zdwebhosting
11-03-2002, 10:04 PM
lol finally after searching i bit the bullet and went out to staples and bought an HP laptop i was going to go with dell but i got this today rather than waiting a month for a dell.
its got
athlon xp 1500
256ram
20 gig drive
xp home
dvd / cdrw combo drive
was 1259 bucks but after taxes, carry bag and printer cartridge put me up just over 1600 all in all :)
its nice and so far so good :)
progex
11-03-2002, 10:08 PM
its got
athlon xp 1500
256ram
20 gig drive
xp home
dvd / cdrw combo drive
was 1259 bucks but after taxes, carry bag and printer cartridge put me up just over 1600 all in all
Wow, that's quite expensive. I'm assuming it's mainly because of the dvd/cd-rw combo drive. :cool:
smidwap
11-03-2002, 10:14 PM
Mine I got for twelve hundred plus, but no DVD combo drive :bawling: . Basically the same specs as zdwebhosting's laptop. :D
IGobyTerry
11-03-2002, 11:24 PM
I think my 400mhz laptop was like 1700 when I bought... freakin ripoff.
zdwebhosting
11-03-2002, 11:56 PM
not sure if the price i paid is higher than normal but i love this thing it has blue glowing lights all over it way better than the gateway i worked on few weeks back
JeremyV
11-04-2002, 12:46 AM
one of these days I will get a laptop...
I get sick of carying my box into work and looking like a complete fool :(
AndyP
11-04-2002, 01:18 AM
Sounds like a nice machine. Since you're already bought it, don't worry if it was a good deal -- just enjoy it!
zdwebhosting
11-04-2002, 09:09 AM
Originally posted by AndyP
Sounds like a nice machine. Since you're already bought it, don't worry if it was a good deal -- just enjoy it!
lol now i just wish i had money left for a wireless system :D
i guess i'm going to get a wireless router unless somone knows of a wireless access point for far undder 100 $ and these wireless nic cards for laptops are like 70+ $ lol
grandad
11-04-2002, 09:34 AM
From the UK - my notebook:
P4 2.4Ghz
Combo DVD/CD-RW
VGA shared to 64Mb
30 Gig H/D
512 DDR (max 1024)
14.1" TFT XGA
V90 modem
4 x USB
1 x IEEE 1394 Firewire
PCMCIA type II
10/100 Mbit Ethernet LAN
16 bit sound
Li-ion
XP Home
Nero burning
etc...
£999 - $1500 US equivalent - For UK prices I think that is a good deal ... what do you think?
zdwebhosting
11-04-2002, 09:38 AM
what brand? and yea thats a good price only diff is cpu,256 more ram , 10 gig more drive,
zdwebhosting
11-04-2002, 09:39 AM
btw... did you have to buy a cd burning software? i just looked and i dont see one on mine lol but it has dvd software
hmmr
richy
11-04-2002, 09:51 AM
depends entirely on the brand as to how good it is. my ibm a21m is p3 700, 256mb ram, cost about 3000 dollars, the laptop before that was a tosh portege p3 500 192 mb ram and cost about 4000 dollars. i could have got the same specs nearly for about half the price with a different brand but it would have been a waste of money. ibm and tosh rule :)
grandad
11-04-2002, 09:59 AM
Hi, the brand is "Medion" so no points there, but is really going well and is my 2nd "Medion" - 1st one still going fine (P3) but wanted another as an upgrade.
Bought from UK Staples and includes the "Nero Burning" software for burning CD's.
I agree I could have bought a better name for twice the price, but that wasn't really what I wanted to do!
Most things are much more expensive in the UK compared with US so it is good to find a bargain every now and again. :)
