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  1. Oct 20th, 2004, 12:29 PM #1
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    Looking for a laptop

    All,

    I've looked all over for this and I don't want to get ripped off by Dell. Is there somewhere else I can get a laptop with these specs:

    3.x GHz Pentium4 w/HT
    7200rpm harddisk (anysize)
    128 MB Vid card
    wireless Ethernet
    wide-screen display

    Lookin to spend no more than 1500.
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  2. Oct 20th, 2004, 05:03 PM #2
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    1500 how much is that in world.top dollor/pounds..etc
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  3. Oct 20th, 2004, 05:51 PM #3
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    hehe I am in U.S.A.

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    Try pctorque.com. The sagers are nice.
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  6. Oct 22nd, 2004, 12:24 PM #5
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    I set up a Sager at PowerNotebooks.com:

    http://www.powernotebooks.com/catego...?catId=24#id21

    The 5960.

    Anyone have experiences with this place? I set up the afore-mentioned specs for $1800 US. That's the best price so far. I wil also look at PCTorque.
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  7. Oct 23rd, 2004, 10:12 PM #6
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    Look into any of the HP laptops? My friend has a zd7000 series which is pretty nice. The 17" screen is a little to big for my tastes but its still a nice laptop. CNET gave it the best rating for a 17" laptop so far.

    zd7000 series notebook $1,549.00

    Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition
    Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.80A GHz
    Display 17.0" WXGA+ Wide Viewing (1440x900)
    Graphics Card 64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) FX Go5700
    Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB)
    Hard Drive 60 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
    Primary CD/DVD Drive 4X DVD +/- RW/R & CD-RW Combo
    Networking Built in 56K Modem+10/100 LAN
    Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works/Money
    Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
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    Originally posted by Dilenger4
    Look into any of the HP laptops?
    Yeah, I was at HP's Laptop configurator, but I left in disgust. Not a single configuration could be made with a 7200rpm HD. If you look at my original post, its one of my requirements.
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    Or you could go for a HP zv5000z series notebook $1,524.00 which i am looking at myself but i am going to configure it with a 8X DVD +/- RW/R & CD-RW Combo for $50.00 more.

    Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition
    Processor AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ 2.20 GHz
    Display 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen(1280x800)
    Graphics Card 64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go +1394 & 5-in-1
    Memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB)
    Hard Drive 80 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
    Primary CD/DVD Drive 4X DVD +/- RW/R & CD-RW Combo
    Networking 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
    Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works/Money
    Primary Battery 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
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    Posted by Dave Sell

    Yeah, I was at HP's Laptop configurator, but I left in disgust. Not a single configuration could be made with a 7200rpm HD. If you look at my original post, its one of my requirements.
    I havent seen too many laptops with 7200rpm hd's. The only ones i have seen come in the sagers, alienware and voodoo's.
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    Originally posted by Dilenger4
    I havent seen too many laptops with 7200rpm hd's. The only ones i have seen come in the sagers, alienware and voodoo's.
    AFAIK, AlienWare uses Sager hardware. ANyway, I think I'll be going with Sager, eh?
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    Plus i dont know why you got so disgusted. HP seems to offer many options. Have you ever tried to configure a toshiba laptop?
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    Originally posted by Dilenger4
    Plus i dont know why you got so disgusted. HP seems to offer many options. Have you ever tried to configure a toshiba laptop?
    Only because there was not a single option for 7200rpm harddrives. This is a requirement of mine.
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  15. Oct 23rd, 2004, 10:30 PM #13
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    Posted by David Sell

    FAIK, AlienWare uses Sager hardware.
    Yes i am aware of that.
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    Right now I'm getting set to purchase a Sager 5690 from PowerNotebooks.com for around 1800 with my required specs. 3.0GHz. Seem like a good deal?
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    What happened to your $1500 limit?
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  18. Oct 23rd, 2004, 10:49 PM #16
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    1800 was as close as I could get to it, considering all my requirements.... **** happens.
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    uh - oh ya - had to forgoe the widescreen too...
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    You guys seen those bulletproof (literally) military laptops? You can drop them in water, throw them down stairs, stand on them and then play some MP3's in Windows Media Player. Although the latter is most likely to cause the machine to stop working.
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    Yeah i saw one while reading JDJ like three months ago. The laptop they showed was carried by some soldier when he was hit by an Iraq sniper. The laptop took the hit saving the soldier. Pretty impressive.
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