Need laptop recommendation

[EyeMWing]

Looking for somthing that can be used as an imaging station. Preferably onboard NIC. Large, 80gb+ HDD. CDR. No other capabilities neccessary (Or wanted for that matter).

Anyone got some suggestions? I don't care about size, in fact, I'd PREFER a larger, heavier unit if it'll take real, honest-to-god full sized IDE HD's. It'll rarely be used without AC power.

 

[dc]

pretty much all laptops these days have onboard nic.
no laptop has full size 3.5 ide hds, not even those desknote type thing.

 

[Gyrene]

Get a Dell 600m...I have one, and I think it's a marvel of laptop technology. Of course, I'm having trouble getting the power management function to work in Gentoo, but I'm working on it.

 

[Gyrene]

double post

 

[eliteorange]

best tech for ur money is dell, more road proof thinkpads(i hate their design!)

for looks go w/ sony.

avoid toshiba

 

[Mr N8]

What's your price range?

Dell Inspiron 8500 could be a good match. Also, take a look at mwave's custom built notebooks.

 

[RossMAN]

Dell Inspiron 500m for $1248 with free shipping.

If you can wait, then wait for a deal on the 5100 or 5150, which I have seen as low as $799 loaded.

Another awesome choice is the Compaq X1000 for $1047 and this beast is LOADED!

 

[dartworth]

the Dell Inspiron 5100 and 5150 line is a good solid line. I have a 5100. Nice solid laptop. It's running a P4 2.4, able to handle anything I throw at it.

You can always upgrade the HD after you get the lappy. There are 7200RPM drives out now. They are a little pricy however.

SXGA+ screen is a must. Avoid the XGA.

I have the ATI 7500 64mb video card, 512mb ram, 15" SXGA+screen...all for under $1000, intergrated wireless b/g....good deal I think

 

[jpeyton]

Compaq X1000 or HP ZD7000. The X1000 is more portable, and the ZD7000 is a true desktop beast (17" Widescreen, 3.2GHz P4 w/ HT, 128MB Nvidia FX5650). Both are excellent deals too; hundreds less than a comparitively configured Dell.

Click here to drool...

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: RossMAN


Another awesome choice is the Compaq X1000 for $1047 and this beast is LOADED!

vote for the compaq, am luvin it...

 

[loup garou]

Imaging as in HD images or imaging as in photoshop, etc?

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Dell Inspiron 500m for $1248 with free shipping.

If you can wait, then wait for a deal on the 5100 or 5150, which I have seen as low as $799 loaded.

Another awesome choice is the Compaq X1000 for $1047 and this beast is LOADED!

whyyyy ohhh whyyyy they didnt have the coupons when I bought my 600m

 

[dc]

too bad they don't let you change the screen resolution for that x1000.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Dell Inspiron 500m for $1248 with free shipping.

If you can wait, then wait for a deal on the 5100 or 5150, which I have seen as low as $799 loaded.

Another awesome choice is the Compaq X1000 for $1047 and this beast is LOADED!

whyyyy ohhh whyyyy they didnt have the coupons when I bought my 600m

Never pay retail, never!

I wouldn't pay a penny more than $1,099 shipped for a loaded 600m, good laptop choice though.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Dell Inspiron 500m for $1248 with free shipping.

If you can wait, then wait for a deal on the 5100 or 5150, which I have seen as low as $799 loaded.

Another awesome choice is the Compaq X1000 for $1047 and this beast is LOADED!

whyyyy ohhh whyyyy they didnt have the coupons when I bought my 600m

Never pay retail, never!

I wouldn't pay a penny more than $1,099 shipped for a loaded 600m, good laptop choice though.

actually I did search for coupons, but the only one I found was the 25 off....

EDIT: well they also had a $100 off, and free memory upgrade

 

[EyeMWing]

Price range is $As_cheap_as_possible. Roughly Sub-$1k.

I'm afraid that those Dells would have to be dissassembled and dyed, bright colors aren't exactly in line with my business image. From these I'll wait on a 5100 deal and just use an external HD enclosure.

Unless someone has a true tinkerer's lappy that accepts desktop hardware.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: werk
Imaging as in HD images or imaging as in photoshop, etc?

HD images. I need storage in somthing that can be carried by one man

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Dell Inspiron 500m for $1248 with free shipping.

If you can wait, then wait for a deal on the 5100 or 5150, which I have seen as low as $799 loaded.

Another awesome choice is the Compaq X1000 for $1047 and this beast is LOADED!

whyyyy ohhh whyyyy they didnt have the coupons when I bought my 600m

Never pay retail, never!

I wouldn't pay a penny more than $1,099 shipped for a loaded 600m, good laptop choice though.

actually I did search for coupons, but the only one I found was the 25 off....

EDIT: well they also had a $100 off, and free memory upgrade

That's still not enough to satisfy me.

I would wait for another sensational hot deal like this 600m for $1009.

 

[OZEE]

Never ever will I own another HP/Compaq -- I've had a notebook wearing both labels and both were horrible. The Compaq couldn't keep drives working; the monitor on the HP just died - 2 days out of warranty. A $60 part is going to cost >$600 to replace...

Get a Dell or a Toshiba.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Dell Inspiron 500m for $1248 with free shipping.

If you can wait, then wait for a deal on the 5100 or 5150, which I have seen as low as $799 loaded.

Another awesome choice is the Compaq X1000 for $1047 and this beast is LOADED!

whyyyy ohhh whyyyy they didnt have the coupons when I bought my 600m

Never pay retail, never!

I wouldn't pay a penny more than $1,099 shipped for a loaded 600m, good laptop choice though.

actually I did search for coupons, but the only one I found was the 25 off....

EDIT: well they also had a $100 off, and free memory upgrade

That's still not enough to satisfy me.

I would wait for another sensational hot deal like this 600m for $1009.

stop rubbing it in!!

well at the time I needed a laptop FAST!, cannot wait for hot deals....

 

[kermalou]

forgot to say it is my desktop replacement and works great with the radeon 9200 (dual monitor).

 

[jpeyton]

The screen resolutions for the X1000 are coming back around the end of September.

The ZD7000 screen is the same used by Toshiba's 17" model; made by LG, one of top screens in any laptop made today. Go to a Circuit City or Best Buy and check it out for yourself (the Toshiba; ZD7000 are shipping at the end of September).

I have an X1000 and have nothing but praises. Running UltraMon with my $80 15" NEC flat panel from Staples as we speak.

The X1000 and ZD7000 are manufactured by the same companies that make Dell's 8500/8600 and Apple's Powerbooks.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: werk
Imaging as in HD images or imaging as in photoshop, etc?

HD images. I need storage in somthing that can be carried by one man

You're going to be hard pressed finding a laptop with >80GB of storage unless you find one that accepts 2 HD's. I'd suggest going for whatever's cheapest with a built in CDR and USB2 or Firewire and picking up a huge IDE drive + external USB2/firewire enclosure.