Laptops....

[QuietMike]

Who has the best laptops right now? I am going to buy one in a week or two. The sony's look nice http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[QuietMike]

Also, it need A LOT of upgradeable space. I am just going to buy a striped down model cheap right now for school...and then build it up alot from there.

[Simon]

Well just make sure you dont get a laptop with windows ME on it or if you do , format and install 98 or 2000. I've seen many HP laptops that mess up with ME.

[MJ]

I have seen many laptop/pc's anything with ME mess up.

I think I had ME for 20 mins when I got laptop, and then I could take no more 2000 had to go on http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

If you do get one with ME, dont even bother using it, just format and install 2k http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[xApster]

I got a sweet dell... the screen is the best part I would say http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Scooba Steve]

dell rules! http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[HeLiS]

my compaq had ME and it sucked shit put win2k on stright away its a compaq presario 1400 not a bad machine cost me $1500USD and has p3 800, 13.3tft, 10gig HDD cdrom etc etc and 128meg of ram and the normal modem/nic card not bad really very good looking design too

over and out

[pauly]

my dell 8000 kicks ass. i'm using ME, maybe it would really rock with other os.
Paul

[tmknight]

I bought a Gateway 9300pro series about a year and a half ago. Serves me well. My next laptop will be either a Sony or a Winbook most likely.

I concur about formatting out of Win ME. I have used NT 4 for about 3-4 years. I'd recommend Win 98-2 over ME. Win XP will be my next OS, not interested in 2000.

- Tommy

[Trax]

the dell i bought few weeks ago SUCKS! It gets so damn hot after few hours... i sent it back.. pretty gay
i now got a cool thinkpad... they are pretty cool
i can just recommend IBM!

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Trax

[toker]

I have a thinkpad 390x and im very happy with it...

[mike007]

I have Toshiba satellite... It's really very good.

[$tandaman]

i got del inspiron 8000, this shit rocks...
they got 8500 already.

[Derek]

I also have a dell which i run Windows ME. I am very pleased with the way it runs. I have windows custumized for maximum useage. I can not say i have had a problem with it yet. What are some problems you guys are having with ME?

[Smitty]

If you don't buy a Dell, you're asking for trouble. Buy a Dell and buy their three year extended warranty. I wouldn't even look at any other brand besides Dell. Their computers are far and away the best on the market.

Jeff Smith

[Derek]

I agree with smitty. I wouldnt suggest any other company.

[deniska]

Got Dell Inspiron 8000
1 Ghz , 256 Ram, 20 Gig, 15 UXGA (1600X1200) 32 Mb NVIDia GeForce 2, 8X CDRW/24XCDRom, DVD Rom.

This is one sick pupy ! http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Much0S]

Depends on what you need:
- You need it light & tight so you can carry it around everywhere: go sony vaio
- You need performance go Compaq (probably first time ever I've actually said something positive about compaq).

Dells are ok. But they're quite overrated, hence you get poor price/quality. (quality in itself is ok, but the price they ask for it is too high, IMHO).

[Much0S]

Oh and if you buy a sony (I've a sony too) buy a Sony Z600-LEK with at least 128 memory.

Looks good. Nice screen. Performance suck http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[danevans]

Old dell laptops (such as mine, P2 266 etc) do get unpleasantly hot. I really mean that, they're impossible to hold on the lap. But I heared that new ones are ok. Go for dell.

[ProgGod]

Dells are good, sonys are good, or get one of the new G4 Macs running OS/x which if you didn't already know it. Is an awesome GUI on top of FreeBSD

[xero]

Ahh, dont buy a DELL! You are paying for their TV Comercials and other Advertisments. I would suggest looking around on cdw.com at IBM (Thinkpad) and Toshiba (Satelite). They are the best value, and are supreme quality products!

-Xero

[ausboy]

Nobody mentioned Acer???
Had one for ages, gets a lot of work, they have a fix-on-the-spot or give you a machine to use while they fix yours (they swap hdd for you) service guarantee. I agree with all when they say ME sucks, on all machines, not just laptops. Had it, I now run win2k pro on my laptop and the increased performance, right down to battery life is very noticeable.

Good value for money was why I bought one.... lack of hassles is why I'd upgrade to another.

Upgrading components in the buggers is awfully expensive (at least down under), which is the only draw back to a tool I can't live without.

[T&T]

IBM T-series all the way... superb screen... nice "firm" keyboard.

[breest]

Go for a Hewlett Packard. I have a HP N5170 and it is a damn good notebook. Its very durable and has alot of really useful features like TV out and built in floppy and dvd (without switching). Plus their warranty service is excellent. I had a hard drive go out on it and they got fedex to overnight it from my house and overnight it back to me for free. I didnt have it for just 3 biz days. Just my opinion.

-Breest

[Shovel]

Anyone tried a Fujitsu?

[XM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by xero:
I would suggest looking around on cdw.com at IBM (Thinkpad) and Toshiba (Satelite). -Xero</font>

Jeez, I just typed www.cwd.com (http://www.cwd.com) instead cdw.com. Good place for adult webmaster to solve moral issues with own job http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/wink.gif

XM