople and actually knew nothing about computers.

but if you want to pay $45 to Jane in India, she is more than willing to ask you if it is plugged in or not.

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oh yea i want to hook up a wii but dont have a tv in my dorm

if anyone can find a way to pull this off will ship them some $$

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http://www.instructables.com/id/E9KNN3LFGZEYSYVB9J/

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$10 shipped to nicotine dream for recommending Adium

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More free monies:

1)someone recommend me a program for IRC.
2)I don't have the drivers to my Cybershot DSC-W55. I have pictures I want to upload.Searched a bit but cannot find workng drivers for the Mac. Help plz

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http://www.ircle.com/ irc for mac

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connect cam w usb to the mac, then use this

i know the W cam you have is not listed, but honestly it could still easily work. if it doesnt work there is likely no solution

http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/cameras.html

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honestly i would have went lenovo w deals from those deal-sites, but still good choice with mac.

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i have macosx and plugged it in via USB nothing unless there is a download on that site i missed.. all i see isa link to sonys website

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Scrounging the internet, I only have the following long-shots for you.

1) mac driver should have come with the camera, no? (w55 manual says yes)

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Open Image Capture, found in Applications, click on Preferences, select the camera tab, and where is says, When a camera is connected, open select iPhoto.

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By going to the "Setup 2" page in the camera and changing the "USB Connect" to PTP, I was able to solve the problem.

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