Notebooks

[Elle T]

Hey guys a friend of mine wants to buy a laptop as he is going overseas in a few months.
I've been looking around for him but can't find ****.
I'm after something along the lines of:

1.2 Athlon/P3
256mb DDR
CDRW & DVD
64mb Graphics
Sound
56k Modem
Win 9X or XP pro

Anyone know a model like that?

Around $4000-5000

[dumass]

My mate has a 1gig p3 / 64meg gf2 laptop

Its a dell inspiron somenthing,cost him about $6000 2 months ago


Find a dell dealer prolly best..

or http://www.alienware.com/main/gaming_main.asp

area 51 mmmmm, 2.4gig p4, GF4 64meg grafix

only $2700USD, not bad for that sorto laptop

[p01s0n_p1e]

dude
alienware mean overkill.....btw, who would do gaming on a laptop?
me thinks they are just too horible unless you are using a decent monitor for them.....i hate laptop screens so much.
Only good for privacy and half the time they keep your eyes out aswell.

yes i do have a laptop so its not an opinoin based on mucking around with touchpads in dse :p

[Elle T]

Dumass i tryed Dell & the like and over $5000 for a SDR system :(
But good call on the Alienware get this:

Pentium 4 1.9GHZ 400Mhz FSB
Intel 845mp+ich3m Chipset
256mb PC2100 DDR
40GB IBM Travelstar 4200 RPM ATA 100 HDD
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 64mb DDR
15' UltraXGA 1600x1200 LCD Display
Soundblaster Compatible 3D Audio
3.5 3-Mode Floppy Drive
8x DVD / 8x4x24 CDRW with software
Intergrated 10/100mb Ethernet NIC
56k Modem with V.92 Support
Windows XP Pro
Alienware Laptop bag
$2261.00 USD

Get this converted & its $4634.74 NZD.
Even with postage thats a grand cheaper than a slower system in NZ.

Cheers for the link its exactly what he wants :)

[p01s0n_p1e]

that guy is one lucky ****er!
i would love a laptop like that *looks at current laptop*
mmx 233 p2 mobile processor
40megs of blazing fast sd ram
24x cd ROM (yea *****)
duel batteries option (up to 5 hours)
2meg non 3d (who needs it?) video card
12.5" display, i could watch movies on this *****!
3gig hdd, rpm not a problem..
some wanghole dell soundcard
PASSIVE COOLING!!! im gettin near zero temps


and its not overclockable due to crapola dell bios :(

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by p01s0n_p1e
and its not overclockable due to crapola dell bios :(

You never heard of BIOS flashing?

*d@mnit, WHERE is that evil smiley!*

Yeah - laptops are incredibly expensive. I was about to say you were being totally unrealistic for a machine like that for a price in that range here in NZ... :(

[Gh0s7 L3mUr]

mmmm....

Now this is what I want....

h2o to go (http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pi/xml/00/04/17/000417piwater.xml)

*drools*

[Antimatter]

Dell notebooks are a waste of time these days...in this country anyway...
I've tried and tried to get hold of their support ppl...can't even buy a fan for a notebook in warranty.
I hate to suggest it... but going overseas get a Compaq or Toshiba...go for a Compaq Evo or Toshiba Satellite pro... even if they cost more than a pre-sorry-o or satellite, they're built nicely and have decent support.

[Gh0s7 L3mUr]

Originally posted by Antimatter
Dell notebooks are a waste of time these days...in this country anyway...
I've tried and tried to get hold of their support ppl...can't even buy a fan for a notebook in warranty.
I hate to suggest it... but going overseas get a Compaq or Toshiba...go for a Compaq Evo or Toshiba Satellite pro... even if they cost more than a pre-sorry-o or satellite, they're built nicely and have decent support.

Well that's actually what you have to do with Dell as well. For warrentys etc all Dell Stuff has to go back to the States. I know this because my partners uncle is a tech down here and he filled an order for a client with Dell laptops. And through numerous faults they entire lot (20+) had to be shipped to the States.
So Just in case you missed it... There is NO Dell Support in NZ :D I say toshiba watercooled *drool*