Laptop question (purchasing advice)....

[starwarsdad]

I don't know if this is the right forum as my question didn't seem to fit in anywhere.

I am looking for a few new laptops for my company. My boss wants to send a few people home to work. Weight is not a real consideration. These are going to end up being desktop replacements.

They will run the everyday stuff: Win2k, Office, IE, etc.

I also need something that will run Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, and Distiller. (We already have several Titaniums, so I know the benefits of the Mac.)

The primary thing these machines will do is Cold Fusion development.

I am looking for P3-Ms or P4s. At least 512 MB of RAM expandable to 1024MB. 14"+ viewable.

Who are the quality vendors out there that are going to offer something that is a solid machine that doesn't give me fits with downtime? Of course, all of this quality has to come cheap!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[hans007]

well some people dont like compaq, but they've had really good reviews latelly on their laptops.


the compaq presario 2700 was reall a good machine but...
the 2800 is out now


the base config is


p4-1.6
128mb ddr
20 gigs
24x cdrom
lan, and modem
radeon 7500 32mb ddr
14" xga

$1599 on their site, which is an awesome price. it weighs 5.7 pounds all together which is very light for this class of laptops.

i'd suggest the $60 upgrade to dvd drive, and the $50 upgrade to a 15" xga, or $100 upgrade to 15" xga+. still very inexpensive for a very nice machine. probably what i'm gonna buy next in my twice yearly laptop upgrade cycle.

I know a bunch of peeople are gonna suggest dell i8200s etc, but those just arent nearly as light by 2 pounds, are ugly and cost more. yeah yeah , its a compaq, they arent that bad, much better than eurocom etc, and they are getting a lot better than in the 1995 era.