i bought my wife a notebook (joybook r22e) from Benq for €700 new here some specs: Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+ 15" XGA TFT XGA (1024*768) 256+256MB PC400 DDR-Ram 80 GB HDD DVD Double Layer +/-DVD-Brenner 4x USB 2.0 port 1x PCMCIA TypII 1x VGA 1x RJ11 Modem 1x RJ45 Ethernet (10/100) 1x S-Video 802.11b+g WLAN bis 54Mbit Integrate Unichrome Pro - Grafix shared i know its not the best one but its enough for i-net....
Acer (www.acer.com) Serves me well (almost an year now) AMD 64 Sempron 2800+ 15" XGA TFT LCD 40GB HDD DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive 512MB DDR RAM 802.11 b/g wireless LAN
The new Intels aren't that great though. They are marginally faster than the G5 at the same clock speed. Only 10-25% boost. http://www.macworld.com/2006/01/features/imaclabtest1/index.php I think we should expect the same when the PC Core Duo version is released. Intel just can't seem to keep up with its competitors.
Just picked up an Acer Ferrari 4002 from Acer Ferrar 4002 from Tiger Direct Canada AMD Turion 64 ML-30 (unfortunately it is the higher voltage chip) 1.6Ghz. 512 MB DDR PC2700 ATI Radeon Mobility X700 128MB 15.4" WSXGA+ 80GB HDD Dual Layer DVD±RW More ports than you can shake a stick at, including DVI-D which is why I bought it. The included Bluetooth mouse is a joke! The precision is the worst I've ever seen, worse than a gunked up old skool ball mouse. Battery life is limited when wireless LAN is enabled, but this is expected. Other than that she's absolutely flawless. How can I not love it! Here's some benchmarks I ran as soon as I turned it on (I did a complete windows update first). These are all the free d/l versions: 3DMark 2001 SE (Build 330) = 15174 3dMark 2003 (Ver. 3.6.0) = 5129 3DMark 2005 (Build 1.2.0) = 2061 I havn't ran 2006 yet but will tonight. After that I'll update to the lates drivers for everything and see what difference it makes.
Laptop: Sager 4880 Pentium M 770 2.13GHz 2GB RAM 60GB 7200RPM HD ATI Mobility Radeon X700 256MB DVD-RW Price: ~$2,100 Vendor: PCTorque I bought this laptop from PCTorque in Spring of 2005. The experience was hassle free and easy, they even sent me a free USB Floppy Drive because at the time I had placed my order it was mislabled as free on the website. I'm extremely happy with the machine, though of course seeing the new Core Duo offerings I sometimes get pangs of regret - but these are owed more to salivation over the latest and greatest rather than any shortcoming of my Sager. I'm very happy with the Sager 4880 due to its amazing battery life (12 cell battery), X700 256MB, and 15'' screen. On the downside the screen has bad viewing angles, but in practice this is rarely noticable unless you're attempting to have a group of people watch a DVD or something from side angles.
We bought a laptop from Gateway at an Office Max here in the neighborhood and it's turned out to be pretty good. Haven't had any problems. The widescreen monitor is hot.
SD-MW1 Pentium M 760 2.0GHz 1GB 533MHz RAM 60GB 7200 RPM Geforce Go 6600 128MB (OC'ed from 375/700 to 412/770!!!) Vendor: Sabio Digital Price: ~1510.00 This company, in my opinion, is a very underrepresented company. They get their barebones from the Taiwanese ODM manufacturer Quanta. They're top of the line laptop material. I, personally, am extremely satisfied with this current laptop that I have; it performs flawlessly under intensive use, especially during gaming, hehe.
Was I right a about the dual cores?:speed: Anyway; just as an update - I use this lappy for a few hours every morning and even though the battery life isn't great (I get around three hours) The performance IS. The best part of this notebook is the screen. Most of the lappys out there - even current models - are still using XGA screens. While the 'glossy' screens look amazing, I would love to see manufactures do away with 'xga' and offer at least 'sxga+'. The added screen realestate is much desirable! Text is also much more crisp and clear.
recemtly bought an ACER Acer Aspire 5672 Core Duo T2300 (1.66) => Upgraded my CPU to T2400 (1.86) 1GB 533 Ram - I couldnt believe it that the ram was Corsair Seagate Momentus 120GB SATA 150 - Hard Drive come with FAT32 (SPOILER) X1600 128mb - I sent my laptop back and they replaced my video card and i paid the small difference of $90 Price: $1100 US Bought my laptop from Buy.com and the delivery was hassle free and did not had any problems wih them. Also the deilivery came 2 days early than it was originaly stated.
nobody here is NEC notebooks fans? anybody own a NEC notebooks .. any issue .. what abt their service, quality?? as NEC is No 1 in Japan what abt others..? pls voice ups
i have a pakard bell laptop does that count? Dell lattitudes FTW! L400 built like a rock ill get some pics 4 years old and still runs perfectly
Well I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 (E1505 in USA). It's a great and sturdy laptop, plays many games on high or medium. For example Battlefield 2 would run on High but I prefer Medium as I see it easier on my eyes for some reason and CSS on High @ 1280*780 (16:9). Also, the new Core Duo CPU's are awesome, they're great for multitasking and stuff. My specs are in my rig info...as this is my only system right now...
EH the compaq i have now has a faulty Onboard nic.....and the AC plug is loose. I read something about this model having crappy AC Plugs. By the way if the model is the EVO n610c Series.:scream: