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Notebook Configurator.....
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Sun May 16, 2004 10:20 pmby bimbla
There is Compaq and HP, then there is eMachines (it does not allow you to configure it though).
What are the other reputed options available to get a custom Notebook? I will want AMD based notebooks only.
bimbla.
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Mon May 17, 2004 7:35 pmby eliminator
I'd go eMachines ! ... 6809model
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Mon May 17, 2004 8:17 pmby aviationwiz
YUK! eMachines is crap, wouldn't use one if you paid me, go HP, I love mine, and service is the best.
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Mon May 17, 2004 8:19 pmby hoxlund
it seems now HP is takin over the higher end market and compaq's are lower-introductory market for notebooks
at least that is whats going on in staples
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Tue May 18, 2004 6:41 amby Bhairav
aviationwiz wrote:YUK! eMachines is crap, wouldn't use one if you paid me, go HP, I love mine, and service is the best.
Duuude... does HP offer an Athlon 64 3200+, 60GB HDD, ATI Mobility Radeon 9600, WiFi, 15.4" widescreen and a DVDwriter on their laptops? I think NOT! And anyway, EMachines use Arima as an OEM, as do HP/Compaq and WinBook!
How many eMachines PCs have you used, anyway?
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Tue May 18, 2004 7:51 amby aviationwiz
Proudly 0. From what I hear, the systems are junk, and the support is craptastic. The only company I would go to for a laptop is HP, buy *MAYBE* Dell, depends on pricing. Desktops I'd have to get a self-built.
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Tue May 18, 2004 12:48 pmby hoxlund
hey bhairavp, just passive observation
but with all that stuff in a notebook, would it even last longer then 15 minutes on battery?
Notebook Configurators...
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Tue May 18, 2004 9:01 pmby bimbla
Besides HP & Compaq, who else allows us to configure our stuff? Does anyone give us a choice of not including any software? (OS, Money ect.)
bimbla.
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Wed May 19, 2004 12:16 amby Bhairav
hoxlund wrote:hey bhairavp, just passive observation
but with all that stuff in a notebook, would it even last longer then 15 minutes on battery?
Hmm.. the laptop goes down to 800Mhz on battery, and the avg. battery life seems to be around 2-2.5 hrs. Not stellar, but not bad either.
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Wed May 19, 2004 1:14 amby aviationwiz
Uhhhh, that's kind of slow, even when running off of battery...
I get about 3-3.5 hours out of my HP ze4401us, Athlon XP 2200+.
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Thu May 20, 2004 2:14 amby Bhairav
Figures are off the top of my head. Besides, even your 2200+ will be slowing down when on battery if PowerNow is enabled. Also, 64bit >*
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Thu May 20, 2004 12:44 pmby pranav81
bhairavp wrote:Figures are off the top of my head. Besides, even your 2200+ will be slowing down when on battery if PowerNow is enabled. Also, 64bit >*
bhairavp is right.I didnt knew that Arima was OEM manufacturer for HP/Compaq.
::Pranav::
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Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:23 amby yuki chan
Arima is possibly one of the best mobile computer manufactures outside of Japan in the name of quality and options
Arima is one of the few manufactures outside of Japan of mobile computers that I have seen with lack of dead pixels on the lcd, the e machines model manufactured by them is no exception
Too bad yukamo does not sell to the US (I do not know who the oem is)
Medion also uses a good oem (if you can find out who the oem is)
I wish that the high quality Japanese makers like Toshiba, sharp, or Fujistu would make a amd athlon based system or even nec or Panasonic
but any way I would go e machines (great price to hardware ratio)