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Old 08-15-2007, 05:04 PM
Barrin6 Barrin6 is offline
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Default Re: Help me pick a laptop, win $50 on FTP!

Dells are alright. I dont understand how people bash them. You hear more complaints about them because so many people own them since they are so cheap.
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:18 PM
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Default Re: Help me pick a laptop, win $50 on FTP!

HP Pavilion 15.4 wide screen
Intel Core Duo 2GHz
1 gig of ram
DVD burner
160GB HD
$850, ($800 after mail in rebate)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834147471

If you get the 1.86GHZ its $50 cheaper for basically the same laptop

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834147469
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:25 PM
Play4Pride Play4Pride is offline
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Default Re: Help me pick a laptop, win $50 on FTP!

guys, can you please submit links with the laptops your are referring to? Thx.
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:29 PM
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Dells are alright. I dont understand how people bash them. You hear more complaints about them because so many people own them since they are so cheap.

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yes, high sales volume will predictably mean more problems, but the issue consumers have with dell is how bad they deal with the problems. Basically once you have your computer, they have made the sale and you have to beg and plead and wait on hold for hours to get anything done when it inevitably fails. Full warranty doesn't even cover you, because they will send you refurb parts that die in a few months. When people are getting brand new computers that don't work out of the box, there is something wrong with the company.

Kurosh did a thread like this awhile ago and he chose the apple macbook pro that I recommended and own myself. Apple probably doesn't have anything in your price range, but the features and customer service you get for the money make them well worth it.

macbook pro example

this is similar to what I use and what kurosh got, you can ebay a brand new top of the line one for ~1500 if you look hard enough.
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:30 PM
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SYSTEM COLOR Tuxedo Black edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5250 (2MB cache/1.5GHz/667Mhz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition edit
LCD AND CAMERA Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam edit
MEMORY 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive) edit
VIDEO CARD Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 edit
WIRELESS CARDS Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 37Whr Lithium Ion Battery (4 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
FINGERPRINT SCANNER No Fingerprint Reader edit
My Software & Accessories
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 15-months edit
Dell Recommends
Upgrade your software!
Upgrade to McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 36-months [add $39 or $2/month1]


PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE No Productivity software pre-installed edit
COLOR COORDINATED BAGS FREE Timbuk 2 Messenger Bag - Black ($149 value) edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor,24x7 Phone Support edit
ACCIDENT AND THEFT PROTECTION 1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection (CD Shipped Separately) edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP DataSafe Online Backup 10GB for 1 year edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Processor Branding Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
Camera Panel Standard LCD with Tuxedo Black Casing and Camera XPS M1330
PHOTO AND MUSIC SOFTWARE No Entertainment software pre-installed



its a dell, maybe +200 over your budget but the xps imo is a good labtop

not sure if this goes right there because i went thru a whole configuration setup thing.


~1250 and what not.



pretty much what you were looking for i think
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:45 PM
LetsGetItOn LetsGetItOn is offline
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Default Re: Help me pick a laptop, win $50 on FTP!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...amp;CatId=1897

This is the exact laptop I have (got mine for $900 a couple months ago though). Only $640, 160 gig HD, 1 gig of ram expandable to 2. AMD Turion64 1.6 gig dual core processor, owns any centrino in my opinion. Has a built in wireless card obv. (works pretty good and even picks up my neighbors' wireless), battery life im not so sure what constitutes good batt. life but it pushes near 3 hours on highest brightness setting (don't use it unplugged too much myself only at wifi places once in awhile). It does burn dvds aswell.

Overall, very fast and processor isn't sluggish or anything when opening programs. Plus doesn't take a vacation day to start up like toshiba's (atleast the one I owned and the new one my friend bought).
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Old 08-15-2007, 09:39 PM
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Default Re: Help me pick a laptop, win $50 on FTP!

I have had Dells all my life, never had any problems with any of them and the customer service is awsome.
As a laptop, I have a Dell XPS and it is just awsome. When I saw this deal on the Dell website, I was pretty surprised just how cheap the laptop is for the quality.
Dell Inspiron 15 inch
There is a 17 inch version of this for just 100$ more if you wanted that.
PM me if u choose this.
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Old 08-16-2007, 05:52 AM
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Default Re: Help me pick a laptop, win $50 on FTP!

How about a nice alienware notebook? Those look nice, and you can tweak them for whatever needs you have. (www.alienware.co.uk if non-american i think)
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Old 08-16-2007, 06:23 AM
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http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthr...highlight=1500

check out this dell core 2 duo and other good [censored] for only $600
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Old 08-16-2007, 07:02 AM
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Default Re: Help me pick a laptop, win $50 on FTP!

I just ordered th new Sony Vaio FZ140/EB from the Full Tilt Poker Store for 274,000 pts. 15/4" widescreen. Looks like it will be good.
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