best laptop ??

[Muddy]

Whats the best laptop for the money? (<$1600)

[filburt1]

My sights are set on the Toshiba Satellite 3005-S307. CompUSA is selling it for the best price: $1499.

[JungleMan]

Dell.

[filburt1]

You won't find a really good Dell for under $1600, especially considering shipping.

[Muddy]

Sony VAIO Notebook with Mobile AMD Athlon™ 4 Processor 1.2GHz
Model: PCG-FXA48

$1499

is that a good machine?

Is the Athlon 4 as fast as a P4?

[JungleMan]

Originally posted by Muddy
Sony VAIO Notebook with Mobile AMD Athlon™ 4 Processor 1.2GHz
Model: PCG-FXA48

$1499

is that a good machine?

Is the Athlon 4 as fast as a P4?

Yes, faster actually...1.2 will eat a 1.6 P4 for breakfast

I have a thing about Sony notebooks, mine blew some major ass...

Filburt: Dell has far more full featured notebooks and cheaper ones also

[Muddy]

Originally posted by jpbtennisman


I have a thing about Sony notebooks

good or bad?

[JungleMan]

Originally posted by Muddy


good or bad?

Bad about 5 problems (big problems) arose with mine sent it in for warranty service...about a month later still wasn't fixed

Would have preferred Dell's on-site service, and had a technician come to my house 1 or 2 days later instead...

[Muddy]

Thanks for the feedback.

Toshiba does look like the most economic.

Cant find a Dell <$1600 with Pentium and DVD / CD RW ...

[Muddy]

Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Notebook with Mobile Intel® Pentium® III Processor 1.2GHz - M
Model: ZT1145

This Mobile Intel® Pentium® III processor - M-based Pavilion keeps a 20.0GB hard drive and DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive within easy reach at all times. Windows XP Home Edition preloaded.

$1550


are HP's good machines?

what is the speed diff betweeen P3 and P4? substantial?

[filburt1]

HP = pure crap for computers, gods for printers