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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2006, 02:27:15 PM »
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Didn't you post that once your wife spoke the name Dell during love-making some while ago? Maybe an old love? An old love named Dell? I can see you being sensitive to it! :confused:

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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2006, 06:59:07 PM »
I was talking to someone today, they said that Acer makes a pretty study laptop. Also apparently, internal floppy drives are not that common in laptops either
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« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2006, 07:44:28 AM »
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I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 that I have had for quite some time.....still use it to this day...its been all over the world and I got it to play AW3 while I was playing it.

At work we have Dell's as well.

If you are not gaming with it I would say you probably will be very satisfied!

What Gutt said. We have 2 at home, one is 3 years old, not a problem (Inspiron 1150) Boeings  vendor for most of its PC hardware is now Dell.(It used to be IBM, they're being phased out) My work laptop is a Dell M70 with 3 gig of ram. They are not without their problems, but I think its a pretty good laptop PC.
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« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2006, 07:49:02 AM »
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I was talking to someone today, they said that Acer makes a pretty study laptop. Also apparently, internal floppy drives are not that common in laptops either


Yup.. they are good! Finding a modern laptop with a floppy is not that easy, but you can get usb floppies if you need it.
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« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2006, 08:48:02 AM »
I'm going to have to side with Dago and Nilsen on this one.  My Dell laptop's monitor hinge broke clean off, and the CD drive malfunctioned as well.  And the trackpad too, started clicking and randomly moving the pointer around on its own.  And no, I wasn't throwing it off buildings. :)  A lot of my friends have similar reports on Dells. Very poor build quality, flimsy and creaky (even when new).  After the hinge broke, you could see the cheap thin metal used for attachment.  This was a Latitude.

My current IBM laptop was treated the same, but has been solid as a rock from day 1.  Plus it's a lot lighter.  Plus it has a 3 button trackpad.  I would heartily recommend the IBM thinkpads.
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« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2006, 09:05:35 AM »
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I'm going to have to side with Dago and Nilsen on this one.  My Dell laptop's monitor hinge broke clean off, and the CD drive malfunctioned as well.  And the trackpad too, started clicking and randomly moving the pointer around on its own.  And no, I wasn't throwing it off buildings. :)  A lot of my friends have similar reports on Dells. Very poor build quality, flimsy and creaky (even when new).  After the hinge broke, you could see the cheap thin metal used for attachment.  This was a Latitude.

My current IBM laptop was treated the same, but has been solid as a rock from day 1.  Plus it's a lot lighter.  Plus it has a 3 button trackpad.  I would heartily recommend the IBM thinkpads.



Yup.. id say that Thinkpads are the best around. I have 2 of them and they are rock solid. If you can afford it and are not put off by what some say are a booring design and color choise then you cant get better laptops anywere.
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« Reply #22 on: February 25, 2006, 09:54:28 AM »
I've had a lousy experiance with Compaq and will never buy another one again. I've had a good experiancewith Toshiba and have had no problems with it at all. It is not a gaming machine but I didn't get it for that either. The wife absolutely loves the small hand held trackball device our son gave her. It fits on her finger with a trigger like switch for most clicking and 2 more buttons on top under her thumb. Neat and slick little gadget.
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« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2006, 10:02:09 AM »
Toshiba is up there with the best for sure.
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« Reply #24 on: February 25, 2006, 09:11:40 PM »
I'm currently using a Dell Latitude D810 for work.  No problems.  Even runs AH2 decently.
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« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2006, 11:39:50 PM »
I got an OLD toshiba satellite pro, I think its a P266. Case is literary held together with packing tape. It still works pretty decent.  Acer's seem pretty nice though. Right now im still at the state of looking around, havent made a real decision
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« Reply #26 on: February 26, 2006, 04:29:57 AM »
<-- hug's my Asus W1.



Ever thought about an Asus? They make Apple, Sony, HP, and a few other brands notebooks.
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« Reply #27 on: February 26, 2006, 04:46:08 AM »
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<-- hug's my Asus W1.



Ever thought about an Asus? They make Apple, Sony, HP, and a few other brands notebooks.


Im seriously looking into the A6J with dual core and ati x1600 + a few other goodies
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« Reply #28 on: February 26, 2006, 05:02:42 AM »
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« Reply #29 on: February 26, 2006, 10:28:53 AM »
Last 2 motherboards I bought were Asus's. They seem to hold out pretty good but expensive.
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