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What Laptop To get?

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TheoPetro

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k im looking around for a laptop for my father because he said he needs a new one. he does NO gaming, encoding, autocad, nothing that will use really any real power. all hes gonna want to do is type a paper and go online. its gotta be durable. like really durable. he works outside alot and if a hammer falls on it its gotta holdup. im thinken the budget is ~750 but lower is ALWAYS better.

Short list of what he needs.
-Laptop for online and writing letters.
-DURABLE (its a must)
-Company with excelent service (I dont deal w/ laptops at all so i duno how much i could help him)
-Budget ~750 (lower is always better) $1500 (he diecided to spend a bit extra)
-Full sized keyboard
-Decently large viewing area (hes getten older and i dont think he could varywell work on a 15") 17 or more

Thanks guys
 
my suggestion would be check out the outlet store at dell for a refurb, sure it's a refurb but you can definatly get more for your money and you still get a warranty on it, and dell's laptops are pretty good check it out @ outlet.dell.com
 
pana toughbook or 2nd would be a used ibm T41.



nothing new at that price will be durable..... other than maybe the CHEAPEST dell w/ the full complete care warranty that covers that kind of stuff....
 
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
im thinking the budget is stretchable to ~ 1000 but id really rather keep it as low as possable
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Then you might want to look at a ThinkPad R50 series - they are just as durable as the T series though they use more abs plastic to make it so.... That means a bit heavier and thicker.

Or as someone else mentioned.... Get a refurbed T40 series from either ibm.com or one of the mnay online catalogers.
 
what kind of support dose ibm offer? ive never really dealt w/ them. my dads usually pretty good w/ keeping a computer working but im afrade if he lets my brother touch it itll be all over for the poor little guy. 🙁 if any of them come with a brother lock 😀 it would be much appreciated, if not thats ok too.
 
most people here love IBM support, but I have to say that I've had strikes against both IBM support and Toshiba Support. I live in Canada so it could be just the Canadian support that sucked. My money is on the Panasonics, they make a fantastic product.
 
im runnen whats in my sig right now. and its pretty dang snappy (reponcive) my dad is looking for somethen about that responcive. hes not going to play a single game on it (nope not even solitaire). but he definetly doesnt want to wait 10 min for word to open either. what kinda proc should i look at. im thinken pent M but i dont know much about the "other" side ~shudders. can someone point me in the right processing direction.
 
A pentium is good. You shoulnd't be worried about the processor as much the Hard drive and ram. I would suggest that you go with something like a 1.6 Pentium M with an aftermarket 7200 rpm harddrive and 1GB of ram. That setup will be very responsive. ALso, I think that going with a thinkpad is a good option, as they are durable as you wanted.
 
If he's not going to do anything but web browsing and office tasks, he doesn't even need a P-M. Get him a Celeron M. It's basically the old Banias core which was pretty good in its day. He's not going to notice the difference in speed, but he'll notice the difference in price.
 
I have a HP and am quite happy with it. My girlfriend bought one from Walmart, and sounds like her uses are similar to your Dad's. She loves it. It is really small, good battery life and powerful enough for what she needs. I think it cost her about $750.00
 
Originally posted by: beatle
Get him a Celeron M. It's basically the old Banias core which was pretty good in its day. He's not going to notice the difference in speed, but he'll notice the difference in price.
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It's not! I can't stand it when people say this! The current Celeron M is a Dothan core P-M with Speedstep removed and half the cache disable. The're built just like a Dothan, too, with a 90nm process instead of the 130nm process used for the Banias.

I know you probably didn't mean to imply that the Celeron M is an old Banias core, but I think the way you said it could lead to some misled inferences. It bothers me.

Of course, you're right about the performance; it should be right on par with old Banias core Pentium M processors, which will be very adequate. Great choice, as long as the extra heat and reduced battery life from it running at full speed (or does it? I've heard some differing opinions) aren't a problem.
 
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