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Looking for a solid, cheap laptop

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by meatpile, Nov 8, 2007.

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  1. Nov 8, 2007 at 3:45 PM #11
    meatpile

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    Cool. Any idea how the displays on the Vostro compare with the the inspiron here? And why Vista Pro?

    http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DNDEKA1&s=dhs
     
  2. Nov 8, 2007 at 3:52 PM #12
    Hard Harry

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    Wally world had a $350 acer AMD x2 laptop last week. One day sale.

    There will be several sub $400 laptops on Black Friday. I'd avoid Acer, and possibly just pay for a Dell Core Duo 2 at the prices quoted (which are very good).
     
  3. Nov 8, 2007 at 4:30 PM #13
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    No real idea how the displays compare.

    Not sure why they don't give you an option for XP either. Must be a Dell Small Business thing, but it does let you select Vista Home Premium so you don't have to go with the more expensive Business version.

    If you're not in a huge hurry (and none of those deals listed above are quite right for you) keep an eye on the techbargains.com site each day for a while. To weed through the other stuff, just do a search for "dell".
     
  4. Nov 8, 2007 at 4:35 PM #14
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    WTF dude why are we just hearing about this now??
     
  5. Nov 8, 2007 at 4:51 PM #15
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    I actually know meat, and more importantly, I know that he would pay me. I wouldn't feel comfortable buying a shitload of dells for people that i don't really know except online.
     
  6. Nov 8, 2007 at 5:07 PM #16
    kshead

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    Get to orderin'.

    I want a laptop..... I want a monitor..... I want a desktop.
     
  7. Nov 9, 2007 at 11:54 AM #17
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    you fool! don't give your old lady interweb access. Before you know it she'll be chatting with Pi's covert agents from TBR
     
  8. Nov 9, 2007 at 2:43 PM #18
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    No, Veruka.
     
  9. Nov 9, 2007 at 2:56 PM #19
    kshead

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    Can't I even get a Fresca?
     
  10. Nov 15, 2007 at 11:34 AM #20
    meatpile

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    Anybody know the difference between AMD Turion and Intel Centrino Core Duo?

    Having a hard time staying under a grand for solid processot, 2GB Ram and decent video card.
     
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