so i need a laptop. i'd really like to have one that is as good as my current desktop... which is a 4 year old 1.6ghz amd and 512mb ram and a gf4 4400

i won't be doing much gaming on the laptop aside from occasional simcity4, so if it could handle that as well as my desktop can, that'd be awesome.

i've been looking at a few websites and the best deals i've found so far are dell's home/home office using the coupons online. anyone own a dell laptop?

i was specifically looking at the 700m model because of its portability

7/29/2005 5:45:57 PM

Dell

7/29/2005 5:56:10 PM

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=336979

7/29/2005 6:19:43 PM

for fucks sake, READ, its not like there arent several threads on the first page or two and 20 or 30 on the board already

7/29/2005 6:36:29 PM

much easier to post a new topic and have everyone link to the other ones for me, imho

7/29/2005 7:10:19 PM

my brother just got an "open box" Toshiba, thing is bad ass

7/29/2005 7:34:50 PM

600m

7/30/2005 12:40:44 AM

Try typing on it before you buy one of those little dells.

7/30/2005 12:45:57 AM

ok...so i checked again today on the ibm employee discount page...let's just say i now have a laptop.

i got $1400 off a thinkpad t42p

2.1 ghz pentium m
60gb hd (only complaint)
1.5gb of ram
dvd burner
biometric fingerprint reader
etc, etc

i needed this machine for web design and for the mba program and for a 5 pound machine to be that powerful i couldn't pass it up...especially with $1400 off

-best keyboard on ANY laptop ever-

7/30/2005 1:14:25 AM

http://www.anywaypc.com

use this coupon nc727t



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7/30/2005 1:37:52 AM

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"Dell"

7/30/2005 1:49:49 AM

5 lbs? That's a fucking cinder block. And you won't need more than 60GB for a MBA laptop - I have thousands of hourse of work on mine after a year and it's not even close to being full (and yes, I have like 20 GB of MP3 on it as well).

7/30/2005 3:19:23 PM

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"5 lbs? That's a fucking cinder block."

most of the laptops with the same specs as mine are 10-12 lbs

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"And you won't need more than 60GB for a MBA laptop"

it's for the mba program AND web design...the latter needs most of the space with dreamweaver, photoshop, illustrator, fireworks, etc etc

7/30/2005 5:15:19 PM

You can get the IBM T40 new for $1100, at http://www.anywaypc.com

7/30/2005 9:37:39 PM

Dell is having a Big Sale it may be over now but I got an Inspiron 6000 with 1.8ghz Centrino ATI X300 graphics, 80gb HD, CD Burner/DVD Player, 15.4 in WUXGA (that is a Wide Screen Ulta XGA, basically the best laptop screen out there right now) XP Pro (with backup disk) Creative Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Surround Sound all for about 1350.00 they had some huge sale my laptop was stickered at 2400.00 before I put any coupons I found. Look at http://www.techbargains.com/ for coupons. Good luck.

7/31/2005 2:33:49 AM

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"it's for the mba program AND web design...the latter needs most of the space with dreamweaver, photoshop, illustrator, fireworks, etc etc"

having been in the web design and development industry for over 8 years, the ENTIRE collection of ALL of my work is only about 6gb including source psd's, pdf's and associaed documents. There is absolutely no fucking way you will ever use even 40gb of space for LEGAL, non gaming pursuits.

All the programs you mentioned and or need will use 1-2gb installed. Your MBA work might be a gig, being very generous.

7/31/2005 3:08:59 AM

well then i'm in good shape...i have a huge archive of LEGAL music and i usually keep a few of my dvds stored on my laptop for traveling purposes (i have 300 LEGAL ones...lol)...i guess i don't need to worry about getting bigger than a 60gb...

Noen you think i made a good choice with the t42p?

7/31/2005 3:31:29 AM

^ absolutely Thinkpad is hands down the best laptop for PCs. I won't touch upon Macs here..

I have a T41p with 1.4Ghz Centrino, 256MB RAM (upgradable to 2 Gigs), 40Gb HDD, 14" LCD that I love. Never gave me any problems. But after joining my company recently, they've made me carry with me the damned Dell latitude D600. It's performance, elegance and comfort (keyboard etc) doesn't even compare to IBM's. I am thinking of selling my Thinkpad, as I dont want a spare laptop. So if any of you (or your friends) is interested, let me know! Price will be negotiable.

7/31/2005 12:05:57 PM

just for the record, there are legal ways of using up 40 gb for non-game pursuits.

8/2/2005 1:46:56 AM