Any pilots that live on the road looking for a good deal on a new laptop, this looks hard to beat

[Super_Cub_N2414P]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-27-03 AT 06:59AM (EDT)[/font][p]$699. new at Best Buy. Athlon™ XP 1800+, 512MB DDR SDRAM; 40.0GB hard drive; DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive

$949. out the door - $150. best buy mail in rebate - $100. compaq mail in rebate = $699.

Compaq Presario Notebook with Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 1800+

Model: 2105US
Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP processor 1800+ with QuantiSpeed™ architecture* and AMD PowerNow!™ technology for optimized battery life
*QuantiSpeed™ architecture operates at 1.53GHz
512MB 266MHz DDR SDRAM for multitasking capabilities, upgradable to 1.0GB
14.1" XGA TFT display
40.0GB hard drive
DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
ATI Mobility RADEON 4X AGP 3D graphics; 64MB shared DDR video memory; S-video TV-out
Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet card with RJ-45 connector

http://www.bestbuy.com/

[tjkotula]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Apr-27-03 AT 10:51AM (EDT)[/font][p]I suspected this is was HP/Compaq laptop based on the AMD processor and the price alone.

I've heard too many bad things about HP to buy anything from them.

When I get a new laptop for college in a couple of years, it's probably going to be a Dell. Even though the price may be higher and I'll have to buy something with a Intel Pentium-M, at least I can be sure that I'll actually get what I'm paying for - Dell's service and warranty plus quality, name brand parts beyond just the processor.

This may be a perfectly good laptop, but the price is just a little suspicious.

Tim Kotula
KDTW/KPTK/KPLN

XP 1800+ o/ced to XP2200+ (1.8Ghz)
MSI KT3 Ultra Motherboard
512 MB Crucial PC2100 DDR
OC Systems Enhanced GeForce 4 Ti4200 64 MB DDR o/ced to 350/700 Mhz.
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
10,455 3D Marks

My motto: Intel who?

[ladamson]

>
>I've heard too many bad things
>about HP to buy anything
>from them.
>
I have no comments regarding HP computers, since I've never used one. But I do have one of their printer/fax/scanner/copiers that's worked with excellent results and no breakdowns for over two years now.

Ladamson

[Super_Cub_N2414P]

I've been using a 2.0 GHz pentium 4 Compaq laptop I bought new at best buy for $1099. - $300. in mail in rebates = $799.
for 6 months and have had no problems with it, I even knocked it off a 3 foot high table and it hit pretty hard and it still works fine.
It's not an AMD but I hear people raving about them all the time so it can't be that bad.

[kdarling]

There's always good and bad batches, too.

My office has leased me a Dell Latitude for the past year or two. The most expensive version they make.

Thank goodness for Dell service <wry grin>. The motherboard's been replaced, the power supply flakes out with any voltage fluctuation and has burned out for several of us using these, and now the screen goes all sorts of colors at times.

Other than that, I love it.

Sometimes you just get a lemon.

Kev

[Super_Cub_N2414P]

Looks like they sold out of the Compaq, they have this HP for $749. though.

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