Laptops? - Page 3

prescient63 · 02-22-2007, 05:20 PM

I'm going to second the macbook. I greatly enjoy mine good form factor, good weight for lugging around and you can run both os's with boot camp.

Benito Fireslinger · 02-23-2007, 11:51 AM

yeah and leopard is going to be released this year (2nd quarter i heard) so if you want to wait you could pick up a macbook with it and it automatically comes with bootcamp installed

James · 02-23-2007, 01:40 PM

I think I'd rather have a habanero q-tip shoved up my penis than buy a mac.

Rune · 02-23-2007, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

I think I'd rather have a habanero q-tip shoved up my penis than buy a mac.

Hahaha. A+

I'm curious though how many people outside of Tejas, Mexifornia know what a habanero is though.

prescient63 · 02-23-2007, 05:50 PM

everyone

Frawdo · 02-23-2007, 06:32 PM

My Dell laptop is 4 months old now, and it has served me perfectly.

I'm no Dell lover, but bang for your buck they are pretty much the top for mid-range laptops right now, or so it seems.

Also, from reading threads like this and internet reviews, it seems about that about 90% people have no complaints. The other 10% is mostly Millie, who must have extremely bad luck.

Lambourne · 02-24-2007, 02:57 AM

I've been quite happy with my Dell Inspiron 9300 in the two years that I've owned it. (1.8ghz centrino, 1GB ram, 6800Go vid card /w 256mb). Very nice widescreen display. Runs WoW, Battlefield 2 etc with no problems at all.

I reinstalled windows when I got it (just to get rid of McAfee and all the limited-time crap that comes with it) but it's been troublefree ever since, eventhough it was x-rayed on a daily basis for a few months.

Regardless of what you buy, I would always invest in a proper, padded laptop case/bag (the form-fitted Dell one was about $45). Your laptop will be much better protected against shock and damage than it would be if you just stuck it in a backpack. Sooner or later you WILL drop it or hit it against something.

Jaytee Bushwacker · 02-24-2007, 06:16 AM

Dell is hit or miss...I have 5 Dell Inspriron 3800's that are in my domain at work. All are used by field techs during installations for testing etc. They all work fine and are like 5 years old. Its like the dam things just refuse to break. The only problem I had with one is when a tech dropped one off a roof and it became impaled lol, but that's hardly a Dell issue.

That said I also have had 2 Dell laptops out of the 15 I have bought in the last 18 months crap out. One the HDD gave up the ghost after about 6 months the other was just fucked up it would randomly reboot, lose BIOS settings forget it had hardware installed but nothing I could diagnose as nothing was reproducable...that was a bitch to get RMA'd too.

On the other hand I got my wife a 17" widescreen Toshiba P105 about 3 months back and that thing is great with the sole exception of having to buy a super large case to fit the thing in. Battery life is only fair though.

Burf · 03-02-2007, 09:45 AM

On a semi-related topic, why is it so hard to find a 14" laptop with a decent graphics card? I'd like to play games on it, but I don't want to go with a 15.4" or larger (again). I have a 15.4" Dell Inspiron 8600 (which has worked great for over 3 years--sorry, Millie), and 15.4" is just a bit too big for portability.

Aulirophile · 03-02-2007, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burf

On a semi-related topic, why is it so hard to find a 14" laptop with a decent graphics card? I'd like to play games on it, but I don't want to go with a 15.4" or larger (again). I have a 15.4" Dell Inspiron 8600 (which has worked great for over 3 years--sorry, Millie), and 15.4" is just a bit too big for portability.

I wouldn't feel to bad, according to the lawsuit against them Dell's laptops have a 30% failure rate and that is only for the last few years (steadily getting worse though). So a lot of people have good ones. Millie's odds of five duds aren't unbelievable though, especially if it was caused by one particular batch of bad MBs.

02-23-2007, 11:51 AM	#32 (permalink)
Benito Fireslinger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 333 +0 Internets	yeah and leopard is going to be released this year (2nd quarter i heard) so if you want to wait you could pick up a macbook with it and it automatically comes with bootcamp installed __________________ Archimonde

02-23-2007, 06:32 PM	#36 (permalink)
Frawdo Death By Sexy Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,688 -2 Internets	My Dell laptop is 4 months old now, and it has served me perfectly. I'm no Dell lover, but bang for your buck they are pretty much the top for mid-range laptops right now, or so it seems. Also, from reading threads like this and internet reviews, it seems about that about 90% people have no complaints. The other 10% is mostly Millie, who must have extremely bad luck. __________________ It's okay. She can jump really high

02-24-2007, 02:57 AM	#37 (permalink)
Lambourne There can be only win Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 204 +2 Internets	I've been quite happy with my Dell Inspiron 9300 in the two years that I've owned it. (1.8ghz centrino, 1GB ram, 6800Go vid card /w 256mb). Very nice widescreen display. Runs WoW, Battlefield 2 etc with no problems at all. I reinstalled windows when I got it (just to get rid of McAfee and all the limited-time crap that comes with it) but it's been troublefree ever since, eventhough it was x-rayed on a daily basis for a few months. Regardless of what you buy, I would always invest in a proper, padded laptop case/bag (the form-fitted Dell one was about $45). Your laptop will be much better protected against shock and damage than it would be if you just stuck it in a backpack. Sooner or later you WILL drop it or hit it against something. __________________ < United Kingdoms > EQ: Antonius Bayle - WoW: EU-Terenas - AoC: EU-Dagon

02-24-2007, 06:16 AM	#38 (permalink)
Jaytee Bushwacker FoH Member with a rod in his pants Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 257 +0 Internets	Dell is hit or miss...I have 5 Dell Inspriron 3800's that are in my domain at work. All are used by field techs during installations for testing etc. They all work fine and are like 5 years old. Its like the dam things just refuse to break. The only problem I had with one is when a tech dropped one off a roof and it became impaled lol, but that's hardly a Dell issue. That said I also have had 2 Dell laptops out of the 15 I have bought in the last 18 months crap out. One the HDD gave up the ghost after about 6 months the other was just fucked up it would randomly reboot, lose BIOS settings forget it had hardware installed but nothing I could diagnose as nothing was reproducable...that was a bitch to get RMA'd too. On the other hand I got my wife a 17" widescreen Toshiba P105 about 3 months back and that thing is great with the sole exception of having to buy a super large case to fit the thing in. Battery life is only fair though. __________________

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02-22-2007, 05:20 PM	#31 (permalink)
prescient63 You can't blame women for what they do wrong in the same way that you can't blame a dog for what it does wrong. Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,516 -5 Internets	I'm going to second the macbook. I greatly enjoy mine good form factor, good weight for lugging around and you can run both os's with boot camp.

02-23-2007, 05:50 PM	#35 (permalink)
prescient63 You can't blame women for what they do wrong in the same way that you can't blame a dog for what it does wrong. Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,516 -5 Internets	everyone

03-02-2007, 09:45 AM	#39 (permalink)
Burf Kneel before Zod! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,319 +2 Internets	On a semi-related topic, why is it so hard to find a 14" laptop with a decent graphics card? I'd like to play games on it, but I don't want to go with a 15.4" or larger (again). I have a 15.4" Dell Inspiron 8600 (which has worked great for over 3 years--sorry, Millie), and 15.4" is just a bit too big for portability.