Which Laptop to BUY???

[seidell23112]

Hello One & All,

I am in the Laptop market and need some advise. Here are the systems I am currently considering:

1. Apple AL17
2. IBM T40
3. Sager 8890 (Has the following - P4 3.2 w/HT, ATI 9600 w/128 VRAM, Raid 0 & 1)
4. Compaq X1000

So, which would you go with, but more importantly, WHY? If you have another recommendation, bring it on, but remember, WHY?

I will be using the Laptop as a Desk Top Replacement. It will be used for everything! From WP, SS, DB, PP, HTML, JAVA, PHOTOS, VIDEO, & G A M E S!!!!!

So let the reviews ROLL....

Joey

 

[Foghorn]

Sager looks good. The graphics card looks better than any of the others. Forget gaming on the Apple, since there are none.:disgust:

 

[DanJ]

I have the X1000 and I like it. It has its problems though, as do all notebooks I'm guessing. Beautiful screen, nice design and compact for its size. Decent battery life (~4 hours after a few battery cycles) and is very speedy with the Centrino and the 9200.

Cons are the keyboard has issues right now, which is being fixed in a BIOS update (unresponsive shift key, alt, and ctrl keys); people are also experiencing "screen-blips" which may or may not be a driver issue (basically every so often, on some people's laptop, the screen will go black for a second and return, as if resolution was changed).

Only 1-yr warranty as well.

But for the price and the features, I couldn't find something that beat the x1000, so I went with it.

My config:

1.3GHz
512MB (adding 256 myself to save cost)
WSXGA
40GB 4200RPM HD
32MB Radeon 9200
Wifi + Bluetooth
DVD/CD-RW (32x)

~$1200 after rebate.

 

[woodscomp]

Asus M3N - Centrino model excellent build quality and excellent support from Asus. You will need a dealer to do the build for you, but you will save a lot of money without having to do MIR's.

PM me for more details.

 

[nanyangview]

T40 for sure..

for gods sake stay away from the sager.they are disgusting. 10 lb, 30 min battery life. 3 inch thick..you want that?

 

[chin311]

out of those choices id have to say the compaq or ibm...i wouldnt go w/ a sager...

/waits for IBM T40 fanboys to enter thread