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laptop worth buying?
« on: June 06, 2005, 02:23:09 PM »
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I can pick one of these up for $385 is it worth it?
I'm just looking for websurfing, email, word, powerpoint use.
900 mgh processors, IBM think pads, 20 gig hd, 256 mgb memory, dock station, dvd player
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Re:laptop worth buying?
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2005, 08:48:33 PM »
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That seems like a pretty good price. Thinkpads are top notch quality. I would reccomend checking it out first to make sure it is in good condition and everything is working right.
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Re:laptop worth buying?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2005, 11:52:52 AM »
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cool thanks, I've got a company thru work that has like 20 of them for sale.
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Re:laptop worth buying?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2005, 10:11:30 PM »
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one thing to note is that it likely doesnt have wireless internet built in. The good news is that you can get a wifi card that plugs into the side for not too much. the bad news is that the plug-in-the-side ones are somewhat notorious for bad reception and suck alot of battery power. Overall, I still think its a great deal.
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Re:laptop worth buying?
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2005, 08:39:32 AM »
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cool thanks, I've got a company thru work that has like 20 of them for sale.
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Wow.... if only I had $400 burning a hole in my pocket.
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Re:laptop worth buying?
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2005, 01:36:07 PM »
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one thing to note is that it likely doesnt have wireless internet built in. The good news is that you can get a wifi card that plugs into the side for not too much. the bad news is that the plug-in-the-side ones are somewhat notorious for bad reception and suck alot of battery power. Overall, I still think its a great deal.
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I'll second that motion. My linksys wifi pc card sucks like nobody's business. It gets horrible reception and drops my connection quite frequently, though it will occasionally go on a tear and run for three days straight.
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Re:laptop worth buying?
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2005, 05:52:05 PM »
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one thing to note is that it likely doesnt have wireless internet built in. The good news is that you can get a wifi card that plugs into the side for not too much. the bad news is that the plug-in-the-side ones are somewhat notorious for bad reception and suck alot of battery power. Overall, I still think its a great deal.
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I'll second that motion. My linksys wifi pc card sucks like nobody's business. It gets horrible reception and drops my connection quite frequently, though it will occasionally go on a tear and run for three days straight.
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Ah the benefit of built-in wireless. The antenna in iBooks and PowerBooks is looped around the screen, which makes for killer reception. I've never noticed much of a power hit from using the wifi either. I know when I'm downloading stuff it'll cut the battery life to 3 hours (a lot of the is CPU and HD grinding though), but just keeping the card active I can still watch two DVDs straight through on mine with a single charge, and my iBook is 4 years old!
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Re:laptop worth buying?
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2005, 09:24:14 PM »
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that's why i got back to my original statement...apples make great lappies...but a PC powerhouse desktop is still the way to go... Elite spent 4k on his alienware laptop, and it's lucky if it can handle any real game.
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