- Best laptop for $2k
- Posted by Ray Lavelle on July 4th, 2003
I'm about to buy a Dell Insprion 8500 2.6/1GB/WUXGA/Combo/64MB-V for
around $2k. I plan to use this as a replacement for my desktop and
will be using it about 90% as a desktop hooked up to my monitor and
10% on the road. It seems to have everything I could need but are
there any other laptops out there that I should consider for this
price?
- Posted by Doug Chamberlin on July 4th, 2003
On 3 Jul 2003 20:07:15 -0700, bostonpartykid@yahoo.com (Ray Lavelle) wrote:
I would look at the Dell Depot area for a refurbished Inspiron 8200 instead.
One big difference between them I think is that the 8200 allows for a second
hard disk drive. Great for backups.
- Posted by David Chien on July 7th, 2003
Toshiba Satellite P25
The baddest 17.0", DVD burning laptop on the planet!
$2099
www.csd.toshiba.com
Why hook it up to an external monitor when the built-in 17" is a monster
all by itself ,)
Dual swappable media bays = you can have dual (2x!) DVD-R burners in one
laptop! or swap one bay and the internal HD out for the latest 80GB
Hitachi HDs, and you can have 160GB of HD storage space in this DVD
burning 17" notebook killer =)
17.0" diagonal Wide-Screen XGA Display (1440 x 900)!
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.80GHz
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
512MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (256MB x 2)
NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX Go5200 GPU w/32MB DDR memory
60GB HDD (4200 rpm)
DVD-R/RW
Integrated Wi-Fi™ (IEEE 802.11a/b)
Panasonic MotionDV Studio™, Microsoft® Works
4-USB (2.0) ports
iLINK (IEEE 1394) port
1-FIR port
SD media slot
TV-Out port
10/100 Ethernet
V.92/56K modemº
Parallel port
- Posted by Ray Lavelle on July 8th, 2003
I've seen that monster before, it's more of a desktop machine than a
laptop. I can't imaging trying to lug that thing around, it's 10lbs.
It doesn't even have a Pentium mobile chip, so between the 2.8GHz P4
and the 17" display the battery life is probably around 1 hour.
It's a damn nice machine to use as a desktop replacement, I just don't
see it as being a practical laptop.
David Chien <chiendh@uci.edu> wrote in message news:<becbaa$ov8$1@news.service.uci.edu>...
- Posted by Eddy K. on July 11th, 2003
Ray,
I'm in the same position as you are - looking for a decent desktop for
about 2K and thinking about Dell Latitude 8500. Have you looked into
Sony notebooks? They seem to be cheaper compared to Dell for the same
type of notebooks. It may be worth a look. I don't know any bad
stories about Sony (or Dell for that matter), maybe someone can give
general points of comparison?
=Eddy
bostonpartykid@yahoo.com (Ray Lavelle) wrote in message news:<d8653140.0307080009.4669bbaa@posting.google. com>...
- Posted by ©¿©¬ on July 12th, 2003
Sony are fine until they go wrong, service can be patchy and parts
supply is erratic. Dell on the other hand have won awards for their
customer service... $2000 would appear to be a lot of money, have you
considered IBM. They don't go wrong in the first place, that why they
are so expensive...
Eddy K. wrote:
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I found it hard, it was hard to find, oh well, whatever, nevermind...
- Posted by Singha_lvr on July 12th, 2003
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 5:40:46 -0400, ©¿©¬ wrote
(in message <3F0FD79E.7090900@telling.you>):
That's my take. For $2k you can get a sweeeet Dell. (I've been very happy
with mine and I *usually* get fantastic customer service. Every now and then
I get a yo-yo but I can usually resolve it by calling back the next day.)
I've owned IBMs and I've NEVER had a problem. If I could afford an IBM then
that is what I would own.
- Posted by Singha_lvr on July 12th, 2003
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 4:09:01 -0400, Ray Lavelle wrote
(in message <d8653140.0307080009.4669bbaa@posting.google.com>) :
I'd get one if I never had to use it on an airplane.
