Cheapest place to buy a laptop in the US...? - Page 3

mad=dog · 05-30-2005, 12:00 AM

PCMCIA is an old standard. I still have some from the good old mid 90'es when I could afford to have a labtop. Anybody interested in a 3COM 3C689 16Mbs Token Ring net adapter and/or a PSION Gold Card 56k Fax/Modem + 10Mbs Ethernet adapter? Yeeeez these were fast and cool back then. I feel so old all of the sudden.

RoSs_bg2_rox · 05-30-2005, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kynaeus:
Originally posted by Memnoch:
Crikey! it costs so much because it as a mobile X300 graphics card, buy a laptop with something else, thats what is driving up the price I think

X300's aren't even that good though, they are quite cheap anyways. Laptops just generally are expensive.

[ 05-30-2005, 04:34 AM: Message edited by: RoSs_bg2_rox ]

Vaskez · 05-31-2005, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Memnoch:
It's going to double as a student/business thin-and-light and a gaming machine. I'm looking at something with the following features:

- light (<6lb - need to think in lbs now ) and easy to carry around if I have no car
- fast (at least 1.5Ghz)
- preferably Pentium M
- big HD (60GB+)
- WIFI connectivity
- DVD/CD/CDRW
- lots of ports

In annoying mood, so hate to burst your bubble, well not really, but GHz is a measure of frequency, not speed, and a big HD will have large dimensions, you want high capacity/density, right?

Lots of ports: well sure, with TCP (just install it under network protocols: you can have 60,000+ ports )

Memnoch · 05-31-2005, 11:12 PM

You are in an annoying mood, aren't you.

Vaskez · 05-31-2005, 11:13 PM

you know I'm right

Memnoch · 06-01-2005, 12:30 AM

I know you're being a smartarse too.

Cloudbringer · 06-01-2005, 09:00 AM

Mems, I'm talking to a friend who works for IBM, not sure we can do anything, but if we could, are you interested in IBM laptops?

I've never owned a laptop but I've heard they're good ones.

Memnoch · 07-15-2005, 01:14 PM

Just resurrecting this post...I think I've narrowed it down to two choices. Here are the choices:

It's massively cheaper for me to get it here as I can salary package it and buy using pretax $$$ which wipes off 50% of the retail price.

It's either going to be a Sony VAIO VGN-S48GP (same as the VGNS460P in the US I think) or an IBM Thinkpad T43. Anyone got experience with either of those models?

[ 07-15-2005, 01:18 PM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]

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mad=dog Avatar Join Date: April 18, 2004 Location: Copenhagen Age: 49 Posts: 549	PCMCIA is an old standard. I still have some from the good old mid 90'es when I could afford to have a labtop. Anybody interested in a 3COM 3C689 16Mbs Token Ring net adapter and/or a PSION Gold Card 56k Fax/Modem + 10Mbs Ethernet adapter? Yeeeez these were fast and cool back then. I feel so old all of the sudden. __________________ [url]\"http://www.dsr.kvl.dk/~maddog/isur.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Ooooookay. I surrender.</a><br />Sometimes I get the eerie feeling that my computer is operating me and not the other way around.

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Vaskez Takhisis Follower Join Date: April 30, 2001 Location: szép Magyarország (well not right now) Posts: 5,089	you know I'm right __________________ Too set in his ways to ever relate If he could set that aside, there'd be heaven to pay But weathered and aged, time swept him to grave Love conquers all? Damn, I'd say that area's gray

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Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Mems, I'm talking to a friend who works for IBM, not sure we can do anything, but if we could, are you interested in IBM laptops? I've never owned a laptop but I've heard they're good ones. __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)

07-15-2005, 01:14 PM	#28
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Just resurrecting this post...I think I've narrowed it down to two choices. Here are the choices: It's massively cheaper for me to get it here as I can salary package it and buy using pretax $$$ which wipes off 50% of the retail price. It's either going to be a Sony VAIO VGN-S48GP (same as the VGNS460P in the US I think) or an IBM Thinkpad T43. Anyone got experience with either of those models? [ 07-15-2005, 01:18 PM: Message edited by: Memnoch ] __________________

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