laptop battle

[rsharifi]

in this corner:
DELL Inspiron 5100
P4 2.4 GHz
512 MB RAM
30 GB HD
24X CDRW/DVD Combo
XP Home
32 MB video card
Microsoft Worksuite
PRICE: $1,138
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?CS=04&kc=6W300&oc=i5100lo

and in this corner:
HP Pavillion ZE5375 - REFURBISHED
P4 2.4 GHz
512 MB RAM
40 GB HD
24X CDRW/DVD Combo
XP Home
64 MB video card
Microsoft Worksuite
PRICE: $1,030
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?action=techspec&dpno=273253#scroll

YOU DECIDE THE WINNER (and the one I will buy)! Feedback appreciated.

-->new entrants accepted: if you know of a better deal for a laptop with similar specs, please let me know.

 

[Tetsuo]

I'd pay for the "new" one... it's only $92 more

 

[BaboonGuy]

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=227559

Athlon 2400XP Mobile
512 MB DDR
40 GIG HD
CDRW/DVD Combo
15 Inch XGA
54 G Wi-Fi built in

For $799 after one rebate. There's your winner.

 

[DaveSimmons]

For gaming the Dell will be better than the HP

HP:
> Display and video details ATI MOBILITY? RADEON? 64MB DDR SDRAM (shared

i.e. it's ATI's "extreme" IGP motherboard graphics not a separate graphics chip + RAM.

 

[0roo0roo]

never buy nonnew laptop. laptops wear out, and replacing parts.. next to impossible

 

[rsharifi]

that does look like a hot deal...
however, after reading the thread, looks like its extremely difficult to find one of these.

 

[rsharifi]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=227559

Athlon 2400XP Mobile
512 MB DDR
40 GIG HD
CDRW/DVD Combo
15 Inch XGA
54 G Wi-Fi built in

For $799 after one rebate. There's your winner.

that does look like a hot deal...
however, after reading the thread, looks like its extremely difficult to find one of these.

 

[littleprince]

Get the dell.
HP Service and support is crap. The first problem you have you'll be on the phone for hours, and your laptop will be gone for months....
User from experience.
After months of frustration i switched to a dell.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: rsharifi

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=227559

Athlon 2400XP Mobile
512 MB DDR
40 GIG HD
CDRW/DVD Combo
15 Inch XGA
54 G Wi-Fi built in

For $799 after one rebate. There's your winner.

that does look like a hot deal...
however, after reading the thread, looks like its extremely difficult to find one of these.

amazing, 2 of your 4 total posts came from DP!

 

[rsharifi]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: rsharifi

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=227559

Athlon 2400XP Mobile
512 MB DDR
40 GIG HD
CDRW/DVD Combo
15 Inch XGA
54 G Wi-Fi built in

For $799 after one rebate. There's your winner.

that does look like a hot deal...
however, after reading the thread, looks like its extremely difficult to find one of these.

amazing, 2 of your 4 total posts came from DP!

i just joined yesterday. i'm gonna start replying to everything now... maybe i can catch up with you soon.
btw, what is dp?

 

[BaboonGuy]

Originally posted by: rsharifi

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: rsharifi

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=227559

Athlon 2400XP Mobile
512 MB DDR
40 GIG HD
CDRW/DVD Combo
15 Inch XGA
54 G Wi-Fi built in

For $799 after one rebate. There's your winner.

that does look like a hot deal...
however, after reading the thread, looks like its extremely difficult to find one of these.

amazing, 2 of your 4 total posts came from DP!

i just joined yesterday. i'm gonna start replying to everything now... maybe i can catch up with you soon.
btw, what is dp?

what do YOU think a dp is?!

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: rsharifi

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: rsharifi

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=18&threadid=227559

Athlon 2400XP Mobile
512 MB DDR
40 GIG HD
CDRW/DVD Combo
15 Inch XGA
54 G Wi-Fi built in

For $799 after one rebate. There's your winner.

that does look like a hot deal...
however, after reading the thread, looks like its extremely difficult to find one of these.

amazing, 2 of your 4 total posts came from DP!

i just joined yesterday. i'm gonna start replying to everything now... maybe i can catch up with you soon.
btw, what is dp?

it means douple post you posted the same thing twice anyways, you are new, you're forgiven.

 

[Eli]

My laptop pwns all your laptops!

P150 @ a blazing 180MHz
lightning fast 14ms 4200rpm 1.44gb HDD
24mb EDO RAM @ 60MHz
12.1" screen @ 800x600 16bit
8x cdrom
56k modem/NIC PCMCIA card

Shush... It was 65$.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Eli
My laptop pwns all your laptops!

P150 @ a blazing 180MHz
lightning fast 14ms 4200rpm 1.44gb HDD
24mb EDO RAM @ 60MHz
12.1" screen @ 800x600 16bit
8x cdrom
56k modem/NIC PCMCIA card

Shush... It was 65$.

are you even close to getting 100 fps at HL2 ?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Xiety

Originally posted by: Eli
My laptop pwns all your laptops!

P150 @ a blazing 180MHz
lightning fast 14ms 4200rpm 1.44gb HDD
24mb EDO RAM @ 60MHz
12.1" screen @ 800x600 16bit
8x cdrom
56k modem/NIC PCMCIA card

Shush... It was 65$.

are you even close to getting 100 fps at HL2 ?

Screw HL2...

PacMan is just a blur. :Q

 

[rsharifi]

thanx for all your input.

okay, so far i'm leaning towards the dell. if no one convinces me otherwise, i'm gonna end up ordering this bad boy tomorrow night.

 

[dafatha00]

Compaq X1000

 

[luvya]

Originally posted by: littleprince
Get the dell.
HP Service and support is crap. The first problem you have you'll be on the phone for hours, and your laptop will be gone for months....
User from experience.
After months of frustration i switched to a dell.

like it could be worse than dell

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: luvya

Originally posted by: littleprince
Get the dell.
HP Service and support is crap. The first problem you have you'll be on the phone for hours, and your laptop will be gone for months....
User from experience.
After months of frustration i switched to a dell.

like it could be worse than dell

oh, believe me, HP is worse....
HP is horrible
HP is the poo

 

[whaleskinrug]

if you buy from Dell, do it as small business rather than home user -- otherwise, it's a complete crapshoot as far as "service" goes

 

[dnuggett]

I would vote for the Dell.

 

[RossMAN]

Dell Inspiron 5100 or Compaq X1000.

 

[Ernieb]

i got a HP REFURBISHED laptop on Feb 03
everything works fine..i like the look a lot..
I still like it very much today.
the model i got is ze1230 CPU: XP1800+ w/ 512M PC133 Ram
don't need to afraid of the word REFURBISHED that much

 

[CaseTragedy]

dell.

 

[rsharifi]

and the winner is... DELL Inspiron 5100 now purchased and on its way home.

thank you all for your comments!