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Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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I never knew HPs were so good until a few close friends got them. After that, I was sold :D

HP zd8000
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz w/ HT
1GB RAM (533MHz)
ATi x600 256MB
60GB 7200rpm HD

battery life isn't the greatest at ~1.5hrs. its advertised as two, but it isn't nearly. i just use the A/C adapter anyway. enough goodies to last me through four more years of college.

obligitory pic

edit: this was my 6666th post :confused:
 
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imported_Mike

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The ZDs are huge...I prefer the DV8000s but to each his own. Def a desktop replacement.

Where did you get it from?
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Mike
The ZDs are huge...I prefer the DV8000s but to each his own. Def a desktop replacement.

Where did you get it from?
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bought it from HPs website.

Originally posted by: intogamer
Nice Desktop replacement.

How much does it weight?

Desktop P4 3.4ghz chip? ouch
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I want to say 13 pounds, give or take. it isn't light. yeah, the P4 is a power hog, but hey thats what AC adapters are for :D. as long as its powerful enough to use the internet, watch movies, play music, and use MSN, i'm happy. oh yeah, and CS 1.6 once in a while :)
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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Originally posted by: Mike
If you don't mind, how much did you pay? Did you get the dual TV tuner?
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It was 2100 including the case and the extra A/C adapter. i figure, well this better last me a long time, so i just bought the best of everything available for this model, except RAM and hard drive. they want ~$470 for the 2GB RAM upgrade. no way. plus i use an ATA/USB 2.0 cable on my 200GB hard drive, so i didn't need the huge hard drive either. those were the only things i "kind of" cut corners on.

i didn't get the TV tuner mostly because i have a TV in my dorm. however, i would have gotten it if i hadn't bought a TV the month before :(
 
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intogamer

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Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Mike
If you don't mind, how much did you pay? Did you get the dual TV tuner?
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It was 2100 including the case and the extra A/C adapter. i figure, well this better last me a long time, so i just bought the best of everything available for this model, except RAM and hard drive. they want ~$470 for the 2GB RAM upgrade. no way. plus i use an ATA/USB 2.0 cable on my 200GB hard drive, so i didn't need the huge hard drive either. those were the only things i "kind of" cut corners on.

i didn't get the TV tuner mostly because i have a TV in my dorm. however, i would have gotten it if i hadn't bought a TV the month before :(
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:shocked: Why didn't you go for the nice dell deals instead?
 
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imported_Mike

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Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Mike
If you don't mind, how much did you pay? Did you get the dual TV tuner?
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It was 2100 including the case and the extra A/C adapter. i figure, well this better last me a long time, so i just bought the best of everything available for this model, except RAM and hard drive. they want ~$470 for the 2GB RAM upgrade. no way. plus i use an ATA/USB 2.0 cable on my 200GB hard drive, so i didn't need the huge hard drive either. those were the only things i "kind of" cut corners on.

i didn't get the TV tuner mostly because i have a TV in my dorm. however, i would have gotten it if i hadn't bought a TV the month before :(
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:(

I was selling a lot of ZD8230us's I had last week for $1610 each. All out now, but you should have shopped around.
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

Lifer
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Originally posted by: intogamer
Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Mike
If you don't mind, how much did you pay? Did you get the dual TV tuner?
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It was 2100 including the case and the extra A/C adapter. i figure, well this better last me a long time, so i just bought the best of everything available for this model, except RAM and hard drive. they want ~$470 for the 2GB RAM upgrade. no way. plus i use an ATA/USB 2.0 cable on my 200GB hard drive, so i didn't need the huge hard drive either. those were the only things i "kind of" cut corners on.

i didn't get the TV tuner mostly because i have a TV in my dorm. however, i would have gotten it if i hadn't bought a TV the month before :(
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:shocked: Why didn't you go for the nice dell deals instead?
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my brother bought a dell and it sucked fat weiner. i had a couple other accquintances that owned dell laptops that were garbage. plus they always complained about their customer service. plus i wanted to try a different company for once. i had been a dell man since '02, but, from what i keep hearing from my accquaintances, they are just becoming crappy, poorly built machines. i was wary about HP/Compaq at first, but I made sure not to buy a presario :roll:

 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

Lifer
Jan 21, 2005
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Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Mike
If you don't mind, how much did you pay? Did you get the dual TV tuner?
Click to expand...

It was 2100 including the case and the extra A/C adapter. i figure, well this better last me a long time, so i just bought the best of everything available for this model, except RAM and hard drive. they want ~$470 for the 2GB RAM upgrade. no way. plus i use an ATA/USB 2.0 cable on my 200GB hard drive, so i didn't need the huge hard drive either. those were the only things i "kind of" cut corners on.

i didn't get the TV tuner mostly because i have a TV in my dorm. however, i would have gotten it if i hadn't bought a TV the month before :(
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:(

I was selling a lot of ZD8230us's I had last week for $1610 each. All out now, but you should have shopped around.
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it is funny you mentioned that. i read through your for sale thread many times, contemplating picking one of yours up. why didn't i?

i haven't the slightest.
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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Originally posted by: uhohs
nice dell deal on a dual core laptop = win.
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I'm not the performance junkie I used to be. I don't do enough stuff to utilize such a processor :D
 
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imported_Mike

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Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Mike
Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Mike
If you don't mind, how much did you pay? Did you get the dual TV tuner?
Click to expand...

It was 2100 including the case and the extra A/C adapter. i figure, well this better last me a long time, so i just bought the best of everything available for this model, except RAM and hard drive. they want ~$470 for the 2GB RAM upgrade. no way. plus i use an ATA/USB 2.0 cable on my 200GB hard drive, so i didn't need the huge hard drive either. those were the only things i "kind of" cut corners on.

i didn't get the TV tuner mostly because i have a TV in my dorm. however, i would have gotten it if i hadn't bought a TV the month before :(
Click to expand...

:(

I was selling a lot of ZD8230us's I had last week for $1610 each. All out now, but you should have shopped around.
Click to expand...

it is funny you mentioned that. i read through your for sale thread many times, contemplating picking one of yours up. why didn't i?

i haven't the slightest.
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The one is my FS/FT thread here was the 8205us.....not nearly has beefy. I sold the 8230's on ebay.

8205 only has the 3.0 with 512 etc and no TV tuners. The 8230us has the 3.4, 1gb, 100gb, and the dual tv tuner.
 
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toant103

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Did you check out the Dell XPS 170? I think it cost more than the HP but the spec is pretty good.
 
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