Care to recommend a decent $1200-$1500 lappy fellas?

plucky duck · Post by **plucky duck** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 2:47 am

I've still got Wickedmf's old school P150mmx Toshiba lappy.
Find myself using the lappy more and more for the net and general homework, and the one I got is a turtle with a broken leg

I don't have the chunk of money to throw at one, so no Geforce2Go for me

Here's the basics of what I want in my soon to be lappy:
At least 15" display (best display technology types? TFT?)
At least a lowend P3 or highend Celeron
At least 64megs of ram (will prolly upgrade to 256)
At least 6gig HD
At least a DVD drive
Prefer 2 mouse devices (pad and pointer)
Integrated floppy, sound.

I really prefer Toshibas, DELLs, or HPs, not so much Sony or Compaq, or *gulp* Emachines.

LMK if you guys got a model in mind that fits most of the bill

User experience is a plus too

BTW, anybody know when the Geforce2Go is coming out? How 'bout 1 Gig P3's for lappies?

LMK thanks!,
Pluckster

hammer01 · Post by **hammer01** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 8:35 am

I have stuck with the Toshiba's even in a business environment, I have found them to be reliable and durable. I have worked on Compaq's, Dells (which are possibly the best but the most expensive), Sony and Sagers. The thin is to get the most bang for your buck and you are talking Compaq and Toshiba on sale somewhere and between the 2, to me at least it is a no brainer.

LikeLinus · Post by **LikeLinus** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 4:09 pm

Dells are the best. Compaq's have alot of problems from everything i've seen. Toshiba's are great too.

da loser · Post by **da loser** » Wed Jan 17, 2001 8:58 pm

I've found semi-deals in dell refurbished, they have a cel 500 15" ati mobility-p for $1154+tax,shipping

. all the lowend toshibas i've found were hpa for some reason. compaqs are cheap. i'd like to know what you find, too.

plucky duck · Post by **plucky duck** » Thu Jan 18, 2001 5:17 pm

Hey guys, guess what I found? I got chottoED's lappy!

yah!

Its a pretty good deal he gave me.

Here's what he has:
Toshiba 2595XDVD
14.1" TFT
128megs ram
6.4Gig HD
2.5x/20x DVD/CDROM
10/100 NIC
56k modem internal
Carry case

On top of that, an extra USB external ZIP drive!

Now is that an awesome deal or what?! Thanks chottoED!

Very accomodating guy, even let me do a little payment and ships first

Now that's what I call an awesome deal! Now lets hope the fellas at customs doesn't take too big a bite outta my savings

Time to rid of my old school lappy I bought from Wickedmf (Mike) last Jan

Am I lucky or what?

Pop, don't show me my cc, just show me my new Klipsch speakers and my new lappy

Hey its for school work, so don't complain

hehe

Went back with Toshiba this time around cause they're pretty sturdy and I've gotten accustomed to their designs. Others just look a bit whacky to me

Pluckster

Biohazard · Post by **Biohazard** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 12:03 am

we got some celeron 600s with 128mb ram, 18gb hdd, a display that looks to be as big as a 17" monitor, includes the mouse, sound, cdrom (can get an upgrade), nic, modem, and bag for $1495 from dell.

real nice for that kind of money too.

FuNPoLiCe001 · Post by **FuNPoLiCe001** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 12:17 am

wow, thats awesome

if i could've found a Dell lappy for that price I'd have that instead of my Tbird right now

Biohazard · Post by **Biohazard** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 12:45 am

two reasons we got that price at work. Educational disctount and the big one BULK order. when you get 50 of em, they tend to lower the price

da loser · Post by **da loser** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 1:57 am

lets do a bulk order

plucky duck · Post by **plucky duck** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 2:18 am

bulk order for lappies? now there's a potential for great disaster....well, for me anyways if I were the one organizing it, it'd be way over my head

Pluckster

succubiss · Post by **succubiss** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 2:49 am

snagged a great deal pluck! oucha, i was too late... enjoy.

bitSLAP · Post by **bitSLAP** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 8:59 am

Where can I find Dell Refurb?

LikeLinus · Post by **LikeLinus** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 9:24 am

Is that a joke? uh...try Dell.com! Seach for refurbs

Biohazard · Post by **Biohazard** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 9:35 am

DAMN, 32mb ATI rage mobility on these little monkeys makes em VERY nice in Q3

That's a first, a laptop that's actually able to "play" games like that. Sticker price for an individual buying one of these is $1984... but they're worth it.

bitSLAP · Post by **bitSLAP** » Fri Jan 19, 2001 1:52 pm

Thanks for insulting my intelligence LikeLinus LOL

Actually, I can't find refurbs anywhere on DELL.CA. I never thought to check dell.com