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 Mar 3 2008, 07:41 PM
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Alright so recently my screen on my HP Pavilion DV1000 special edition laptop broke. I was going to pay the big bucks to get it fixed but i decided that my processor is out of date and i have a few other problems happening with my computer and I'm not sure as to how much longer it is going to last.
My question is, are there any brands of laptops that with your experience stand out as being good, and are there any that you wouldn't buy ever again. I need a laptop for basic use. I'd prefer a smaller one, though, becuase I sometimes take it places with me. |
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Mar 3 2008, 07:46 PM
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 YUNJAESU<3 Group: Official Member Posts: 1,291 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 585,275 |
I use my sister's boyfriend's Dell laptop sometimes, and it's pretty great. It's definitely good for easy transportation because it's small and light. I'm not really sure about the inside stuff, but it's not bad. It didn't get as hot as usual laptops would get. My mom has a Compaq and I've used it a few times and it's not bad as well. It does get a little heated from time to time, and it's a tad heavy,. I'd suggest getting a Dell or a Toshiba (I heard those were good).
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Mar 3 2008, 07:48 PM
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 <joke> inside </joke> Group: Official Member Posts: 2,283 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 470,590 |
i have a dell inspiron 1721.
its aight. but i dont like dells to begin with 
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Mar 3 2008, 07:55 PM
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 I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
i have a toshiba, i love it!
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Mar 3 2008, 08:30 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
IBM Thinkpads are my favorite. My poor Gateway can't even compare.
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Mar 3 2008, 08:32 PM
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 Hablamos Español. Group: Official Member Posts: 1,283 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 549,364 |
I have an apple clamshell g3.
its ok. but the i press the number two look what happens.. 24578 the numbers change every time i press it. sometimes its more numbers sometimes less sometimes just the number two, who knows. |
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| *yrrnotelekktric* |
Mar 4 2008, 12:18 AM
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i have an hp dv2000.
it`s "good" in my opinion. |
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Mar 5 2008, 10:01 PM
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i have a white macbook. no viruses, yey.
it'll be a year old next month. still running smoothly. |
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| *Steven* |
Mar 5 2008, 11:02 PM
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Toshibas are the shit.
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Mar 7 2008, 01:07 AM
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 vivacity Group: Official Member Posts: 3,183 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 495,247 |
I have a Gateway, it's alright. Nothing too negative about it. My brother has an HP which is pretty decent as well.
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Mar 7 2008, 08:21 AM
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 crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
AHHHH, i'm like the only person in the world who has had a problem with toshiba
 but yeah, my first laptop was a toshiba and it completely freaked out and kept crashing. now i have a gateway and it hasn't failed me yet. |
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Mar 7 2008, 07:16 PM
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asus is the best rated laptop on the internet market.
cheap, two year protection warranty, top of the line parts. great for games and entertainment. acer is considered the price killer on the market. competitive prices for high end products. cheaper than dell and hp. acers killing the other big name companies by offering the same specs, but for lower prices. toshiba is expensive, but have a good reputation for long lasting products. dell is terrible in general, indian tech guys are worthless, and evne the extended protection plan doesn't pay off. so top brands in my opinion are... asus, toshiba, acer... and i guess dell. price wise are: acer, dell, asus, toshiba. hope this helps. |
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Mar 7 2008, 11:23 PM
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 yes......and? Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 209 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 94,410 |
My Macbook Pro was well worth the investment (ok, I didn't pay for it, but still). It runs just as good as when I first bought it, almost a year ago.
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Mar 8 2008, 12:01 AM
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 Resource Center Tyrant Group: Official Member Posts: 2,263 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,306 |
There are low and high-end laptops on every brand. When it comes to technology, I'm a firm believer that you get what you pay for (that doesn't apply for Apple, however.) But it's mostly true across the board, and I don't know what your budget looks like. You also have to consider what you want to do with it.
From my experience, I have had Toshiba, Dell, Sony, and IBM. Toshiba has been the best, but I had, like, Dell Latitude 640 or something like that, and it was complete shit. Never get Sony VAIO--those are shit, as well, and their hardware breaks too easily. IBM was a pretty sturdy laptop, but there were a few things that didn't work out with me. My boyfriend lives by shit like Falcon Northwest, Toshiba Qosmio, and the Dell XPS. |
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Mar 10 2008, 01:06 AM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(yaamakoh @ Mar 7 2008, 04:16 PM)  asus is the best rated laptop on the internet market. cheap, two year protection warranty, top of the line parts. great for games and entertainment. Mmm Asus. That's the reason why my boyfriend got his Asus w3j (I like to call it the wedge) 2 years ago senior year in HS. I'd be very biased if I said Macbooks are good, since I own one. It's NOT that great, but I love the operating system. Of course I've never tried linux (I'm a noob, afterall ;]) though. It depends on your preferences. |
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Mar 10 2008, 01:18 AM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Toshiba and IBM.
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Mar 10 2008, 12:08 PM
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QUOTE(Sulfur @ Mar 10 2008, 02:18 AM) Toshiba and IBM. notebooks for old people. |
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| *Steven* |
Mar 10 2008, 01:56 PM
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Toshiba is great, one of the best currently, as they're doing the best w/ the vid cards and vid ram. I BM, not so much a fan of :)
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Mar 10 2008, 07:33 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
^ IBM Thinkpads are one of the most durable laptops. However since they're old they sorta need to be upgraded to keep it up to date.
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| *Steven* |
Mar 10 2008, 08:31 PM
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Durability isn't an issue if you aren't stupid, assuming you don't hold some out of the ordinary job.
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Mar 10 2008, 08:50 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
^ I know which is why I don't buy IBM Thinkpads. However if you've noticed many users now a days are stupid. Always complaining about their electronic product not working properly. Most of the time it's their own fault. Dropped, virused, etc.
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Mar 10 2008, 11:50 PM
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 Made In California Group: Member Posts: 267 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 521,311 |
MacBook Pro,
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Mar 10 2008, 11:58 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
No, just no. Anti-Apple.
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Mar 11 2008, 09:11 PM
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QUOTE(Sulfur @ Mar 11 2008, 12:58 AM) No, just no. Anti-Apple. agreed |
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| *Steven* |
Mar 11 2008, 09:40 PM
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I've had a Toshiba Satellite U205 and a Macbook, and I have to say I like OSX better on a laptop than XP.
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Mar 12 2008, 01:23 AM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
eh I prefer XP. I don't like too much accessibility, and simplicity when it comes to computers. Apple products just....annoy me.
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Mar 12 2008, 03:14 AM
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 NO WAI! R u Srs? Group: Member Posts: 1,264 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,094 |
You know I've always got annoyed by those Apple commercials with the guy from the movie "Accepted". I sent a proposal to air a commercial where the guy asks "can you right click?" but never aired.
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Mar 12 2008, 04:14 AM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 11 2008, 07:40 PM) I've had a Toshiba Satellite U205 and a Macbook, and I have to say I like OSX better on a laptop than XP. Ah but we're not comparing Operating Systems. We're comparing the computers themselves... <being bias>But then again Macs are the only ones with OS X and I do like OS X </end bias>. Of course Linux does change that... Yea okay I'll end it here. |
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| *Steven* |
Mar 12 2008, 12:51 PM
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Macbooks are nice. Nothing wrong with them. The price was right for me, too, as I got a double discount. One for a reason I can't remember, maybe a seasonal discount? The second was a couple hundred off for being a student. It's got a reasonably fast processor (2.4 core 2 duo) and 2gb of ram. 64 mb video card, but mac's utilize their video ram differently than pc's. The 64 on my macbook runs my video games about the same as my 128 on the toshiba.
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| *Steven* |
Mar 12 2008, 12:52 PM
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QUOTE(Sumiaki @ Mar 12 2008, 03:14 AM) You know I've always got annoyed by those Apple commercials with the guy from the movie "Accepted". I sent a proposal to air a commercial where the guy asks "can you right click?" but never aired. That's because they can right click. |
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Mar 12 2008, 01:51 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 12 2008, 10:52 AM) That's because they can right click. Oh, the power of right-clicking. Yea I got that discount too. When did you get your macbook, because I ot mines last July and my processor is only 2.16 GHz. 
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| *Steven* |
Mar 12 2008, 01:52 PM
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September?
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Mar 12 2008, 01:53 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
QUOTE(Just_Dream @ Mar 12 2008, 11:51 AM) Oh, the power of right-clicking. Yea I got that discount too. When did you get your macbook, because I ot mines last July and my processor is only 2.16 GHz. 2.16 GHz is pretty decent if you're just going online, watching movies on it, using it for educational purposes. But it sucks if you're a gamer, especially for WoW. WHOS GONNA PLAY SC3?!!!! |
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| *Steven* |
Mar 12 2008, 03:13 PM
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2.16 is more than enough for WoW. WoW's major limiter is the video card. Wow was designed to run on single core processors, so duel core processors are typically fine no matter what.
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Mar 14 2008, 04:33 AM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(tungmyBANANA @ Mar 12 2008, 11:53 AM) But it sucks if you're a gamer, especially for WoW. Baka. Does it LOOK LIKE I PLAY THAT SHIT?! NO. Do you see me going around with 4 accounts? No. Don't get my confused with Steven! lol. Steven - don't you have the white Macbook? Did they upgrade it to 2.2GHz last September? Damn, I got the shaft. D: |
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Mar 14 2008, 10:35 AM
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christina, you should wow with me. DO IT! DO IT NOW!
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Mar 14 2008, 11:02 AM
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That's the lower end one :)
Mine is 2.4 ghz :D |
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Mar 14 2008, 11:45 AM
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still rocking the amd64 3200 =P
and the amd turion in the laptop. |
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Mar 14 2008, 03:44 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 14 2008, 09:02 AM) That's the lower end one :) Mine is 2.4 ghz :D What? It's not. It's the middle one. You know how there's 2 white ones: 1099, 1299, and 1499? I got the 1299 one. But when I got it, the 1299 one was 2.16 GHz, FOOLIO. I got the shaft! I'd rather not Wow with you, Bahngy. Did you see all those damn buttons or icon stuff that you click? I don't care if Tony says "oh well you really only use 5'7 of them". When there's friggen 30 of those at the bottom, I'm like NO WAI, YO. Haha :P |
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Mar 14 2008, 03:54 PM
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Lol. You get used to all the buttons. It also depends on which class you're playing. Also certain buttons are for out of combat, some are utility, some are buffs, some are for in combat, some are for getting around quicker, some are passive buffs. I use about 15 buttons in a fight, and have about 4 or 5 in preparation for the fight. Oh I also have 3 buttons bound on my mouse O.o
Anyways, when I got my laptop, the 2.16 was the lower end one O.o |
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Mar 14 2008, 08:04 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 14 2008, 01:54 PM) Lol. You get used to all the buttons. It also depends on which class you're playing. Also certain buttons are for out of combat, some are utility, some are buffs, some are for in combat, some are for getting around quicker, some are passive buffs. I use about 15 buttons in a fight, and have about 4 or 5 in preparation for the fight. Oh I also have 3 buttons bound on my mouse O.o Anyways, when I got my laptop, the 2.16 was the lower end one O.o Dude, no. There is no way I'm going to remember all that mumbo jumbo.  I even have trouble using the 2 attack buttons (a & b) while playing Brawl (I quit I don't care what Tony says).Damn I got the shaft. I should've bought it in September, then. D: Oh well. Damn, now it's 2.4 AUGH. |
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Mar 14 2008, 08:07 PM
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Just takes practice :) like a 30 min learning curve O.o
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Mar 14 2008, 08:09 PM
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QUOTE(Steven @ Mar 14 2008, 06:07 PM) Just takes practice :) like a 30 min learning curve O.o I don't have the learning capacity to do so. Quite sad, quite sad. And yet I can play Starcraft. <_< >_> *button mashing ftw!* |
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Mar 14 2008, 08:10 PM
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 Fellatio. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,122 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 511,775 |
Toshiba suck.
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Mar 14 2008, 08:35 PM
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QUOTE(Bishinobi @ Mar 14 2008, 08:10 PM) Toshiba suck. What a well composed argument. |
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Mar 14 2008, 08:46 PM
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Fellatio. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,122 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 511,775 |
I gotz my maja in Engalish
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Mar 14 2008, 08:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 336 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 152 |
then what kind of laptop do you like bishi?
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Mar 15 2008, 01:55 PM
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I think HP is superior in the market right now . I've got an HP
myself .. amazing .. of course no viruses ... since I've got the Norton 360 ( very commercial , I don't feel its really effective ) but anyways ... i still feel and think that the computer is running great .. but of course from time to time needs a bit of professional steps which i do to keep it running smoothly HP Pavilion dv6500 ... very nice .. 2GB ram , 2.2 GHZ Intel dual core 2 processor .. i recommend IN THE MEAN TIME HP ... but u never know when another brand can make everything change . |
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Mar 15 2008, 04:35 PM
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QUOTE(cybersomeone @ Mar 15 2008, 11:55 AM) I think HP is superior in the market right now . I've got an HP myself .. amazing .. of course no viruses ... since I've got the Norton Well if the only thing you have is an HP, of course you'd be partial to it. And it's ultimately the operating system, antivirus, and most importantly COMMON SENSE that prevents viruses... Although some added bells and whistles might prevent it as well. The only HP I'd ever get is the HP Blackbird, which isn't even a laptop, so I guess that tells you something based on my preferences. |
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Mar 15 2008, 05:57 PM
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better than dell.
after fixing an x amount of computers and laptops, i'd say hp was the most pleasant to work with. OH MAN THEY HAVE THE ASUS 9500 GEFORCE SERIES FOR JUST ONE GRAND! that price is just spanking. go for that laptop, it just destroys every competition on the market right now. plus it's on sale! pm me and i'll send you the link |
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Mar 15 2008, 08:01 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(yaamakoh @ Mar 15 2008, 03:57 PM) OH MAN THEY HAVE THE ASUS 9500 GEFORCE SERIES FOR JUST ONE GRAND! Does it look at sexay as the w3j? |
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