thoughts on this AMD 64 ibuypower system?

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dannybek

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Sir,

If I were you I would take the plunge. But before that I would research more about the company and their afterservice and or terms of returning the notebook due to defects.
Warranty / afterservice is very important. Let us know the outcome.
 
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wjgollatz

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That's also what I am trying to find out about their service. They are listed on Intel's site as a manufacturer - but so is Dell..... I'm hoping someone will say they got great service - because anyone can find complaints for any company ont he net - that is for sure.
 
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cheesehead

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Ibuypower's tech support and shipping speed is lousy, but if you can wait a week and replace a hard drive yourself (they'll send a replacement) they're supposed to be pretty good. I know one who owns one, but he seems to have gotten pretty lucky-they accidentally sent him a 9700 instead of the 9600 he ordered, and let him keep it.
If I were you, I would get the 3000+ with the upgrade to a gig of DDR400, and, if you can afford it, the 7200rpm hard drive as well. That looks to be the best way to go in terms of bang for the buck.
Hope this helps,
Cheesehead.
 
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wjgollatz

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I've been reading the reseller ratings - and it seems liek they act like what I have learned of emachines. But on a positive note - it seems recently that they are paying attention to the reseller - given alot of comments to negatives posts of what they did to resolve the problem.

EDIT: The reseller ratings kick Dell and price comparable Emachines into the gutter. So - what to do?
 
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piasabird

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Remember that Laptops are hard to upgrade so get everything on it you need. They often only have room for just so much memory and sometimes they fill up the slots. Therefore get what you need the first time.

If it was me I would ask them who makes the cases and the motherboards. Laptops are so proprietary. One other thing is what is the expected period of time the device can run off of batteries before you need a change.

One thing I didnt see is a wireless networking option. What kind of methods are used to plug in external periferals.
PCMCIA
USB2
Firewire
 
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wjgollatz

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All three. The AMD notebooks do have the wireless chip and I forget if the wireless antenna is built in or not - I believe it is. The card is a mini-pci module. The main options networkign options are actually on the 2nd page title software and accessories.

The maker of the chasis is Uniwill. I had asked about any dockign stations and they said they used to sell them, but to contact Uniwill. I did - but haven't heard from them. I don't know who makes the mother board. I did ask about the memory slots - there are two slots if I wanted to upgrade in the future - and its almost a sure thing I will go with 2x 512Mb.
 
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ActuaryTm

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Originally posted by: wjgollatz
The maker of the chasis is Uniwill.
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Yes, the Uniwill 258KA0. Have not heard terribly wonderful reviews of iBuyPower, but there are certainly other channels through which the 258KA0 could be found.

Regardless, good luck with your purchase.
 
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wjgollatz

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Well, for what its worth, ibuypower.com comes out much better than Dell, Gateway and Emachines on resellerratings.com. For what its worth, they are an official manufacturer listed on Intel's sites. I have called there a few times for some questions, so far the phones are at least answered very soon.
 
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