Originally posted by: cmp1223
NO IBM? You must be kidding. I would take my T43 over any dell any day. The X300 is definately "light" of gaming capabilities, but it will play any game released 2 years ago a max settings and i've heard it can hl2 at adequae levels. A t43 is built like a tank.
Originally posted by: cmp1223
Lets see, active hard drive protection, titantium and carbon fiber chassis, spill-resistant keyboard: my IBM will be working long after you replace that dell after it malfunctions. Not to mention 1 inch thin, 5 pounds, SXGA+ screen, fingerprint scanner, 3yr warranty. I'll leave gaming to my main rig. When I'm on the road, there nothing better than IBM!
absolutely correct! - Dell Latitudes (NOT Inspirons) are good laptops, no doubt, but IBM edges them out w/ their bullet-proof construction and reliability. - CreativeTom, have you ever had a T series laptop? If you get a chance check one out, I think you'll at least reconsider your "NO IBM!!" stance.. and Toshiba? puhleease.. not even in the same league w/ either the Latitude OR T-series.Originally posted by: cmp1223
Lets see, active hard drive protection, titantium and carbon fiber chassis, spill-resistant keyboard: my IBM will be working long after you replace that dell after it malfunctions. Not to mention 1 inch thin, 5 pounds, SXGA+ screen, fingerprint scanner, 3yr warranty. I'll leave gaming to my main rig. When I'm on the road, there nothing better than IBM!
Originally posted by: CreativeTom
Originally posted by: cmp1223
NO IBM? You must be kidding. I would take my T43 over any dell any day. The X300 is definately "light" of gaming capabilities, but it will play any game released 2 years ago a max settings and i've heard it can hl2 at adequae levels. A t43 is built like a tank.
OK, you stay happy with your IBM, I will take my Dell 9300 and kick the IBM's butt....lol
I rank HP WAY over Dell. With Dell you get what you pay for. You want a cheap laptop, get yourself a Dell. HP nc6000 is a nice laptop, but the nc6230 is MUCH nicer. For me though, I'd configure one of these. AWESOME laptops, but you'll pay an awesome price too. I rate the Sony S series laptop #1 for me. Everything I need in a laptop and the style to match.Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
I believe the HP models to be the best notebooks for the budget consumer and the multimedia hungry. For anything serious I would reccommend IBM. Sadly the notebooks and desktops of IBM now belong to Lenvovo. Sad, the quality may go downhill fast. IMO, whenever buying a retail computer, go to a business model. While maybe not as pretty looking it will certainly be more durable than the consumer models. I would reccommend an HP nc6000 But a word of warning. Make sure the memory you select is DDR400. Not 533. The Pentium M can't run at 533 speeds.
Originally posted by: Hacp
IBM is kinda overpriced though. Ya, its good if you have the money, but if your on a budget, nothing beats dell's mobile laptops. Anyways, why would people want 7+ pound notebooks? I consider 5 pounds heavy already.
Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
I believe the HP models to be the best notebooks for the budget consumer and the multimedia hungry. For anything serious I would reccommend IBM. Sadly the notebooks and desktops of IBM now belong to Lenvovo. Sad, the quality may go downhill fast. IMO, whenever buying a retail computer, go to a business model. While maybe not as pretty looking it will certainly be more durable than the consumer models. I would reccommend an HP nc6000 But a word of warning. Make sure the memory you select is DDR400. Not 533. The Pentium M can't run at 533 speeds.
Originally posted by: CreativeTom
Originally posted by: cmp1223
NO IBM? You must be kidding. I would take my T43 over any dell any day. The X300 is definately "light" of gaming capabilities, but it will play any game released 2 years ago a max settings and i've heard it can hl2 at adequae levels. A t43 is built like a tank.
OK, you stay happy with your IBM, I will take my Dell 9300 and kick the IBM's butt....lol
Originally posted by: furballi
The old IBM units are good machines. DELL is all about bells and whistles. Some HPs are okay. The neighbor has a cheap $500 Acer with the cheap Intel CPU. Nice machine if you don't care about long running time between charge.
The Panasonic Toughbook is still KING of the HILL. It's the only notebook that I would consider purchasing. Gotta love the 3 yr warranty + Made in Japan.
If you buy a cheap notebook, then spend the extra $ for the extended warranty. The hard drive will usually fail within 2 yr with normal use.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834150010
Originally posted by: ValuedCustomer
absolutely correct! - Dell Latitudes (NOT Inspirons) are good laptops, no doubt, but IBM edges them out w/ their bullet-proof construction and reliability. - CreativeTom, have you ever had a T series laptop? If you get a chance check one out, I think you'll at least reconsider your "NO IBM!!" stance.. and Toshiba? puhleease.. not even in the same league w/ either the Latitude OR T-series.Originally posted by: cmp1223
Lets see, active hard drive protection, titantium and carbon fiber chassis, spill-resistant keyboard: my IBM will be working long after you replace that dell after it malfunctions. Not to mention 1 inch thin, 5 pounds, SXGA+ screen, fingerprint scanner, 3yr warranty. I'll leave gaming to my main rig. When I'm on the road, there nothing better than IBM!
Originally posted by: WackyDan
Originally posted by: CreativeTom
Originally posted by: cmp1223
NO IBM? You must be kidding. I would take my T43 over any dell any day. The X300 is definately "light" of gaming capabilities, but it will play any game released 2 years ago a max settings and i've heard it can hl2 at adequae levels. A t43 is built like a tank.
OK, you stay happy with your IBM, I will take my Dell 9300 and kick the IBM's butt....lol
And your 9300 is an Inspiron consumer piece of crap... It's not even in the same league as a business notebook, which is what the original poster stated he was essentially looking for.