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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Jani
dell - best bang for the buck

ibm - best bang... :shrug:
I would buy an IBM but I feel that they are out of my price range.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Dweezel
I would buy an IBM but I feel that they are out of my price range.
for 1500, you can get a decent ibm

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...011B825513BCED

check with your school(?) for ibm educational discounts.

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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:06 PM
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ive had my dell xps notebook for a year now. with no problems, only thing i didnt like about dell is that they had put in a partition so i had to reformat my laptop when i got it. other wise then that there customer service has been great and so has my xps.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Brar
can't you use a Norton program (Ghost) and combine the 2 partitions to 1 without reformatting? I think I did that
i have partition magic which dose the same thing. but i didnt want to go that route, i wanted it to be my laptop from start to end. so i formatted it.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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I own a Dell. I think it was $1200. Performance aside, the Dell is built like crap while a MacBook is built more nicely. The Apple just feels more solid.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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well, yeah. you pay a premium for that nicely finished feel that you get from an apple.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by MarshyTheKid
HPs are good. Compaqs are made by HP. My friends have all had good experiences with Compaqs.
Compaqs/HP's are really shitty computers. I've fixed 4 different ones for friends, they are almost as bad as eMachines my friends have.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by e3NiNe
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Dell computers are great. Dhel service isn't bad either.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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Build your own?
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:04 PM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220104
$1298, 2yr warranty though, specs listed on page

http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...view=Asus+A8JP
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