New Laptop

[Sidoh]

My parents bought me a new laptop for graduation!  Here's what I got:

Dell Inspiron E1705

CPU: Intel Core Duo Processor T2300 (1.66 GHz/667 MHz FSB)

OS: Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (I'll probably wipe this and install Slackware/XP Pro)

LCD Panel: 17" Wide Screen XGA+ Display

Video Card: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

Hard Drive: 80 GB 5400 RPM SATA

Networking: Integrated 10/100; Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g mini card

Battery: 80 WHr 9-cell lithium ion primary battery

Warranty: 4 year limited warrenty

Price: $1,846.26

[ZeroX]

Video Card: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
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Thats what I want for the new comp iam buliding. How much does that video card run for now?

Congrats BTW I am probally going to go out to dinner for my graduation.  :-X

[igimo1]

sauce.


I think you should've asked your parents to wait to buy you that laptop (like, when you actually need it - two months from now). It would've been loads cheaper

[Sidoh]

sauce.


I think you should've asked your parents to wait to buy you that laptop (like, when you actually need it - two months from now). It would've been loads cheaper

Maybe.  Things tend to stay expensive in laptops for much longer than they do with PC's, though.

[BigAznDaddy]

o dell not my choice of laptop but it still works
i prefer compaq

[Sidoh]

o dell not my choice of laptop but it still works

Of course it does.  I've been a technical assistant in my school district for four years.  I've seen a lot of new laptops bought.  I've done the builds on about half of them.

I assure you that Dell laptops "still work."  They're actualy some of the best I've seen.  We've bought DakTech, HP, IBM, Compaq and Gateway.

That said, I'd like to hear any valid, supporting reason you have for your silly conclusion. :P

i prefer compaq

One of the first PC's my family owned was a Compaq.  It was terrible.  I've since had extremely biast oppinions against any computer they make, even after they were bought out by Hewlett-Packard.

[Super_X]

o dell not my choice of laptop but it still works

Of course it does.  I've been a technical assistant in my school district for four years.  I've seen a lot of new laptops bought.  I've done the builds on about half of them.

I assure you that Dell laptops "still work."  They're actualy some of the best I've seen.  We've bought DakTech, HP, IBM, Compaq and Gateway.

That said, I'd like to hear any valid, supporting reason you have for your silly conclusion. :P

i prefer compaq

One of the first PC's my family owned was a Compaq.  It was terrible.  I've since had extremely biast oppinions against any computer they make, even after they were bought out by Hewlett-Packard.

HP's no better than Compaq. ;)

I like Dell's service plan; the only thing I'd buy from them is a laptop, though.

[Sidoh]

HP's no better than Compaq. ;)

I like Dell's service plan; the only thing I'd buy from them is a laptop, though.

Haha.  I've never owned an HP machine, but the few laptops I've worked on made by them were good.

Yeah, I think I'd agree with that.  I like building my own PC's for obvious reasons, but I think it'd be foolish to attempt the same with a laptop, especially given my experience with the required skills to do the same for a laptop.

[Super_X]

HP's no better than Compaq. ;)

I like Dell's service plan; the only thing I'd buy from them is a laptop, though.

Haha.  I've never owned an HP machine, but the few laptops I've worked on made by them were good.

Yeah, I think I'd agree with that.  I like building my own PC's for obvious reasons, but I think it'd be foolish to attempt the same with a laptop, especially given my experience with the required skills to do the same for a laptop.

It takes too much fanesse and skill to make a laptop. :'(
I'm shit out of luck.

[Ergot]

Wow.

[Blaze]

Hrm, why must you make me buy a new laptop?  Thanks asshole.

[Newby]

Compaq is fucking garbage. Desktop and laptop.

[MyndFyre]

OS: Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (I'll probably wipe this and install Slackware/XP Pro)

No need to wipe MCE, it's XP Pro with a couple extra bells.

[Sidoh]

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No need to wipe MCE, it's XP Pro with a couple extra bells.

Oh, nice!

That's actually what I originally thought, but then I noticed that it was more money to have XP Pro installed in place of MCE.

[dark_drake]

One of the first PC's my family owned was a Compaq.  It was terrible.  I've since had extremely biast oppinions against any computer they make, even after they were bought out by Hewlett-Packard.

That exactly what happened with my family's first computer, and it's exactly how I feel about Compaq.

EDIT: Sidoh passed my test.